Derek Joseph Turney

Fishing for Facts is a live webcast game show for TVOKids.com and the TVOKids TV.

The live game show was developed in Flash and had 2 teams guessing what the top answers to the polls were for a chance to win various prizes.  It contained a contest that allowed kids to enter and become at home contestants and win the same prizes as the teams did.

The flash applications contained a main game board that revealed answers as the teams guessed answers and a score board to tally the scores.  It was all controlled by a flash admin tool.  Stay tuned for write ups of each application in the near future.

Watch the first ever game show

Role: Programmer

TVOKids.com Pipeline is an interactive web and tv application to allow users to communicate with TVOKids TV, other users and TVOKids hosts.  Children can send out shoutouts to their family and friends and answer questions poised by the hosts or tvokids moderator.

The director or moderator also can showcase the latest poll results or add statements of direction for the TVOKids audience.

Role: Programmer

TVOKids.com Fishing for Facts Voting Page

Fishing for Facts is a live webcast game show for TVOKids.com and the TVOKids TV.  A list of 20 polls and over 70,000 votes from the TVOKids Kids spanned a 2 week run to March 19, 2009 and the live game show at 7pm Eastern. Stay tuned for the link to the live webcast and a video of webcast the next day

The live game show was developed in Flash and had 2 teams guessing what the top answers to the polls were for a chance to win various prizes.  It contained a contest that allowed kids to enter and become at home contestants and win the same prizes as the teams did.

The flash applications contained a main game board that revealed answers as the teams guessed answers and a score board to tally the scores.  It was all controlled by a flash admin tool.  Stay tuned for write ups of each application in the near future.

Role: Programmer

TVOKids.com - Super Comic Creator

Join the League of Super Citizens and create a comic dealing with citizenship. Users of TVOKids.com can select backgrounds, type in text, select characters and also select various items to help you create a story.

Various stories that were submitted by kids were selected to be included on the television show Super Citizens.

Role: Programmer
Launch Site: Super Comic Creator

TVOKids.com - TVOKids Golf

Using various TV spots from TVOKids.com we created 9 holes of mini-putt.  Teaching kids angle and force was the educational golf of this game.

Also, you can learn some golf facts and golf humour as Milton and Tumbleweed walk the course.

Role: Programmer
Launch Site: TVOKids Golf

TVOKids.com - Cosmic Bowling

This game will teach you the star constellations and 10 little facts about each as you complete a frame in bowling.

Role: Programmer
Launch Site: Cosmic Bowling

TVOKids.com - Tumbletown Bound

Problem solve with Tumblweed.  Tumbleweed needs a path to collect his seeds and reach his goal. Drag and drop items to form the path and watch Tumbleweed’s car move.

Role: Programmer
Launch Site: Tumbletown Bound

TVOKids.com - The Amayzing Spelling Fleas

Join the Ringmaster flea in a series of 5 games that test your spelling knowledge and concentration. This game has practice modes, and a challenge mode that tracks your results and even has a report card at the end.

Role: Programmer
Launch Site: Spelling Fleas

TVOKids.com - Spelling Bee

Learn how to spell 25 different words with the Spelling Bee. This game was programmed for TVOKids.com in conjuction with the Spelling Bee of Canada.  The words were based off the Ontario curriculum.

Role: Programmer
Launch Site: Spelling Bee

TVOKids.com - Media Centre

TVOKids.com launched a video player in 2008 and it was powered by Brightcove.  Using the Brightcove service TVOKids Television was brought to the web.  This was my first development in AS3 and I think it turned out well.

It was also the first experiment in Geo-Targeting video.

Role: Programmer
Lauch Site: TVOKids Media Centre