Shooting Gallery
Game Development | VO
Role: Game Developer, Voiceover Artist
Client: My 7 Minutes
Platform: Adobe Flash / ActionScript 3.0
Aim, shoot, and score in this classic shooting gallery game! Race the clock as you set your sights on the high score. Dancing boots. A piano-playing cowboy. A random prospector (voiced by yours truly). How could this not be fun!
Project Brief
My 7 Minutes was an online initiative designed to educate website visitors about the risks of tobacco use. The concept behind the site was to provide a series of short online trainings and mini-games, each lasting about 7 minutes—the average duration of a smoke break—to offer a healthier alternative while raising awareness of the dangers of smoking.
Challenges
Timing— and not the scheduling kind! Synchronizing the availability of targets with the length of animations was a real challenge, particularly given the variety of targets and when they appeared. We had to make sure players couldn't repeatedly shoot the same target to artificially boost their high scores, requiring precise coordination between target visibility and gameplay mechanics.
Conclusion
The My 7 Minutes Shooting Gallery was a joy to develop and even more fun to play. In the end, I believe we crafted an experience that not only entertains but also offers users a meaningful way to spend a few minutes of their day, providing an engaging alternative to tobacco use.
Note: This work was completed during my employment with Blit, Inc.
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