I’m Santiago Zapata, better known online as slashie, a Software Engineer and Independent Game Developer and from Medellín, Colombia.

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Category: Brazil 2014

  • WorldCupAlbums.com, and Russia 2018

    I decided to revive the “My Brazil World Cup” project from 2014, thinking it would be quick and easy to set it up for 2018. It wasn’t quick… collecting all the info and the pictures, setting everything back up… in any case. Here it is: worldcupalbums.com In this web app, optimized…

  • BrazilAlbum.com, finished

    Well, now that the world cup has started, I gotta mark this project as finished. I also did a drawing for a tshirt among the people who completed the virtual album. What were the results? I learned a bit about JQueryMobile, managed to create an application targeted to the local…

  • BrazilAlbum.com – Roulette Added, better UI

    Yesterday I released a new version of brazilalbum.com, the free online virtual stickers album. The main new feature is the roulette; it adds a new level of interactivity to players since there’s now an element of luck into the game (it was based only on appointment mechanics beforehand). I also…

  • More work on Brazil 2014

    Done Allow Facebook Login Use a shorter domain (brazilalbum.com) Pending Incentive people to share app by giving them free draws Share achievements Campaign with real prizes for filling the collection

  • My Brazil World Cup goes on

    Was working a bit on it last week. Pending: Share items Facebook login Extended item info Get extra draws for referring people

  • April’s Pet Project: My Brazil World Cup

    Bought the domain two years ago hoping it would be of any use. Didn’t know what to do with it until last weekend. In http://mybrazilworldcup.net you can create a collection of pictures related to Brazil and the 2014 world cup, and share it with your friends. Technically speaking, it’s a…