Anika's Odyssey is a magical adventure deep into a lush and enchanted land. Be Anika Greenfield and break through reality, to enter a mystical world inspired by Aotearoa, New Zealand. Throughout the adventure, Anika meets wild and curious creatures and exotic Taniwha spirits (New Zealand Maori word for spirits, pronounced 'tah-nee-fah') that inhabit this wondrous wilderness.

The Trickysheep Publishing House approached Zodal to develop Anika's Odyssey, wanting an enchanting non-violent point and click adventure puzzle game, full of a myriad of surprises and charm, something uniquely New Zealand, but instantly accessible to the international market, including people to whom English is a second language.

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An addictive original game staring the infamous characters of street skater, Rob Dyrdek and his best friend and body guard Christopher "Big Black" Boykin from MTV's highly rated reality comedy TV show "Rob and Big".

The Shop came to Zodal wanting to develop a "retro pixel-style skate game". They had great foresight for new media marketing, and required Zodal to make a game which would run smoothly across the web and also the PSP game console. Zodal took the initial retro brief and then designed and developed an addictive casual game which could also be used for marketing the DC Shoe and MTV Brands.

A hot, funky retro soundtrack was designed from scratch specifically for the game by Sam Trevethick and Nick Robinson, from renown New Zealand live dance music act Shapeshifter.
The game moves along at a speedy pace through 3 levels, each with an adrenaline rushing quick finger boss scene that must be cleared to pass onto the next level.
Check out the game and the high score table at the official DC Rob and Big website.

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Rugby World offers the intensity of multi-player gaming in a rich, graphical interface. The extension of the game capabilities through our LINKA game server adds the dimension of real-time play against live competitors. Once the game is installed to your phone, your unique user id keeps track of your game wins and losses against various players. The aim of the game is to defend your goal line for 3 rounds and to be the try high-scorer on the offensive. Addictive, fun and a first for multi-player mobile gaming. RugbyWorld is both compliant on the JAIN SLEE platform as well as a standalone or multi-player mobile game.

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Created for fanatics of the sport everyone falls in love with every four years. Football World uses crisps graphics to put you in the action of a real football shootout. Choose your player and your kick to see if you can get past the goalie in this clever game of chance.
Using ZoDAL’s LINKA game platform, play against other Footballers around the world.

Some countries have such delicacies as the ever so tasty pizza pie or delectable sushi, in New Zealand we have the Chocolate Fish. The chocolate covered fish shaped marshmallow is widely recognized as a gift of thanks or as a peace offering. Sometimes pink, sometimes white marshmallow but always yummy!
In this game you are the Chocolate Fish swimming to avoid the ravenous Han as he tries to gobble you up. The more chocolaty bites Han takes from you, the more he multiplies, so look out or you will be completely munched!
A quick paced and addictive game for fast thumbs only.

Building on the internet connected version 1 of Hakamania, the Zodal team created a fast finger dance game where you fight to keep up with the phone generated dance moves. Choose your player, choose your outfit and get to dancing! Created for the Lions Tour to New Zealand, Hakamania version 2 allows you to choose from either a Lions or All Blacks player.
Challenging but not impossible to win. HakaMania promotes repeat play as players will realize the more they play the better they get. This increases the game lifespan as players try to beat their high score. At the end of the game, players send their name via mobile phone to the online leader board. Having the online scoreboard lets people share their score with their friends, as well as good for setting up competitions.
HakaMania was developed in both English and Korean.

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Max the Sheriff is a central character in these 3 games created for the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Used as a means to educate people in the Hamilton area about the dangers of the Gypsy Moths to vegetation. Each game heightens awareness about the pests, what could be done to protect against the spread of them, and what MAF was doing to combat the horrific moths.
A new game was released each week as part of an ongoing TV, Radio and online campaign. Learning through gaming was reinforced with online questionnaires which if correctly answered, could be used as an entry to a competition. Over 10 000 entries were recorded over the first month alone. Each game was challenging, fun and educational. The addictive nature of the games made both adults and children pass them along to others online. The intended “viral” effect made more people learn about the problem while having fun.
Zodal was responsible for all game coding, interactive elements and sound. We worked in with an advertising agency who provided the graphics and the general game concepts.

One of 3 games created for the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's campaign to combat the GypsyMoth. This game's particular focus was on what people can do in real life to get rid of the moths and stop their spread. The cute quirky kids appear to alert the Sheriff when they need a rubbish pick up.
A new game was released each week as part of an ongoing TV, Radio and online campaign. Learning through gaming was reinforced with online questionnaires that if correctly answered, could be used as an entry to a competition. Over 10 000 entries were recorded over the first month alone.
Each game was challenging, fun and educational. The addictive nature of the games made both adults and children pass them along to others online. The intended “viral” effect made more people learn about the problem while having fun.
Zodal was responsible for all game coding, interactive elements and sound.