GarageGames - The Big Picture

Yesterday, I shipped a deliverable to a new client and I outlined the work we've done for them over the past forty-five days. We've packaged and shipped dozens of similar deliverables over the past year and because of the efforts of our services division and the Torque 3D and Torque 2D developers and community, I believe GarageGames is stronger today then at any time in the past five years.

For the first time in our history, GarageGames has a truly transparent development process. And if the world wants fully-featured, free game engines, I have no doubt that we have set a foundation for it to happen. We are seeing great work grow out of the open source releases and committees and there's no doubt that others are working on great things that we haven't even seen yet. If you really want to democratize game development then you should do what we have done and create a democracy.

Today, GarageGames is providing contract services for some of the biggest companies in the world. The work we've done this year will be seen and used by millions of people around the world. Out of respect for our customers and our agreements, I can only share some of what we've done.

For one client, we built a world class entertainment experience SDK for an amusement park. First, we built a base framework and API and then we rolled it out to their 3rd party vendors who are using it to build over twenty end-point experiences. The system is a set of RESTful APIs, back-end servers, and a Torque-based display application. We've been doing this work since May of last year and we are excited to see it rolling out to our client's customers today.

On two fronts we are bringing game development to education and curriculum. The first is in the form of a live action game that tests the student by putting them at the scene of a crime. We hired a film crew in L.A., used SAG actors, and shot scenes in famous Hollywood sound stages. The second brings game concepts to millions around the world through curriculum that will help bring basic computer skills to those who may have never used a computer. For both projects, we used CSS3 animations and other HTML5 features. These clients have over 100,000 employees combined; GarageGames is supporting the biggest companies in the world.

Finally, on Friday, we will travel to an organization that helps children with disorders meet their full potential. The iPad game prototype we are bringing will help them teach five times as many children as they are able to help today. This is a passion project for everyone here and using game technology for this purpose is one of the best use cases for serious games I have ever seen.

We've had a lot of change, challenge, and some missteps along the way – we are only human. However, when I look back at the past twelve months, all I remember is the optimism of many folks here that have made the business pivots possible. I'm proud to say that I'm joined by some of the most dedicated people I have ever worked with. We look forward to seeing Torque 3D MIT and Torque 2D MIT continue to grow as the community adapts to some really big changes and we can't wait to see who our next clients will be. But we need your help. Please spread the message about the work we are doing through social media. Growing our service business will ultimately lead to more investment and support for Torque 3D MIT, Torque 2D MIT, and GarageGames.com.

If you are interested in learning how GarageGames can support your business, contact us at services@garagegames.com