From educational games to dynamic websites, from user interface design to information architecture, Orange offers broad expertise in interactive technology.
Our work enhances the way people learn, play, and stay informed. We make educational games for Scholastic and Leapfrog, and program user interfaces for high-profile video games like SEGA's X-Men and Iron Man. We create banner animations and Official Game Sites for PlayStation.com, and have built sophisticated Flash applications for CNN's presidential election coverage.
Since 1999, our formidable team of animators, programmers, designers, and producers has tackled interactive design with intelligence and ingenuity. We invite you to explore our offerings and contact us about your next project.
CNN
Scholastic
Leapfrog
PlayStation.com
SecretLevel/SEGA
LucasArts
Gap Inc.
Yahoo!
Adobe
Suit up and join the adventures of Tony Stark in the smashing release of Iron Man. Secret Level, recently acquired by SEGA, needed a reliable and experienced team to program the user interface for its blockbuster video game. As a follow-up to our successful work on X-Men: The Official Game, Orange skillfully delivered in-game menus using Secret Level's Sidecar™ 2D development tool.
Buy Iron Man for Xbox 360 or PLAYSTATION 3
Orange and CNN developed a series of interactive maps for the 2008 presidential election. The maps provide election details for fundraising, polling and county results for all candidates in all states. Orange developed the client-side application using Flash and XML.
View the CNN Election Maps
Enter the colorful world of Patapon. Orange developed this lively, playful Official Game Site for Sony's PlayStation.com to introduce the award-winning PSP game Patapon. Orange custom animated characters from the game and utilized the unique art of highly regarded French artist Rolito.
Visit the Patapon site
Orange, in partnership with Puzzoo Games, developed this casual game for the Skype Game Channel. Users can download the game and play friends from around the world on the Skype network. Orange programmed the game and created the Stax logo, art and animation. Game design by Zeke Orak of Puzzoo.
Who says no two snowflakes are alike? Orange made this delightful game of snowflake concentration for the 2007 holidays. Players match up intricate snowflake patterns, making it a fun and challenging game to kick-start the season.
Play Snowflake Factory
Orange created this Official Game Site for Sony’s PlayStation.com to promote the PSP sequel to Pursuit Force. Find out more about the crime fighting Force and their nemesis The Gangs in this Extreme website.
Visit the Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice site
Orange joined with Leapfrog to create this new Disney Princess title, featuring Ariel from Little Mermaid and Belle of Beauty and the Beast. Players from K-2 learn counting, simple math, letters and early reading while exploring the worlds of two princesses. Orange provided art & design, animation, project management, programming, audio and music.
Buy Disney Princess: Worlds of Enchantment
Orange and Scholastic built this delightfully offbeat collection of puzzles for the Leapster. Aimed at kids K-2, the title features hundreds of puzzles teaching logic, language and problem solving skills. Orange designed and created all the original characters, art and animation and provided project management, programming, audio and music.
Get Puzzled! won the gold in the 2007 National Parenting Publication Awards.
Orange and Leapfrog created this exciting world where players care for their own pet puppy. This title teaches phonics, counting, and letter writing to kids preK-2. Orange provided project management, programming, art & design, character animation, audio and music.
Read the Kid Confidence review of Pet Pals.
Buy Pet Pals
July 2006
Leapfrog Leapster Handheld Video Game
Scholastic
Orange teamed up with Sam Nisson at Scholastic to develop this original Leapster title for kids K - 2. Animal Genius features games that teach life-sciences such as climate and zoology. Orange provided project management, interface design, programming, audio and music for Animal Genius.
Animal Genius received a 2007 Silver Honor award from the Parents' Choice Foundation.
Read the USA Today review of Animal Genius.
Buy Animal Genius
Orange and Scholastic worked together to develop this Leapster title featuring the classic, endearing characters of Clifford, The Big Red Dog. This game teaches reading and writing skills for kids K - 2. Orange built this title from the ground up, including project management, programming, art & design, character animation, audio and music.
The Parents' Choice Foundation honored Clifford Reading with a 2007 Recommended seal.
Buy Clifford Reading
Orange's Susan Surapruik teamed up with our friends at Secret Level to create the in-game menus for X-Men: The Official Game. The interfaces were created using a new proprietary 2D tool called Sidecar™ developed by Secret Level. This Flash-like tool makes 2D game development tasks a breeze.
Orange worked with Scholastic and Horseback Salad to develop this Leapster title. Math Missions features games that teach number skills, including math and money concepts. Orange provided game design, interface design, programming, audio and music for Math Missions.
Read the Common Sense Media review of Math Missions.
Buy Math Missions
Orange worked with Scholastic to develop this unique Leapster game based upon the popular book series. I Spy Challenger features fast paced games and activities that teach vocabulary, reading and logic skills. Orange provided game design, interface design, programming, audio and music.
Read the Common Sense Media review of I Spy Challenger.
Buy I Spy Challenger
November 2005
Official Game Site
Sony Computer Entertainment America
Orange designed and created the Kingdom of Paradise Official Game Site for Sony's PlayStation.com. This Flash mini-site introduces gameplay concepts and characters to help promote this PSP game.
Visit the Kingdom of Paradise site
November 2005
Official Game Site
Sony Computer Entertainment America
Orange designed and created the Neopets Darkest Faerie Official Game Site for Sony's PlayStation.com. This Flash mini-site introduces gameplay concepts and characters to help promote this PlayStation 2 game.
Visit the Neopets: The Darkest Faerie site
Orange worked with Leapfrog to develop this Leapster title for grades 2 - 4. America Rock is based on the favorite ABC series from the 1970s and teaches American history, civics and government. Orange provided project management and programming for this game.
Buy School House Rock - America Rock
Orange worked with Leapfrog to develop this Leapster title for grades 2 - 4. Grammar Rock is based on the favorite ABC series from the 1970s and teaches grammar, of course. Orange provided project management and programming for this game.
Buy School House Rock - Grammar Rock
Tech TV's X-Play asked us to create a video game featuring their hosts. So we did. Behold X-Play:The Online Game. All graphics and audio by Sean Talley, programming by Fearghal O'Dea.
Our first Leapster title. We developed this game independently for the Leapster platform. It is still one of the best selling Leapster titles. We designed and created all parts of this project.
Buy Mr. Pencil's Learn to Draw and Write
Ongoing
Web Animations
Sony Computer Entertainment America
Since 2004, Sony has relied on Orange Design to regularly provide motion graphics for the featured games, upcoming events and current promotions that are showcased on the US version of PlayStation.com. Over the years, Orange has produced hundreds of animations that have been seen by millions of PlayStation fans.
Visit PlayStation.com