June 05, 2009

Civil War Online

We had the Biggest Battle in History and now we have a Civil War Online. Anyone with a PHD in comics will know what we are talking about. To keep the HeroHQ community engaged and give them something to play while they wait patiently for Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 we produced this online multi-player battle game. Pick a fight then pick your team.
Posted by ash at 09:27 PM | Comments (0)

Autobot Stronghold

We've just launched a tower defense game Autobot Stronghold for LG to promote their new kick ass TV. The game ties in with their promotion of Transformers 2, a small indie film you might have heard about.
Posted by ash at 09:20 PM | Comments (0)

June 03, 2009

Quesadilla Breaks

It's true that no one in the Sydney office can even say Quesadilla properly but that doesn't stop us from enjoying the game we made for Lean Pockets. Check it out here on Miniclip.
Posted by ash at 10:30 PM | Comments (0)

May 30, 2009

5x IAB Finalists

Together with Universal McCann we have chalked up 5 finalists in this year's IAB awards for our work on Rexona Australia's Greatest Athlete and Lynx Instinct. It's the rare occasion that we actually enjoy working with a media agency so closely.
Posted by ash at 01:09 AM | Comments (0)

May 19, 2009

AGIdeas

All went well down in Melbourne with Ash and Brad's talk at AGIdeas. Here's a nice piece about it written by Lawrence from Artisan. And here's a lovely email we received from one of the attendees.
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April 30, 2009

Night At the Museum 2 site

We just launched the global site for Night at the Museum 2 movie out today. We also produced "The Biggest Battle in History" & Flight of the Museum games and an interactive toy in which you upload your face and Monkey's Slap you.
Posted by ash at 07:46 PM | Comments (0)

April 21, 2009

Gripz Globe Skater

Our third Miniclip game is now live this one for Kellog's for their Gripz product. Gripz Globe Skater is a line rider meets skate game. It's more about pulling off cool tricks than just skating fast.
Posted by ash at 11:37 AM | Comments (0)

April 20, 2009

The new Foxtel site

The new Foxtel site went live last night. This is the biggest and longest project Soap has been involved in. Just pipping out Three for the title. Note: Soap was not involved in the development of this project we provided the IA, UX design and strategy of the project. We also rebuilt the EPG (Electronic Programming Guide) in AS3 to make it faster, stronger and um... sexier. Check it out here.
Posted by ash at 02:11 AM | Comments (0)

Soap on Twitter

We saw that Oprah was on and we decided to give it a whirl. Note: some tweets are NSFW. Check what Ash, Brad, Matt G, Matt W, Mike, Ross, Jen, Pete, Jon, Brig, Brett, Rob, Terry and Nick are doing right now.
Posted by ash at 01:56 AM | Comments (0)

April 18, 2009

Cranergy-ball on Miniclip

Our second game created in association with Betawave is now live on Miniclip. Cranergy-Ball for Ocean Spray is a Marble Madness style game
Posted by ash at 12:49 PM | Comments (0)

April 16, 2009

Gruen Transfer

Brad appeared on the Gruen Transfer's "Pitch" segment last night. We graciously accept the unanimous spanking Steve and the Sputnik team handed us and congratulate them for their sterling effort. You can see the pitches here.
Posted by brad at 08:48 AM | Comments (0)

April 14, 2009

Great Turtle Race

Forget the F1 or The Baja 1000 the big race this year is The Great Turtle race. We created a fun Turtle Race game that allows kids to race along at the same time as the real turtles.
Posted by ash at 10:12 AM | Comments (0)

April 08, 2009

Lynx Primal Instinct

The first project for Lynx is now live. Save the babes, save the world with Primal Instinct.
Posted by ash at 02:39 PM | Comments (0)

Coffee-Mate's Adventures in Italy

We just completed a nice simple hidden object game for Nestle's Coffee-Mate in association with Betawave out of the USA. Take an Adventure in Italy.
Posted by ash at 12:45 PM | Comments (0)

March 30, 2009

Soap on The Gruen Transfer

Program your VHS machines for the 15th of April 9.00pm ABC1. We're appearing on The Pitch against Sputnik from Melbourne on the Gruen Transfer.
Posted by brad at 12:42 PM | Comments (0)

March 17, 2009

MRD Game Stats

Since launching Wolverine MRD Escape for Marvel in early February we have seen some amazing stats. 8.3M games played averaging with an average game time of 09:57! And for those interested 42 million robots have been destroyed. This is closing in on last years Flight Test as our most popular game. Flight Test is sitting comfortable on 25M plays and counting but the gap is closing.
Posted by ash at 09:10 AM | Comments (0)

March 14, 2009

AIMIA Win

We picked up our first ever AIMIA last night for Jumper winning the "Best Advertising" award. Sorry we weren't there to pick it up we had our regular office social drinks and four birthdays to celebrate.
Posted by ash at 02:17 AM | Comments (0)

