Although occupying different functions as operation and R&D, Gameastor and Fantasy Fish both take on oriental theme. Both parties decided to work closely together when there is a new project to work on jointly. Was there any particular reason behind this collaboration? They wanted to weigh in on the fronts of “operation+R&D” and created a new classic self-produced game. Gameastor and Fantasy Fish established a project team named GLP , the name stands for their goal of becoming a Grand Line Pioneer. This theme for the project is the most recognizable history in the East—Three Kingdoms. To ensure the

Oriental fantasy online game, Soul Captor, developed by Gamania’s Seedo Digital held a CB test in May 2011. The CB test round will follow closely by Taiwan which is about to begin from the period of June 16 to 20 2011.  One of the major features of the game is the tiny and delicate souls. Different from pet systems commonly seen in other games, the souls will stay with the players throughout the journey and after the players beat the monsters, the souls will help collect the souls of the monsters into the Soul Directory Book. Their styles may

▲（Source︰www.moleskine.com） Mobile device has been hot for years. Many paper-backed magazines were terminated accordingly and even the paper-backed notebooks are required to find an alternative way or develop by-business now. After launching Incase and not very convenient app for iPhone and iPad, the noted notebook brand, Moleskine now has some new stuff. On the Public Design Festival in Milan Italy, Moleskine showed several new notebook series, oh, no, not notebook, they were glasses, pencils, ball pens, portable lights, reading rack, and many types of bags. At the first glance, the move Moleskine acted this time was a bit confusing.

After 72 hours for the voyage of 966km, the Gamania Bravery has successfully returned Taiwan! The summer school hosted by Gamania Cheer Up Foundation had a topic of [Bravery] this year. The outpost event in June was started with the Gamania Bravery. ▲Picture taken before setting out A brave voyage from Hong Kong to Kaohsiung Gamania Bravery had recruited 10 brave youths to join the voyage. Their mission was to sail the powerless sailboat, Gamania Bravery from Hong Kong to Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Teenagers from all over the world had to establish the mutual understanding, learn how to lift the

Remember some 14 years ago when cell phone was first introduced, Far Eastone Telecommunications came up with the slogan, “With Far Eastone, distance doesn’t exist.” 14 years have passed, we really do live a life without hassles caused by distance. Telecommunications, internet, cell phones, computers and household appliances integrated into one, leading our life into a path of technology. On the notion of screen technology, smart phone changed our habits of viewing things, we went from looking at the screen to using it as keyboards. This groundbreaking technology enables us to rid of buttons and keyboards. Everything you need

Speaking of department activity planning and creativity, our youngest colleagues in Customer Service Center (CS) seem to be taking the lead. In addition to Uniform Day and Beach Day which are familiar to Gamanians, these colleagues planned a special game community activity that combines both the virtual and real worlds around the time of Dragon Boat Festival. GAMA CITY, a game that facilitates team spirit and interaction between rookie and veteran staff through fun and interesting ways, how do you play it? Well, read on to find out!  GAMA CITY is divided into three phases: Gama community, Gama Stake-Raise

Have you even been astonished by the opening title of a movie or video game? Have you even been attracted to the visual effects in commercial or the story told in Music Video accompanied with the audio? The secrets behind these dazzling and eyes-catching films are Motion Graphics. What is Motion Graphics? There are two kinds of amines, and one is Animation, stemmed from movies or documentations. Such motion graphics are directly sold as products and this kind of film was called animation movie. The famous [Monster Inc.] or [Cars] are the examples.  The other is Motion Graphics, according

The two of most vibrant and active “brands” in the world: Lady Gaga who has over 36 million fans following her on Facebook and Starbucks with 22 million fans. What sparks would they ignite when they collaborate?  In May 2011, Lady Gaga launched her much anticipated new album, Born This Way, comprising over dozens of brands such as Starbucks, Google, Amazon, members-only Luxury website, Gilt, Tapulous (music&game), Robin Hood (charity group) and Zynga etc, among which, the most interesting collaboration were the ones wih Starbucks and Zynga.  Lady Gaga + Starbucks = SRCH ( Search ) Starbucks and Layd

The 16th Gama-Cup was held in Window of China theme park (WOC) in Taiwan 2011. The weather did not complement the event as it started pouring, however, these rain drops didn’t quench the fire in every Gamanian’s heart but made it burn even more fervently! Before stepping in to the event, you could clearly notice the tiny buildings and architecture around you. In an instant, we all became giants. We felt like giants walking in the miniature city in the rain which was kind of special. Then we reached the train station. You must take the special MOC train to

▲Deputy-Manager of Division 1, Game Operation Department GTW   If you know even just a little bit about Gamanian, you’d probably know why operation units in GTW are the craziest among all the departments. Why it that? Is it because they’re usually stressful? The deputy manager of division 1, operation department, Wan-Yi, Fou doesn’t think so (Although it is a fact). She told G!Voice that, “Playing hard is to bring grater work energy.”   When asked about her view about work and play, she said, “Work Hard and Play Harder.”     Fervency Brings one a Sense of Achievement

