It’s Out In The Open!!

For the better part of 10 months, Automata Studios has been working with Adobe’s XD Team and MTV’s Jackass to develop a casual social game using the Flash platform.  The application is called “jackassworld pranks” and is an AIR application that allows you to send rather juvenile pranks to your friends.  Here’s a quote from jackassworld.com:

“…with a flick of your cursor you can toss poo grenades, pee balloons, and bags of puke at your dumb little buddies. You can have Dave England take a dump in the middle of their spreadsheet or Powerpoint presentation, send Party Boy over to bump and grind it out, or let Steve-O unleash an undigested beast—all right on their computer screen. And just wait until you see the fecal dynamics.”

The Requirements:

Windows

• Intel® Pentium® 4 processor or faster
• Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 (Service Pack 3 recommended) or Windows® Vista Home Premium, Business or Ultimate
• 1 GB RAM
• 50 MB of available hard disk space
• 1024 x 768 display (1280 x 800 recommended)
• Internet connection required for installation and online services

Mac OS

• Power PC® G5 or multicore Intel® processor
• Mac OSX v10.4.11-10.5.4
• 1 GB RAM
• 50 MB of available hard disk space
• 1024 x 768 display (1280 x 800 recommended)
• Internet connection required for installation and online services

Check out the app here.

In the coming days and weeks, we will post several articles and blurbs about our experience developing the application, as well as the technical challenges we faced (they were numerous).  We’ll also be doing a guest spot on Adobe’s XD Inspire Blog next week, so check us out over there.

For now, enjoy the app.  It’s time for me to take a vacation!