Hallmark developed a unique line of plush toys called Interactive Story Buddies. Prerecorded sounds would trigger the toys to respond while the user played the story audio for each character, and from sound effects played in the Television special that aired on The Hallmark Channel. I had the opportunity to work with Hallmark developing the interactive Story buddies Apps and toy line.
The apps featured interactive story pages and games.
I also helped develop all of Hallmark's Story Buddy apps.
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HALLMARK INTERACTIVE STORY BUDDY APP
Creative Direction• Animation
Sound Editing • Development
CLICK BOTTOM RIGHT OF SCREEN TO TURN ON SOUND.
Jingle All the Way was a stop motion animated special Hallmark aired during Christmas season and we had to design and develop the app to go along with the toys and the animation special. The story pages needed to be animate so I used proprietary platform animation to scroll through the backgrounds and frame the characters to bring the story to life. There was a good amount of sound design involved as well since specific sounds needed to trigger the plush toys and make them interact with the interactive story.
I created a micro iPad app animation above so you could see some of the motion and interactivity I had to develop. I was responsible for all production design, animation, Interaction design and full proprietary app development.
Tools: Photoshop, Pro Tools, JSON, IceBorg
OTHER INTERACTIVE STORY BUDDY APPS
Graphic Design • Development
Here are a few screens of other Interactive Story Buddy apps I developed for Hallmark.
They all react to their interactive story and feature interactive games and puzzles.
Tools: Photoshop, JSON, IceBorg
Contact: vicsagadesign@gmail.com