Francis Baptiste

Developer/Designer

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  Mario Dash is a simple Flash game. The objective is to collect coins, stomp goombas, and avoid falling to your death while reaching the furthest distance you can. It was inspired by the Halfbrick game Monster Dash.

  Role: AS3/Flash Developer

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  Songlist - is a web service and blog that I created to make it easier to browse songs uploaded to Soundcloud, and to easily share those songs with friends. As a musician I love how easy it is to upload songs to Soundcloud, but found the UI unfriendly for casually browsing new music. Using PHP and JSON Songlist pulls songs from the Soundcloud API and arranges them appropriately. Wordpress is integrated for easy blog updates.

  Role: Designer, PHP Developer, Soundcloud API

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  Skates 4 Kids is a non-profit fundraiser that helps underprivileged kids purchase new or used skates and hockey equipment. I designed this poster for the first Skates 4 Kids fundraiser. The colours and layout were inspired by the jerseys of recent Stanley Cup Champions the Chicago Blackhawks.

  Role: Designer, Photoshop

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  Duck Bounce was my first attempt at coding and designing my own iPhone game. Written in Objective C, Duck Bounce was a good way for me to learn the ins and outs of Xcode and the often 'different' syntax that comes with programming for the iOS. It's available for free in the App Store.

  Role: Designer, Objective C Developer, Game Design

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  Native Destinations was a full colour, 32-page magazine that I published in the summer of 2008. 15,000 copies were printed and distributed as an insert in the Globe and Mail in downtown Vancouver.

  Role: Owner, Publisher, Designer, Writer, Ad Sales, Production, InDesign

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  Star Dodger is a simple game programmed in Actionscript 3. Control a rocket ship with your mouse as you fly through space. Avoid as many stars as you can to get the highest score possible.

  Role: Designer, AS3 Developer, Photoshop, Flash, Game Design

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  Tweet, an aptly named Google Chrome browser extension, allows you to tweet about whatever you're looking at on the web. Once 'Tweet' is downloaded, a small Twitter icon will appear next to the browser's address bar. Click that button to tweet about whatever page you're currently viewing. Made using JSON and the Twitter API.

  Role: Developer, Twitter API

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  Hypno-Ball was my first attempt at creating a Flash-based game. It was created while I was still a student in Langara's Electronic Media Design program.

  Role: Design, AS3 Programmer, Flash, Photoshop, Game Design

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  This Flash-based website for journalist Hollie Latulippe was programmed in Actionscript 3 and intended to be accompanied by a resume of the same visual style and design. The purpose is to show the client's past work in journalism in a professional and creative way. The solution was a hand-coded original navigation system that allows users to scroll through articles, zooming in and out.

  Role: Designer, AS3 Developer, Flash, Photoshop, InDesign

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  The OIBDC site was made while I was still in school. This Flash-based site features some dynamic animations done in AS3.

  Role: Designer, AS3 Developer, Flash, Photoshop

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  Track Jumper is a Flash game developed for 'The Mix', a music showcase television show aired on APTN. I helped to create the overall gameplay and I was lead in development.

  Role: AS3/Flash Developer

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  Remix was a music mixing application created for the tv show 'The Mix', a music showcase show. The main app was programmed in Actionscript 3, and the database portion was created with PHP and MySql. Users can mix a song by clicking on the green boxes. If you log in via Facebook you can save your song.

  Role: Lead Developer, Flash, AS3, PHP, MySql

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  Rebound is the game prototype for Duck Bounce, which was my first experiment with iPhone gaming. It was an opportunity for me to play with the HTML5 canvas element and the new release of Processing.js.

  Role: Javascript, HTML5, Processing.js

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  I’m a big hockey fan and a big Processing fan. So why not combine the two. During last year’s Playoffs, I decided to create some data visualizations based on NHL stats. Works from the likes of Brendan Dawes and Jer Thorpe have been getting a lot of recognition lately in the realm of design and computer generated art. Data vis has always intrigued me, so I figured why not give it a shot. View Image 1 | View Image 2
  Role: Processing Developer
  

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  ScrollToast is a jQuery plugin I wrote. It allows you to easily implement an auto-scrolling feature by specifying any div elements the user wishes. It's currently still in debugging phase

  Role: Designer, jQuery Developer

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  The Eco-Spirit Mobile Site was made specifically for the Epic Expo at the Vancouver Convention Centre. The client wanted a mobile friendly site that they could promote at their booth with a large QR code. The goal of the site was to gain Facebook and Twitter followers, as well as allow people to easily join the Eco-Spirit mailing list. The layout is optimized for mobile platforms, making it easy for users to navigate on the fly.
  Role: Developer, jQuery, HTML/CSS
  

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  Wood Lake Books, a publisher of Christian books and Sunday school ciriculum, asked me to design them this Facebook fanpage (no longer live). It includes a landing page and a Featured Books page, complete with a Flash-based book browser.

  Role: Design, Developer HTML/CSS, Photoshop