▲ Empathize → Define → Ideate → Prototype → Test Design thinking is a "user-centered" approach to create more possibilities through user demands. The creator of this method is the
May 5 Dragon Boat Festival is the holiday on which we conduct customs to pursue good fortune and drive away back luck. In the past, the Taiwanese people place calamus,
Gamania will officially enter its 25th year in 2020. In this issue of G!VOICE, we will start off by decoding the new brand identity and the 25th anniversary visual symbol
The legendary game of Gamania Lineage welcomes its 16th anniversary. The all-new version of “Lineage New World” is introduced and is the version with the most changes. The orientation process is significantly optimized to help new gamers join the game quickly and easily. “Aden World” becomes totally different. The monsters are leveled up so that gamers can practice and won’t be obstructed by level challenges. The “Forgotten Island” which has been closed for 3 years is opened again. New fierce monsters and Boss-level ancient guards await gamers to challenge. Gamers may even meet the legendary deities of every profession.
▲Gama Buddy with Cute Pomelo Hat in Moon Festival On Moon Festival, people get together to appreciate the moon, eat BBQ, enjoy a pomelo and wear pomelo hats. The pomelo is the Moon Festival fruit. I remember that I used to put on a pomelo skin as a hat and enjoy the festival with family. Gama Buddy puts on a pomelo hat and wears the pomelo costume in Moon Festival to show a lively outlook. With the pomelo candle of The Chen Studio, people get together to have a GOOD TIME! Faint candle light has bright power Gama Buddy
Gamania steps into the mobility market because it thinks converting IP games to mobile games is a promising business. Therefore, HaPod Digital Technology, a member of its group, together with the well-known Korean game company HanbitSoft and Blue Games, the developer, announce to publish a whole-new classical social mobile game, “PLAN-S”, on the Android and iOS market exclusively in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau on August 11, intending to “SHOW” the world. “PLAN-S” is the product of Gamania’s gaming and new AV media. We created the first “multi-screen music social” mobile game in Taiwan with the cooperation of Coture
The popular welcomed “Maple Story” of Gamania enters the 11th anniversary. A “Maple Hero Meeting” is held in TAV Café on August 19. There is a huge “World Tree” and interactive games. The Overseas Maple Director of NEXON, BAE JUNG IL, and KANG WONKI, the Korean Domestic Maple Director, are invited to meet the developing team, Taiwan operation team and 100 VIP gamers to announce “optimization improvement”, “latest change” and “5 transfers”. To thank the support and love of “Maple Story”, the gamers who log in the game and play for more than 10 minutes before August 31 can
“Summons Board” Chinese Edition, the first mobile game to be managed by GungHo and Gamania, a joint venture between Gamania and Japan’s leading mobile game company GungHo, will launch a limited-time event stage from today (13) through to July 27. This will be the first time that it will partner with “Merc Storia” on the three platforms of Android, iOS and Playphone for an overseas promotion. The background and music are designed based on the style of “Merc Storia”. Gamers can have the most-welcomed character, “Merc” through solving tasks completely. The active skill of miumiu can make the character
Ever since Gamania Group was relocated to Neihu technology park, it has become a new focal point for start-ups in this area. We redefine the new headquarters as an "Intersection Space." The new headquarters not only nourishes the Gamania Group eco-internet development, but also opens up more co-creation opportunities and diversified start-up possibilities. Under the interior space design concepts of "Open & Limitless," a brand-new work style has also then begun for Gamanians as well. To break through internal boundaries and exchange ideas with external elites and experts, the new work style has created coexisted eco systems in different
Blinds spots often result in mistakes. UI/UX designers may think they can complete tasks with objective methods and mindset, but sometimes they will be blinded because of designers’ characteristics. Accordingly, mistakes occur. Sometimes, the product quality or even the teamwork or corporate culture will be affected. To the worse, it may lead to wrong product development. We are afraid that readers may have the same problem so Jeremy makes a list of common thinking blind spots of UI/UX designers during produce development. Common thinking blind spot: 1) Picky ▲Source: https://eurofree3.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/nitpicking.jpg “Picky” is the common image of designers among the
This summer in May, Gamania joyfully welcomed the annual sports event “Cheer Cup”! In comparison with last year, Gamania chose to hold a series of challenging wide games outdoors in Xinwu Dist., Taoyuan City this year. It arranged some recreational activities for parents and kids to have fun together so that every Gamanian can bring their whole family here to have fun! The creative team cheer warmed up the event to declare their determination to go for it! As usual, the creative team cheer competition, which has been a long tradition among every Gamanian, starts off the show for
