The World of South Park (aka "The South Park Palace") came online in 1997 as part of the Comedy Central website, launching simultaneously with the television debut of the soon-to-be hit series. Beginning with a mere 30 sets and a fanbase of zero, the award-winning...
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The Romeo + Juliet Masquerade Ball
In 1996, AIP teamed up with Global Doghouse and producers at Revelations Entertainment to produce a popular online version of the Capulet’s Masquerade Ball for the online promotional campaign of 20th Century Fox Film’s Romeo + Juliet. Download the Background Images...
Fictioneers Forum
Fictioneers are designers, facilitators and explorers of collaborative fictional spaces, otherwise known as "Roleplaying Games" and "Storygames." Fictioneers.net is a directory of the games they play, and discussions about the things they do. In addition to its...
Experimental TV Center
As If Productions recently upgraded the website of the Experimental Television Center from Drupal 6 to Drupal 7. As Drupal developers know, the upgrade from 6 to 7 is particularly hairy and not at all intuitive. The job was especially complicated as the center...
Alaska, Louisiana
Website design, Palace design, Original Music, PERL, Javascript and media processing for this interactive narrative demo produced by MWG Productions. Original art by Damon Williams. Full multimedia experience requires RealPlayer.
Internet Success Story
Inspired by the death-throes of the music industry as we know it, this song explores the hopes and fears of the digital artist in the age of plug-in media content. Running Time: 3 min 22 sec. Instrumentation: Ovation Acoustic Guitars, Shure Microphones, and way too...
JEShields Price Calculator
This interactive Price Calculator was built for the website of James Shields, an amazing artist you should definitely check out - especially if you're a publisher of games or comics! The main work is done by a set of javascripted AJAX routines that interface with a...
Under Suspicion
"Under Suspicion" is a modernized remake of the French cult classic "Garde a Vue", a story full of dark secrets and psychological twists. The site was part of the marketing campaign for the motion picture of the same title, starring Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman,...
The I Mother Earth Palace
In 1999 AIP worked with Canadian rockers I Mother Earth to create their unique interactive environment for online events and fan chats. To help introduce the band to American audiences, AIP and CHART Magazine produced an online chat and trivia game at The Palace...
KoRn KoRner
In mid-1997, As If Productions built KoRn KoRner for the then-unknown Sony recording artists KoRn. Working closely with the band’s singer/lyricist Jonathan Davis, the AIP team created a dark and forboding world that became one of the most popular graphical...
The Worlds of Comedy Central
In March 2000, Comedy Central expanded the World of South Park site to include additional programs. The site was redesigned to accommodate the browser-based "Viewer" version of the Palace software, and over the next 9 months more than a dozen rooms were added to the...
Macy Gray’s ‘We Ours Club’
Designed as an online hangout for fans of Sony recording artist Macy Gray, the We Ours club was a 24-hour online groove spot where you could chill with your best friends, meet new ones, or just hang out in the corner, people-watching (avatar-watching) all night long....
Savage Time
It's a brave old world, for man, beast, and messiah. Instrumentation: Two 3-string Ovation Guitars (one acoustic & one synthesized), Korg Wavestation, Roland TR707 Drum Machine, Alesis Midisys, Shure Microphones. Written, performed and mixed down on a cheap...