Brooklyn is in the house

We designed the logo, package and play tiles for this game. Game developer INI, Inc. brought this Brooklyn inventor's game to the shelf. This is the kind of work that really makes us proud. We design a lot for the big companies, but we love when we can play a part in the success of the little guy.

Support a local inventor. It's really a great game! Buy it here.

See what the NY Daily News has to say about George Weiss and his game, Dabble.

Good news in good reviews

There's a good review for the I've Never… game we worked on for INI over at creators.com.

We're always pleased to see when things go well for the companies we work for and products we work on.

Great gift idea for the upcoming holiday season :)

Beer Pong

INI's "I've Never… Beer Pong."

One of my clients just updated their website to reflect all the new merchandise INI is offering. Their signature game, "I've Never…" has been updated, and Monkey Doodle Dandy has helped in the branding by designing so much of their merchandise, and developing other games with INI based on the "I've Never…" concept.
Their latest… "I've Never… Beer Pong."

Check out their other games. They make great gifts :)

And, don't forget to check out the children's version of "I've Never…" which we also designed :)

Party Favors

Mini-Foosball, Skee Ball and Mad Libs party favors.

This was sent by a friend a while ago. It's a cell phone photo - a little chopped off, but it's three party favor games that we had our hands on in designing for Tara Toy. We did a revised Foosball field and Mad Libs accordion fold fun-books. Much of it is restricted by the rules of style guides, but some fun was had in designing the Skeeball board.

Skee Ball design and mock-up.

I've Never, but Justine has

Click the image above to go to the online Justine Magazine.

Still catching up on news. A client of ours who markets the game I've Never receives press for his items, but I believe this was the first press his I've Never… received for the teen version that we designed. It was featured on page 36 of their April/May issue.

Click the image above to go to the grown-up version of I've Never…
at the Barnes & Noble's online store.

I couldn't find a link to the teen version on the Barnes & Noble website, but it's in stores. The above image is the adult version of the game. I did the illustration for that package a couple of years ago.

Tara games

I finally got around to posting these pictures. I designed the logos and cards for a number of games for Tara Toy in 2008. Games is a fairly new category for them, so I am happy to see that of the seven or so games I worked on, these three went through to production, and can be found in stores.

Product logos and illustrations are the most fun part of this job.

I've Never… at Toy Fair

Jay Vohra at the I’ve Never… booth.

Kurt never made it to Toy Fair this year, and Elaine didn’t have a camera with her when she visited Toy Fair at the Javitz Center in 2009. Jay Vohra was kind enough to forward us a picture of the INI booth where the new teen version of I’ve Never… was unveiled.
Monkey Doodle Dandy designed the board and packaging as well as the booth banner and podium.
Check out the game here.

I’ve Never iPhone app

The I’ve Never iPhone application.

The I’ve Never… game that Monkey Doodle Dandy designed for INI Inc. now has an iPhone version! CLICK HERE if you have iTunes loaded. I am absolutely certain that this should be even more fun on the iPhone. Think about it… in this world where sound bites and video clips inform and entertain us more than ever, a quick game of I’ve Never could be just what you need to break up the monotony of that morning subway ride :)

I’ve never… bought an iPhone.
If true: What are you waiting for?
If not true: Why haven’t you clicked yet?

Let the GAMES begin!

This link is to iVillage hottest toys of 2009 based on Toy Fair. #8 Of 15 is a Tara Toy game called Meatball Madness. It’s not something we worked on here at Monkey Doodle Dandy, but we have done games for Tara Toy, and even a few for other companies. It’s great to see Tara move in the direction of games.
We’ve done a lot of work for Tara over the years. We had our monkey paws all over some of what you see here.

Here’s a game we designed for INI, Inc. Last year I did this illustration for INI’s successful drinking game. It was repackaged with this illustration on the box.


Since the game is based on a classic, it made sense that it should be applied to kids. Pictured below is the game we designed for INI’s kids’ version. It will be in stores soon, but here’s a link so you can buy it now!