Everyone, meet ClownMrMinghui

Minghui has been with us for slightly more than a month now. You may have met him previously at Echelon 2011 (and even plastered a GameMaki sticker on him at the event), or you may have met him lurking around … elsewhere.

Minghui

Minghui joined us as our business developer in early July and is responsible for merchant partnerships. (So, if you happen to be a merchant or brand owner, a certain clown wants to speak to you!) On top of that, he’s been working on some video goodies for GameMaki behind the scenes which will be unveiled in the coming weeks.

More importantly, Minghui’s main expertise is game design, and he’s one of the key players in taking GameMaki’s gamification experience to a new level. There is loads of activity behind the scenes (which are still hush hush I cannot tell you neh neh boo boo for now) with respect to this area, and are based on a number of ideas from the clown himself.

Since his joining us, he’s fit very nicely into the quirky mix of personalities in the GameMaki team, with his trademark exaggerated “Noooooooooooooooooo!” when something goes wrong, and the sight of him sitting in his favourite corner of the office (which he calls his ‘emo corner’) and doodling away on his WACOM. He’s also crazy over strawberries and good food.

Minghui says hello!

Change of booth location at Echelon 2011!

Due to space constraints and some technical issues, we have been relocated to booth #17 for Echelon 2011 (starting tomorrow!) from our previous #15.

We will still be your right when you first walk through the entrance, just a stone’s throw away from Nokia’s booth at the extreme corner along the glass window. It’s easy to spot us, because of our giant live-feed bearing projector screen.

See you in 9 hours!

Post-Echelon 2011

Hey guys! Us folks at GameMaki would like to that you for supporting us at our booth during Echelon 2011 last week. We had a great time talking to you guys, and we’ve certainly met many interesting people.

We hope you’ve enjoyed the Echelon 2011-related challenges we’ve rolled out too. Kudos to the other startups who’ve taken part in this. This wouldn’t have been possible without you guys!

Without further ado, I shall present photos!

Day 1

Pinterest
Slavingia from Pinterest checking out GameMaki with co-founder & CEO Keith.

Keith Interviewed by SPH
Keith being interviewed by a reporter from Singapore Press Holdings.

Day 2

Jingxian and Ming Hui
Jingxian and Ming Hui – the latter went around soliciting “Claim Me!” stickers to be pasted on him at the event.

WorkLOHAS and GameMaki
With the folks at WorkLOHAS.

Socialgenie and GameMaki
Check out what Ankit of SocialGenie has done to Ming Hui!

Check out the rest of the photo album at our Facebook page!

Just 2 more days to Echelon!

It’s just 2 more days to Asia’s biggest tech event.

Play at Echelon 2011! Earn points and badges for interacting with startup booths, and attending talks or workshops at the event. All the ongoing activity at Echelon 2011 will be displayed on a live feed at our booth, where you can check out what everyone’s been up to and who the top 10 players are!

What’s even better? You can add your own challenges too! Simply create a challenge and include the #echelon2011 hashtag. Fill the event with your wild and crazy ideas.

Managed to earn special Echelon 2011 badges on GameMaki? Show us your achievement thru’ your mobile phone and you get to redeem a real badge to show off!

Redeem your badges at GameMaki's booth!
Redeem your badges at GameMaki‘s booth!

What badges are there?

The original GameMaki badge (Black)
It’s the simplest to get this one. You’ll just have to register at GameMaki. Easy peasy. Then, redeem this badge to prove you’re now a happy GameMaki-ian.

Echelon 2011 Explorer (Blue)
Join any one of the Echelon 2011 Makis – a Maki is our terminology for a ‘mini-game’ which comprises a group of challenges – and claim at least one challenge to redeem this badge.

** We will be rolling out two Makis during Echelon 2011. One for Day 1, and another for Day 2.

Echelon 2011 Conquerer (Orange)
Already earned the Echelon 2011 Explorer badge? Well, you can still go on and conquer the event! We’re not gonna’ reveal how many more challenges you’ll have to do to earn this badge. But rest assured, it ain’t difficult. As soon as that badge pops up on your screen, pop by our booth to redeem it. Ultimate boasting rights in an instant!

Psssst, badges come in limited quantities. So redeem them while stocks last!

Our final shipment of badges arrived yesterday, and they look real awesome.

Our badges are here!
Our badges are here!

We are still in the midst of finalizing the challenges, and they’d be gradually rolled out from tomorrow.

GameMaki will be at booth 15. We’re nearest to the entrance when you first walk in, just beside the spiral staircase on your right. Come and find us!

Where are we?
It’s so easy to locate us. (;

Until then, see you all at Echelon 2011!

GameMaki wants to have fun with you at Echelon 2011.

The team is extremely excited right now. We’ve been gearing up for Echelon 2011 later next week and loads of things have been going on behind the scenes.

What is Echelon?
Echelon is Asia’s best startup launchpad event, organized by e27. Echelon 2011 is a two-day, double-track event held from June 16-17 with over 1,000 delegates, a demo pit of up to 50 startups per day and various workshops. Echelon 2011 will be the biggest ever edition of Asia’s best startup launchpad event. It will discover Southeast Asia’s best startups on an all new scale.
Adapted from Echelon 2011′s official website.

GameMaki will be exhibiting at the above event. We will be at booth #15. Do drop by our booth on both days to talk to us, or just to say hello!

And wait … there’s more!

We will be rolling out challenges related to ongoing events and other startup companies present at Echelon 2011 during the two-day period. Turn Echelon 2011 into your personal playground by doing challenges, and stand to earn points and badges while exploring the activities and booths at the event.

There are two special badges you can earn exclusively at this event – the Echelon 2011 Explorer and Echelon 2011 Conquerer badges.

Completing at least one Echelon-related challenge will earn you the Echelon 2011 Explorer badge. Earning the Echelon 2011 Conquerer badge will be a little harder … you’ll need to complete at least 20 Echelon-related challenges!

Here’s a sneak preview.

Badges for Echelon 2011
Badges you can earn at Echelon 2011.

More details on the challenges and how you can earn badges will be revealed next week, closer to the event date. (; Everything’s still a secret for now.

Is that all? Nuh uh, no way.

What good is earning a badge if you can’t show it off in real life?

Well, at Echelon 2011, you can!

Earned the badges on our platform? Hop by our booth (booth #15) to redeem them for real badges! Our badges come in limited quantities. Be the lucky few to own the badge, exclusively available only at the event.

Redeem real badges at Echelon 2011!
Redeem your virtual badges for real badges at Echelon 2011. Ooh, la la.

Are you excited yet? Well, we definitely are.

All Echelon 2011-related claims, comments and photos uploaded during the event will also be screened on a live feed at our booth. What’s a better way to check out the goings-on around you while at the event!

If you are an exhibiting startup at the event and want to contribute your own challenges too, please email Brenda directly and she’ll be in touch with you pronto!

Meanwhile, stay tuned for more updates. Dum dee dum …