Design critic, Donald Norman once said, “A product that has good functions is important; a product that is easy to learn and use is also important. However, what’s more important is that the product has to make people feel a sense of pleasure.” The Alessi water boiler with bird whistle designed by American architect, Michael Graves is the best example of that.   Alessi’s design has always been fond by many, it can be attributed to two reasons, 1. the much praised Italian craftsmanship and 2. the design concept, “look for fun stuff in life.”  This water boiler with

If Maru-Waka didn’t get Jaime Hayón to do cross-over collaboration, I think we wouldn’t have even heard of the name, “Maru-Waka”, not to mention knowing the spirit and culture behind “Choemon-gama” the traditional ceramics kiln that has more than 130 years of history. What I’m trying to say is, “celebrity-effect” and “cross-over collaboration” still work like a charm to this day, especially when you can not only bring in free media report but create new spark in the product. Then that’s really a heck of investment!  The collaboration took place during the Tokyo Design Week in 2009. The president

Make the Year of Hare Pop: Creative Porcelain Painting Show GCN held a creative porcelain painting show in June 2011 to encourage fellow Gamanians to be creative, inspiring and innovative. This year the show went with the theme of the Chinese lunar year—the Year of Hare. The activity lasted a month, each department must work as a team to finish 4-5 rabbit/hare figurines. At the end of the activity, each staff would choose the most creative work. The prizes include restaurant vouchers, travel cards, tickets to amusement parks etc.  At the beginning of the activity, each department was given

Gamania is known for its unique play style and work philosophy. How do other people look at Gamanians’ “Work hard, play hard” lifestyle?    ▲Ping Huang Liao, CEO of Outward Bound Taiwan     Speaking of how Gamania does the work, “High air descending—an educational training that challenges the extreme”   Not many local enterprises would think of doing team building through educational trainings. From arranging training courses for Gamania, I found out that their content seems to be more creative and challenging than average enterprises, such as doing high air (16m) descending from the top of Parkview Hotel,

Marketing people care about consumers’ purchase decision, therefore they evaluate and speculate their strategy upon key factors such as lifestyle, personality and environment, whether to use Facebook to create the hype or have celebrity to do the endorsement.    And the product people care about who their consumers are. Who are the products for and how to use it?    Target consumers are the ones we need to communicate with and they’re the ones who play our games. Today, I’d like to talk about how we define our target.    I often ask our R&D team, “Who are our

In the information era of high mobility, people demand not only convenience of information accessibility but also its availability, for example, you may download any application you want on your phone or take an interesting picture and upload the photo to Facebook to share with your friends. When we enjoy the convenience and information that technology brings through any device, we do it through “UI”.   What is UI(User Interface)? Actually UI is all around us, any interface that assists the interaction between a person and an item or between people is considered an UI, which includes icons, signs, sounds and

Barbie, a plastic doll without life, not only sold billion worldwide and live the legend for over half a century! From flight attendant, doctor, rock n roller, Barbie always stays on the front-line of fashion. She has thrown on numerous outfits, broken up and made up with boyfriend, Kenny countless times. Rumors about their relationship remains a mystery, her life story far more exciting and enticing than the people who own her. All of this attributed to her manufacturer, Mattel, the company that continuously create values for its product through stories.  Mattel not only infused life into its product,

Created by Gamania’s subsidiary, Seedo Digital Co., Soul Captor the fantasy 3D online game made its tribute launch in Hong Kong! The close beta test (CB) fired up in May and the public test soon follows. The initial CB test came out on Facebook and the campaign was done in the form of comics. The adorable and funny characters were well-received, especially the “Create Your Very Own Comic Strips of the Lovely Soul Character” campaign which prompted much creativity and feverous discussion online. After the campaign ended, there were total of 20 players who received the extremely rare Cowboy

Since Gamania Cheer Up Foundation was established in 2008, they have encouraged teenagers in Taiwan to pursue dreams and be themselves. In the summer of 2011, the foundation announced the theme for this year’s summer school, Courage. The foundation will also expand on the “Courage Based Educational Training Program”, assisting participated college students to cultivate team spirits, challenge themselves, and further develop and make full use of this positive energy in the future!     Activate the “Courage Education”– Training 100 Teenage Volunteers   The Gamania Cheer Up Foundation administrated a survey to understand the courage of dream chasing

Gamania Game Developers Exchange (GDEX) made its debut appearance in GHQ. Encompassing various topics and forums, GDEX consisted of 32 sharing sessions during the span of 9 days. Special guest, Dr. Won Lee, CEO of KOR R&D Company flew his way to Gamania to give a seminar speech. The topics covered by GDEX this year include, introduction on the latest technology and productions of game industry, R&D team experience sharing, promotion of development strategy and regulation, domestic and overseas game campaign sharing and feedbacks. One can say that the latest trend and technological information of the game industry worldwide