Olliekoalas.com was a really fun and intense project. It was more of a promotional site then, as nobody KNEW what Ollie Koalas was in Jacksonville, and it had to be extremely enticing to kids.

This site was almost completely in flash, but still extremely lightweight and fast loading. Everything that could have been redrawn as a vector, was redrawn as a vector, art assets and fonts were shared so they only had to be loaded one, photographic images were all being pre-loaded during the appropriate lulls….a LOT went into this site.

However, if I was to do this site today, I would definitely make it more of a hybrid site. The SEO wasn’t great for Olliekoalas.com, and the updates were a beast. Flash deeplinking would be great, not just to re-enable the back and forward buttons on the browser, but also to create landing pages. An XML driven nav, and all XML driven content would also have helped in upkeep.

Overall, I’m still really happy with the site. It accomplished the goal of creating an experience that kids welcomed (and offered financial incentives for those kids to push their parents to go to Ollie Koalas), and completely killed anything Chuck E. Cheese had up at the time.

This really make me want to redo my current site into something more animation friendly…hhhhmmmmmm…

This is a little animation I did for all the gamers out there for Christmas this year. It’s a few days late…but aye…better late than never.

Mad props to Mafialligator for putting together and giving away such a great chiptune track Another Very 8-Bit Christmas rocks!

Anyways, lemme know what you think. Definitely open to suggestions and criticisms. Hopefully the next one will be much more professional and timely. If you have any requests or ideas, drop me a line in the comments below.

P.S. Major props to anybody who can name all of the characters in it.

P.P.S. Special shouts outs to a few gamers in particular…Robby1051, @videogamegirl, @guysgirl, Rich Rosado (your kindness at E3 inspired this), Raheem/Random/MegaRan (honestly debated putting Megaran in this….maybe next time), and all the kids in my classes this year (Ivonne, Klara, Justin, Jason, Sean, Kyle, Deb, Nina, Andrew, Breaker, Toni, Kareem,etc. .) You guys inspire me to stay on top of my game.

Here’s an update to the Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 wallpapers on 4, formatted for 4 different sizes. Hope you guys like them! Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Wallpapers -Complete Collection

I just can’t get this game out of my head…I’m practicing quater circles with my mouse….hitting the keyboard in chain combo fashion…tagging random people to start supercombos against babies…I can’t wait for this game!

Here’s some more wallpapers to ease the pain until it releases.:)

Updated iPad Wallpapers
Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Full Collection

P.S What do you guys think about doing some PS3 and 360 themes? Yay? Nay? yanaynay?

For you iPhone owners (because there’s only 6 of you jk)……Street Fighter X Tekken Wallpapers! Enjoy!
Street Fighter X Tekken iPhone Wallpapers

There seenms to be a fighting game resurgence lately…..AND I’M loving it! I would say i’m a little torn if i’m favoring Tekken or Street Fighter….IF IT WAS TRUE! Street Fighter all the way. It’s my first love, and now you can have it on your desktop. Wallpapers for andoid, iphone, and ipad to follow over the next few days.

Click here to view Street Fighter X Tekken Desktop Wallpapers