Gum chewing controls these Snapchat games from Tic Tac
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Ever since video games first hit the scene, designers have introduced new methods to control them. The keyboard, the joystick, the mouse, then the console controller, dance platforms and the advent of gyroscopic controls built into smartphones. But there's never been a game players control by chewing--until now.
Tic Tac, the tiny breath mint that won ignominious attention by way of then-candidate Donald Trump a few years ago, finally got into the gum game with the release of sugar-free Tic Tac Gum. And since fans are moving their jaws anyway, who not give them something else to do while they're munching away?
"Chew and Play" from TBWA/Chiat/Day New York includes two 8-bit games available through Snapchat lenses named for the two flavors of gum. In "Spearmint Jungle," each chew propels a sprite-man from vine to vine over hazards like crocodiles in a "Pitfall"-type adventure. Chewing helps a skier leap obstacles in "Cool Watermelon Water Ski," which looks like an event in "California Games."
Would-be players can find both games by swiping up on ads in Snapchat or by using the Snap codes at the end of the video above.
Credits
- Date
- Jun 14, 2018
- Brand :
- Tic Tac Gum
- Agency :
- TBWA/Chiat/Day-New York
- Chief Creative Officer :
- Chris Beresford-Hill
- Head of Design :
- Chris Rowson
- Associate Creative Director :
- Nuno Teixeira
- Associate Creative Director :
- Jexy Holman
- Copywriter :
- Kyle Kimball
- Art Director :
- Liz Agans
- Head of Integrated Production :
- John Doris
- Associate Director, Interactive Production :
- Alex Campbell
- Producer :
- Dan Bradbury
- CG Artist :
- Seokmin Hong
- CG Artist :
- Connie Chen
- Designer :
- Gina Pido
- Editor :
- Craig Helfer
- Group Account Director :
- Megan Bowen
- Account Director :
- Mark Donohue
- Account Manager :
- Jeannine Yawn
- Vice President, Marketing :
- Todd Midura
- Director, Marketing :
- Eva Calatayud
- Digital Marketing Manager :
- Lila Branigan
- Associate Brand Manager :
- Tyler Green
- Executive Producer :
- Brook Downton
- Producer :
- John-William Davey
- Creative :
- Brett Stiller
- Lead Designer :
- Petra Gioutsou
- Illustrator :
- Jordy Macnack
- Animator :
- Arjan Dekker
- Lead Developer :
- Pieter van de Sluis
- Developer :
- Delilah Pavoni
- Quality Assurance Specialist :
- Mustafa El Sumadi
- Production Agency :
- Media.Monks
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