++ About Ack Ack Group ++

We are Ack Ack group, including:

- Huynh Nguyen Phuong Anh (Project Leader- s3131319)
- Luong Tu Dung (Graphics Design- s31313122)
- Lam Minh Tri (Information Architect- s3038496)

We will be using this blog to discuss project ideas, project progression, and any decisions made during the semester, while we are working on our project.

Tu Dung is good at sketching ideas, color arrangement as well as drawing stuff in Photoshop and Illustrator. That's why she's assigned to be the graphics designer of our group. Besides that, Tri has gained enormous amount of experiences in working with Illustrator, Flash and HTML; therefore he will do the job of Information Architect. I have a capacity of setting plans and following it carefully to get the good result; moreover, I'm good at writing and researching skill so I will assume to do these kinds of work for the group and also help others whenever they need. In addition, the three of us will share the role of Programmer to make the best piece of work.

1- The concept:

Actually, we create our own characters first, these are: KooKoo, FooFoo and BooBoo. KooKoo is an intelligent but cold-blooded owl, always alight on a sprig of sunflower; while FooFoo, her best friend, is a very silly sheep though she's very kind and want to help others whenever she can. The last character, BooBoo is an extremely naughty weasel, he like to turn everything into a mess. Therefore, our website has the cartoon style to promote our character as well as support the retailers. Another goal we want to gain is the big investment from potential investors so it must be attractive to the audiences and become popular as much as possible.
The website's name is "Ack Ack", which is very popular and familiar to Vietnamese young people. It is usually used when someone needs to express his/her surprise or shock, this kind of feeling, etc. Therefore, we think the target audiences will easily get involved in this term and feel curious about our site.

2- Intended audiences:

This kind of website and stuff are suitable for teenagers, especially girls who love cute things. So we decided that teenagers are the first and biggest audience group of our website. The second group that we're considering is the children from 3 to 12, who also like to play this kind of toy. And the last group is the collectors of cartoon style, we chose this group because they're fond of cartoon stuff and may help us to gain the prestige throughout the market.

3- Scopes:

• Graphic tools: Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver, Sound Forge, Garage Band, etc
• Platforms: Windows and Macintosh OS
• Browsers: Internet Explorer 6.0, Mozilla Firefox 2.0, Safari 1.0 and Opera (Adobe Flash Player plug-in must be installed on these browsers)
• Screen resolution: 800x600 or higher
• No registration required to access the website