endorsedCompleted

Game-based Learning and Portfolio Platform

Services Covered:

Game Development • Website Development

Industry

Education

Duration

35 months

Budget

50K - 199K

Start Date

1 October 2014

Team Size

1-5 Employees

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

71/100

Good

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Client

Lingua Galaxiae

Petaluma, United States of America

Project Summary

smartData Enterprises developed a complex, game-based learning environment and portfolio builder using a LAMP stack with CakePHP and MySQL. The application implements daily student interaction and live video features and was built from the client's page designs. The client praised the team's communication (twice daily), accommodation, and said the system works and expects to rehire the vendor.

Key Challenges

Turn the client's 9-page graphic designs with multiple modules into a working learning/game environment
Provide daily player interaction including hiring full-time writing coaches and delivering live daily video
Deliver a one-semester course workflow that requires daily writing and produces an online portfolio launched from the application

Project Deliverables

Learning/game-based web application
Online portfolio builder launched from within the application
Live daily video feature for player interaction
MySQL/CakePHP-based multi-page web application

Project Solution

The vendor built a multi-page, game-based learning web application from the client's graphic designs. The system was developed using a LAMP stack with CakePHP and a MySQL database; the team implemented the pages iteratively (starting with the first) and spent a month of debugging after more than a year of full-time development. A project coordinator oversaw paired coders during implementation.

Project Outcome

The complex system functions successfully
Communication was conducted twice daily during the engagement
The client remains satisfied and intends to rehire the vendor for rebranding

Platforms

Tech Stack

MySQL
PHP

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“smartData Enterprise led a solid process, initiating communications twice a day — at the beginning of the day and towards the end of the shift. They were friendly and accommodating. In the end, they made a very complex system work.”
Bryan Steele
President
Date: 08/23/2020