We would like to announce to the clients, employees, and friends of Designing Digitally, Inc. that we have decided to relocate to Franklin, Ohio. We have officially signed our new lease and will be relocating in May. We are excited to move into our new space which will allow us room to continue to grow. We look forward to making the new space our own and for those who visit to feel comfortable and welcome. Below is a photo of the new office, which is located here.   Here is a preview of the new office:    

Our Second Life development project just added the bottom bun. As we get close to finishing one:   We are in the meat of one:   And we just received the announcement that our latest island is ready!   We have seen this a couple times in our past and my team has really done well to balance all projects. The toughest thing to achieve is the proper balance between all team members working on each project, to ensure they all are developed within each time frame. Our "top bun" project is almost complete. Our "meat" project needs finished as quickly as possible because that project also corresponds with a web development project that connects this new island with the company web page. Finally our "bottom bun" project needs to be complete before that last week in April (did I mention that project also has a video with it which we will be scripting, creating audio for and developing, which ALSO needs done on the same deadline as the Second Life island!?). Have no fear, ALL project will meet their deadlines!   Nick

We are pleased to announce that we have completed a fully interactive 2D game-based learning module for one of our non-disclosed clients. This tool is being used for sales training via the web. The learning module consists of a quiz-like game structure followed by 3-5 minute animated tutorials which include audio commentary, as well as video. "Serious games" are developed to engage the user, as well as to entice the user to really want to learn the information that is being presented through the modules. This particular learning module is SCORM 1.2 and 2004 compliant and is tracking the users time, score of both the pre and post assessments, and bookmarks the user on each chapter to ensure the ability to come back to the previous place where he or she left off. We packaged this into the client’s current learning management system and it implements with a simple import of our zip file. Because we have an NDA with our client, we are unable to provide you with the actual module; however, we can provide you with screen shots (with the clients content blurred for privacy reasons). For more information regarding our web-based training and serious game development contact us today!

  After many conversations with our team we have decided our new logo will officially be what you see below:   We are proud to announce we will be moving to a larger space, introducing our new company brand, and will be launching our new website in May of this year. Our New Address is: Designing Digitally, Inc. 8401 Claude Thomas Rd. | Suite 23 | Franklin, OH 45005 (Located in the Cincinnati / Dayton Area of Ohio) Be on the lookout for our fresh new branding, website, and our new crib next month!  Have a creative day everyone!

Designing Digitally has just completed a task almost unheard of in the Second Life community. A fully customized island with 6 buildings AND a 2 minute 30 second machinima video promoting the island, in 2 weeks! The video itself was actually completed in about 6 days. From the development of the storyboard, to the recording of the audio and videos to the final approval of the finished video. Our client had a tight deadline to get this island done for a presentation and our talented team was able to step up to the plate and put in the extra hours each day to get the job done. More info on the completed island will come soon. For now, please enjoy the video: Contact us today to learn how we can create your island and machinima video!

Lately our team has been building virtual campus after virtual campus and focusing on the learning aspect of the space. But sometimes you have to stop and smell the roses. These might not be a specific aspect of the learners engagement, but we love to see the detailed 3D models of the schools’ mascots our developers have created. We thought that since these islands are not open to the public to view that we would provide you with snapshots of these mascots just for fun. Check them out!      

We share so many of our virtual world developments that we sometimes overlook our Graphic Design department. We are working with a new client, KK Motorcycle Supply, and have helped sponsor their 39th Annual Old Time Newsies Race by providing our Graphic Design services on the poster below. All proceeds from the race will benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Miami Valley.  We are excited to share this event with you all and hope that you come out and help support Big Brothers Big Sisters. For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit www.oldtimenewsies.com or call 937-222-1303.

We would like to announce the completion of a Drupal content management website for our client. This site will allow for memberships to the content, newsletter and resources. Each page has the ability to be edited via the administration user interface using a rich text format editor. We also included the ability to track analytics, shopping cart implementation, Google adsense implementation, dynamic drag and drop photo galleries, and private areas for members only. We wish Barnert Global the best with their newly developed CMS website and will be along side them throughout the process of updating the site.    

We mentioned earlier that we were working with a new client, KK Motorcycle Supply. Our first project (aside from the poster we mentioned earlier) was to redesign their logo. They wanted to get back to the logo the company was using many years ago…but with an updated look and feel. They also wanted 3 versions of the logo to be used in several different mediums (as they had many years ago). Below is the final result:  

  Designing Digitally, Inc. is excited to announce the launch of Fight Her, LLC! This Content Management System was developed to sell the new clothing line Fight Her by Kristina Centers. "Every woman I know has had to deal with some type of battle. It could be divorce, single motherhood, bad relationships, money problems, alcohol or drug problems, health problems, insecurity issues, etc. but inside of every one of those women is a true fighter. Women have this amazing ability to dig deep when they are at their lowest and I wanted to try to capture the celebration of this beautiful quality that we all possess." -Kristina Centers, Owner To learn more about Kristina and her inspiration behind Fight Her visit http://www.fighther.com/about-us/