Shockwave Pinball Game, May 1999

Created for MTV's release of the single and music video "Girlfriend / Boyfriend" by Blackstreet, from the album "Finally."

Programmed by David Dantowitz for InterActions Media. From start to release, the game was completed in 6 weeks, and included a high score module for a web server (total project: 80 hours).

Features a custom physics engine created from scratch for this game (recall that CPUs at that time were in the 250-400 Mhz range, so performance was a big factor). The entire game is 400Kb (about 1/20 the size of the song if downloaded from iTunes). Art by Stanton Interactive.

The game has a few rough edges (a bug or two in the model) due to the tight schedule, but the art director was thrilled with the game play -- software with a deadline: the release date for the music video.

Mac Users: Use FireFox
        Note, to run with Safari in Snow Leopard (if you don't see the game), you must locate Safari in the Finder, use Command-I (Get Info) and enable "Open in 32-bit mode". (Firefox loads fine.)

Back to David's web page

To play, click inside the game window. Start the ball by holding the CONTROL key down, and use CONTROL and SHIFT for the flippers.



Find the song on Blackstreet - Finally - Girlfriend/ Boyfriend or find the music video on YouTube