Keep dream big so that the dream will keep growing up. Alan has two dreams; one is to buy up the Manchester United Football Club with an amount of 75 billion for its market value. The other dream is to become a CEO before he is 35 years old. A normal person must think he is so crazy. Yet, Alan insists that the Gamanian should always set up a higher goal for himself or herself through a piece of advice. It is motivation and it is the magic that keeps your dream growing. Starting to earn his first pay
NOWnews cares about youth employment problems and spares no effort to support the youth to run the creative startup business. It especially works with WeBackers, and people from the Cross-Straight with lofty ideas to hold the 2016 Junior Cross-Straight Entrepreneurship Forum. This junior forum recruited many youths with lofty ideas to run a creative startup business and the creative startup teams. After a strict evaluation, the organizer selected 6 startup teams that stood out among their peers. A final Pitch competition was held in Beijing at Ariva Beijing West Hotel on May 31 to fight for the qualification to
Jollywiz Digital is a subsidiary of the Gamania Group. After accumulating 8 years of real world experience in the China market, it founded the cross-border E-commerce “JST Taiwan” to ship the products known as the Taiwan specialities directly across the Taiwan Strait with a local business called “Taiwan Taste”. It has developed its own products, the black pineapple cakes with original and orange and cheese flavors. Its new package JST Taiwan rice was developed using Tainan No. 11. Among all these products, the Mango Nougat with fruit granules is the most eye-catching product released lately. A mango can only
Gamanians are not afraid of challenges. We are equipped with exceptional courage and unbelievable energy. We have conquered impossible tasks over and over again with the implementation of a remarkable, cohesive and enterprising spirit. The relocation is an enormous task for the group, but Gamanians managed to march into the new building using the shortest time. A heartwarming farewell party was held on a sunny June day. With tears, sweat and laughter, Gamanians marched into the Neihu HQ. The years we've battled through together. The "Reflection: 21 years" farewell exhibition was held at SPACE 17 next to Gama island.
Reflection: Major achievements in the last twenty years. The glorious moments in the last 21 years have undeniable historic value for Gamania. As we relocate our headquarters to Neihu, we plan to celebrate the beautiful memories and knowledge extracted from past experiences. Each step on the way has brought us pride and joy, which will lead us to a bright, new future. Making new discoveries on the trail of history. The brand museum at the new headquarters will exhibit our most valuable assets from the last 21 years. The honors won from every battle are recorded to celebrate our
After moving to the new addres, the group aims to bring new visions for all Gamanians. The HQ will interact and work even more closely with our subsidiaries. Modern and technological desgins are installed to prepare the enterprise for entering the industrial 4.0 era. As the corporation expands, our working space also keeps evolving. The transformation process will turn our emplyees into invincible battle warriors. Our philosophy: Live and work in peace and joy. As "Gama-island 2.0" is officially opened, an independent gym will soon be finished. With government's support for local enterprises, Gama Garden, our corporate
Some say Paris is a city to fall in love; well, “Betty Blue” can be the hottest romance movie in this city. When the movie was first released in Paris 30 years ago, it created such a sensation; the full version of the Director’s Cut was then released in Taiwan after 30 years. The main actress is like a charming thorny rose whereas the main actor is a gentleman who goes with the flow. They have a crush on each other. Starting from the first second to the last second in the film shoot, they are crazy for love
2016 marks an milestone for Gamania. As we relocate to a new spot, we've also launched our mobile payment service. As CEO Albert pointed out: "2016 is a very important year for Gamania. After launching Gama Pay , we plan to provide service for more enterprises in the second stage. More innovative services will be offered. We will aspire Neihu technology park with our passion and energy. We aim to integrate resources and establish more collaborations. Let's strive for a better future for Taiwanese internet industry." A new journey that rewrites Gamania's history. Relocation has historic importance for Gamania.
The concept of Internet of Things can be first found in the movie. Bill Gates puts on a discussion about this concept in his book of future imagination known as “The Road Ahead” published in 1995 for the very first time. In 1998, Kevin Ashton, who was the Director of Auto-ID Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, had officially proposed the term Internet of Things while he was doing a research on Radio Frequency Identification. Technology has matured much over the last 20 years. The idea of Internet of Things has become a reality. It was found not