WHO WE ARE


Codebox is a young and passionate software develop­ment company located in the heart of Zurich. Established in 2011, Codebox primarily develops applications and games for all major mobile platforms. Our team consists of talented individuals necessary to produce complete, cost-effective and high-quality application and videogame solutions.

With our well-grounded technological background we help our clients to fully turn their ideas into reality and to produce an individual and innovative product.

WHAT WE DO


Software often lacks an intuitive user interface and data representation is mostly unattractive. Our strength is to create interactive and interesting applications that are fun to use and that improve productivity.

We can combine and rely on our long lasting ex­periences in developing business software and video games. We mainly develop for mobile devices using exclusively the most advanced technologies.

TECHNOLOGIES


With our agile and professional team we build appli­cations and games based on the newest trends using state of the art technologies.
Apple set new standards with the iPhone and its mobile operating system iOS and has set trends around smartphones. We have been involved from the very be­ginning and develop software for all iOS devices.
Android is steadily gaining popularity and has meanwhile taken first place in the ranking of the best­selling smart­phones. Codebox understands to write software for Android devices using Java.
Lately Microsoft presented their answer to iOS and Android with the launch of Windows Phone 7. Well-known tech­nologies are used for programming this device, which we already have used effectively for several projects in the past.
Flash is one of the most prevalent plat­forms that enable inter­active and ex­pressive content in a web browser. We are using this tech­nology for realizing games and inter­active web appli­cations.

Pro Air :: iPad
ProAir is an app that was developed specifically for the ventilation business. It serves as a powerful tool for ordering ventilation parts. The user can select the desired components from a list and adjust accordingly using pre-made and supportive editors. Input validation and dropdown lists help him capture the parts correctly and quickly. Additionally, the user can convert their orders directly into a PDF document which can then be emailed to the supplier or printed out.

ProAir is a good example of how the iPad can improve the way of working in the office or on construction sites. The recording of ventilation elements can be done on site, so that a considerable time saving results.
ProAir was developed specifically for the iPad. The slick and intuitive user interface can easily be handled by non-experienced personnel.

Tschau Sepp :: iPhone :: iPad
Our game Tschau Sepp is based on a well-known swiss Jass-card game. With its great passion for detail and utmost quality requirements, Tschau Sepp for the iPhone has been catapulted to rank 1 of the best-selling games in Switzerland short after its release. Even today the game is still regularly downloaded and played with pleasure. Besides the iPhone, the game is also available in HD quality for the iPad.

Tschau Sepp is the first game that Codebox released under the label Gango Games, which is our label for in-house productions.
Since the rules of that game change from region to region, Tschau Sepp comes with an immutable standard ruleset and separately enableable supplementary rules. Besides the local single and multiplayer mode, the game comes with a mode that allows multiple devices to connect with each other over a Bluetooth connection. The game has been implemented with Apple's standard toolset and has been written in Objective-C and OpenGL ES.

Alarm Clock PRO :: Windows Phone 7
Alarm Clock Pro is one of the first apps that has been released on the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace. As the name suggests, it's an alarm clock that contains a lot of helpful features and replaces the standard alarm clock with ease.

The most important addtion to the original supplied alarm clock is that Alarm Clock Pro allows the selection of songs from the private music library. Furthermore the app comes with a sleep mode, diverse ambient sounds and unique ring tones. An arbitrary amount of entries may be saved in the list of alarms and each one may have its own settings.
Alarm Clock Pro has been developed using Silverlight for Windows Phone. The Windows Phone Marketplace is ever since rapidly growing and shall play an important part in the distribution of software for mobile devices.

The Path of Go :: Xbox 360
The Path of Go has been developed on behalf of Microsoft Research. The artificial intelligence which is used to compute the opponent's moves has completely been developed by Microsoft Research over the last few years. Markus implemented the whole game almost single-handedly. Except for the A.I. the whole game has been produced in Switzerland, from the 3D graphics through to the music. Valuable partnerships have been established which we still resort to. The game is available for download on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace since the end of 2010.

The Path of Go addresses the ancient Asian board game named Go. The game attempts to make the extremely sophisticated board game accessible to beginners using interactive tutorials and an exciting story mode.
Copyright © The Path of Go images are property of Microsoft Corporation
The Path of Go has completely been developed with XNA and comes with a bunch of nice features. Besides local games against the A.I. the game also supports an online multiplayer mode over Xbox LIVE and a never seen before asynchronous multiplayer mode that makes it possible to play using the messaging system of Xbox LIVE. Xbox LIVE Arcade has evolved to one of the most important gaming platforms and we are proud to be a part of it.

MARKUS JOST :: Owner & COO :: MSc UZH :: Programming
Already very early in his life Markus was enthusiastic about IT and realized his first projects at the age of 14. He discovered his interest in video games in the 80's. After successfully having finished his studies in computer science at the university of Zurich he worked as a software engineer in the Swiss market. His career as a professional video game developer started after having won an international competition in the year 2008. Shortly after that he succeeded in developing an Xbox 360 game for Microsoft Research all by himself.

Thanks to his diverse technical knowledge, his creativity and his long lasting experiences in designing graphical user interfaces, he's the right man when it comes to developing projects.

MANTHOS TAKIDIS :: Owner & CTO :: MSc ETH EEIT :: Programming
Manthos Takidis received a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology from ETH Zurich. In the course of his studies, he found his passion within the fields of Computer Vision and Machine Learning, so that he completed his Master Thesis on stereo vision based car tracking. After having gathered international experiences in one of the leading train manufacturing companies as a system and software engineer, he founded Codebox Ltd liab. Co together with Markus in 2011.

With his diverse technological background and his strong programming skills he's the right guy for solving all the challenging tasks arising in application and game development.

FREDY ESPEJO :: Partner :: Gemdesign.ch :: Graphics
In Fredy's world, words are not just a sequence of letters. His unconditional love for typography and the infatuation in visual details are style building for the distinctive clarity of his graphical creations. He treats his projects not just as usual works, he comprehends them as oeuvres. That way a living communication arises and alleged simple words bloom to compositions that cast a spell over their audience by their brilliance.

MISCHA PERELLA :: Partner :: Twincut.ch :: Music & Sound
Mischa has made music since 1995. Over the past years, he worked as a producer for various artists. Whenever one of our projects is in need of custom composed music, Mischa is our man. He already created the music for all our released titles including Tschau Sepp and The Path of Go.

DUSTIN REES :: Partner :: Createdindust.ch :: Cartoon & Animation
Dustin followed his love for animation and graduated with distinction in the field of Art and Design at the University in Lucerne. Since then he has directed numerous commissioned short films and clips. His films have traveled the globe through various film festivals and have been screened in cinemas and broadcasting stations. He has been part of camera, editing and editorial staff at two Swiss TV stations.

We are lucky that we can rely on his talent when it comes to drawing and animating characters.
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