This is the portfolio site of Charles Batho.
I project manage, produce and creatively direct interactive content, websites and flash applications.
Examples of some of my work with Atticmedia from the last few years can be viewed below.
If you'd like to get in touch you can email me on charles at inter-weave.co.uk.
01. Learndirect, The Legula Adventure (2008) Concept, Creative Direction, Project Management, IA, UX, User Testing
Nominated for a children's BAFTA and winner of an e-Learning age award, The Legula Adventure is an immersive, educational game set within a 3D, virtual world. Designed to be played by both parent and child, users are able to advance the narrative of the story by solving simple literacy and numeracy puzzles and games.
02. Visa, Play your Pre-Pay card right (2008) Concept, Creative Direction, Project Management, IA, UX
An educational game to promote the responsible use of a pre-pay credit card to teenagers. The user must complete three tasks without going into the red. The choices the user makes directly affects the clothes, locations and actions of the teenagers in the video.
03. BBC Jam, French KS2 (2007) Concept, Script, Creative Direction, Project Management, IA, UX, User Testing
A huge, immersive 3D experience. Users join the French band Superstar on their tour around France. Each location gives the user the chance to practice their French, as well as teaching an inter-cultural understanding of the places and people of France.
04. Channel 4, Social networking ideas / pilot (2008) Ideas & concepts, Research, User Testing, Documentation
A research/pilot project commissioned to investigate using social networking applications to educate 14-19 year olds about sexual health. I concieved 5 different ideas, user tested them in London and Norwich, then documented and presented the results to C4.
05. BBC Jam, Music KS2 (2006) Concept, Script, Creative Direction, Project Management, IA, UX, User Testing
Set within a stylised, 3D environment. Users enter the magical Musical Circus, meeting various characters along the way, while engaging in musical games and learning tasks involving rhythm, composition, timbre, musical genres and more.
06. Kraft, Dairylea Robots Microsite (2005) Concepts, Project Management, IA
A competition microsite created by Dairylea to promote the animated film Robots. Codes on packs of Dairylea gave the user the chance to enter a prize draw to LA to build they own robot. The flash site let the user build their own robot and rate others, play 4 different online games and watch the film trailer.
> Click to see more examples of Kraft, Dairylea Robots Microsite (2005)
07. Citizenship Foundation, Who Wants To Be A Student Anyway? (2005) Concepts, Project Management, IA
A fun and engaging educational game to promote a sense of financial responsibility and awareness to university students. The choices made within the game, feedback to and promote, the financial information contained within the html site.
> Launch site of Citizenship Foundation, Who Wants To Be A Student Anyway? (2005)