February 15, 2009

Looking for a Senior Flash Dev/Designer for LA

We're expanding our new LA office so if you are of know someone who is a talented senior flash dev/designer send them our way.
Posted by ash at 02:35 PM | Comments (0)

February 13, 2009

Happy Valentine's Day

We have two games for this year's Valentine's Day. Zipper's Puppy Love Ecard tool for Nat Geo Kids and Ice Age 3 Bubble Trouble for Fox International. And if you need any more proof that love is universal check this article from the UK. Young love.
Posted by ash at 05:44 PM | Comments (0)

February 09, 2009

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 Site

If the abbreviation "MUA" means nothing to you then you are not a comic book fan and you can stop reading now. If MUA2 makes your Spidey sense tingle then you should definitely check out the official site for Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2. Building on our base for HeroHQ the site is already feature packed and it's only the initial launch. The forums are going off. The official Wolverine game site is almost ready and HeroHQ itself is about the fully launch. It's a big year for Marvel and Activision fans.
Posted by ash at 01:54 PM | Comments (0)

February 06, 2009

Agency of the Year Finalists

We are AdNews Digital Agency of the Year finalists again. Will we got 0 from 3 and not win the big prize again? We'll know next month if we still suck.
Posted by ash at 09:28 AM | Comments (0)

M.R.D Escape

The first of 5 Marvel games for 2009 is live here. To promote the animated TV series Wolverine and the X-Men we created a stealth platformer. This is also the first game to use Soap's new "Deep In-Game Analytics System" or "DIGAS".
Posted by ash at 09:24 AM | Comments (0)

February 02, 2009

Rexona Australia's Greatest Athlete

If you missed Rexona's new series Australia's Greatest Athlete on Saturday don't worry you can watch it all online and get all the info on the official site.
Posted by ash at 05:02 PM | Comments (0)

January 24, 2009

AIMIA Finalists

We have two finalists in this year's AIMIA awards for Jumper and Cornetto.
Posted by ash at 01:09 PM | Comments (0)

January 23, 2009

Jon is a dad!

Congratulations Jon and Kate: Scarlett Hermione born at 2:30 am, 23 rd Jan, 3.48kg. Everyone is healthy and doing well. That's another baby girl born bringing the total to: 6 girls : 1 boy Something in the water.
Posted by ash at 09:14 AM | Comments (0)

January 15, 2009

Soap Weddings

A big congratulations to Patrick and Eva and Mark and Sarah who all got married over the last month. The next wedding on the agenda will be Ash and Ervi in June unless there is a surprize shotgun wedding before then.
Posted by ash at 07:38 PM | Comments (0)

January 09, 2009

Uncaged.com is um... uncaged!

The teaser page for X-Men Origins Wolverine the video game is live. Check out the awesome 360 screenshot with bone claws! [sic] More Wolverine and Activision news to follow soon. We have also launched a forum for the game which we've put together as the first part of a larger community strategy by Activision. We have been working together over the last few months and all will be revealed in Feb.
Posted by ash at 10:58 AM | Comments (0)

December 23, 2008

Xmas Party Photos

Here is an almost complete set of photos from the Xmas party. A big thanks to Abbie and Jomuel for taking the shots. Bath Scum video coming soon.
Posted by ash at 09:59 PM | Comments (0)

December 22, 2008

Xmas Party Preview

Here's an early preview of some of last weeks SoaP Xmas party fun. Images and video coming later today.
Posted by ash at 12:30 PM | Comments (0)

December 15, 2008

KKash is Back

We apologise to all parents who thought it would not return but KKash is back for it's third year. Pig Daddy is gone :( but the prizes are just as good.
Posted by ash at 11:56 PM | Comments (0)

December 01, 2008

AWARD Bronze x 2

We picked up two very heavy Bronze pencils at this year's AWARD. One for Foxtel's Feel Something and the other for Jumper which we produced for 20th Century Fox. We didn't attend the awards dinner (read: piss up) but instead donated the ticket fees to charity. It's also worth noting we got nothing (not even a short-list) at this year's ADMA which was held on Friday. The voodoo dolls are being painted as we type :)
Posted by ash at 12:21 AM | Comments (0)

October 29, 2008

Virtual Rock Wiz Quiz

We've just launched a multi-player quiz game for SBS and their popular show Rock Wiz. For some multi-player action you'll need to log on after the show (Saturdays 9.20 on SBS) or during business hours.
Posted by ash at 11:37 PM | Comments (0)

October 27, 2008

Soap America F**K Yeah!

We'll have more details soon (including update to this site) but we're happy to announce our LA office is officially open for business. Matt Griswold's Soaperhero alter ego Dr Manhattan is being inked right now. It seems a weird time to open a USA office but it was a weird time to start Soap in 2002. Also the Aussie dollar is where we want it to be right now.
Posted by ash at 10:00 PM | Comments (0)

October 23, 2008

What's On

We're currently busy working on two major projects for Activision for their Marvel game licences in the USA. The new Foxtel site is still a little way off but looking amazing. This will be the biggest project we've ever worked on. We're also wrapping up the online media for Australia and The Day the Earth Stood Still and a multi player game for SBS's Rock Wiz TV show. Cornetto and Rexona's campaigns for 2009 have been green lit and we're now getting into the gritty parts. There's a heap of other stuff we wish we could share but right now it's all under wraps.
Posted by ash at 08:55 PM | Comments (0)

Spyro's Path of Fire Game

The first of three more Spyro the Dragon mini games has gone live. Path of Fire is a simple twist on a memory game. We've also updated the main sites to coincide with the launch of the game Dawn of the Dragon on all gaming platforms this week.
Posted by ash at 08:30 PM | Comments (0)

Soap Showreel 08/09

Our 08/09 showreel is here now in HD. 6.5 years of work in 2 minutes.
Posted by ash at 03:40 PM | Comments (0)

October 16, 2008

Treetop Trouble 2

The squeal to one of Zipper's most popular games is live. We've added a bunch of new features and 28 more levels. So play Zipper's Treetop Trouble 2 now.
Posted by ash at 02:07 AM | Comments (0)

September 19, 2008

Bath Scum Live

We didn't win at ADMA Idols this year (Foxtel picked up that award so congrats Ollie you guys were great) but Bath Scum did pick up Best Dressed Band. Oh yeah they also rocked the joint! Brad (in the super tight green spandex) also got his bum pinched by quite a few from the crowd. See the videos of the gig here.
Posted by ash at 08:35 PM | Comments (0)

September 13, 2008

Turn It Up!

We've just completed a small site for SBS for their Turn It Up initiative. We worked on this as a colaboration with Mathematics.
Posted by ash at 08:35 PM | Comments (0)

September 07, 2008

Bath Scum Will Rock You

Introducing BATH SCUM. The heavy metal band Soap is entering in this year's ADMA Idols. Featuring Brad on vocals, Mark on drums, Jon on lead guitar, Rob on another guitar and Rob's mate Deace on bass. To all potential groupies I'm sorry to say they are all married with young daughters. Well Jon's baby hasn't popped out yet but chances are it's a girl. Photos of a recent jam session can be seen here on our Flickr. We've officially thrown down the sweaty leather glove to M&C Saatchi and Foxtel who are also entering.
Posted by ash at 10:40 PM | Comments (0)

September 03, 2008

Soap FC 2008: Week 6 results

The designers and devs had a draw game today with one goal a piece. This is the first draw since the Soap FC started way back in 2007. We'll be updating the official standings soon.
Posted by ash at 07:13 PM | Comments (0)

August 08, 2008

Soap Wins Ad News Employer of the Year.

In true rockstar fashion we were so late we couldn't accept the award in person. We did however arrive just in time to sample the culinary delights. A big thanks to Ad News for the mini burgers, curry puffs and of course recognising the culture we've worked so hard to develop. Read the article here on our flickr.
Posted by brad at 12:06 AM | Comments (0)

July 23, 2008

Soap FC 2008: Week 3 results

The designers came out of no where to snatch a victory over reigning champs the devs with a 4:1 victory. Check the standings here.
Posted by ash at 08:50 PM | Comments (0)

What do you Worship?

Our latest campaign site for Streets Magnum has just gone live. What do you worship? Check it out at Magnum Worship.
Posted by ash at 07:32 PM | Comments (0)

July 19, 2008

Happy Anniversary

Brett and Ross both celebrated their Soap Anniversaries this week. Brett knocking off his third year at Soap and Ross making his a double.
Posted by ash at 01:44 PM | Comments (0)

Light Drawing Photos

We're suckers for light drawing photos in the office and we went to the local park to have another go at them after having a ball at last years bootcamp. We've also updated our Flickr with a bunch of random stuff. From project work to our almost NSFW Friday photo comp.
Posted by ash at 01:40 PM | Comments (0)

July 18, 2008

New Nat Geo Kids Games

We've finished off the final game for the National Geographic Kids Geo Games. We've launched a new Zipper game Great Barrier Grrr-eef to coincide with the departure of the Hands-On Explorer expedition to Australia! Don't worry we don't just do games these days, have a killer site launching next week.
Posted by ash at 01:59 PM | Comments (0)

July 15, 2008

Zorbatron game

We've just completed a quick game called Zorbatron to support 3's new campaign. The ad features a bunch of people Zorbing around town.
Posted by ash at 09:29 PM | Comments (0)

June 24, 2008

Meet Dave

The global site for Meet Dave, starring Eddie Murphy, is live. Don't forget to check out the games section and play what we believe is the best flash pinball game ever.
Posted by ash at 10:43 AM | Comments (0)

June 19, 2008

Soap wins Silver Cyber Lion at Cannes

We're proud to announce we've taken home some coveted metal from Cannes for the see something. feel something site. Extra big Bro grabs to everyone who worked on the site and thanks to the gang at Foxtel for believing.
Posted by brad at 04:10 PM | Comments (0)