Orisinal

Orisinal
Type of site	Video game developer
Available in	English
Owner	Ferry Halim
URL	www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/

Last updated March 25, 2024

Orisinal: Morning Sunshine was a website featuring 62 Adobe Flash games (as of January 2018). The website was created in 2000 by Ferry Halim who resides in Clovis, California. It won the World Summit Award in 2003 in the e-entertainment category^[1] and the Webby Award in the games category in 2003.^[2] In 2004, the site Jay Is Games commended Orisinal: Morning Sunshine for Outstanding Achievement in Artistic Expression in its Best of 2004 special awards.^[3] As of November 2010, Ferry Halim has begun selling a selection of his games on the Apple App Store in remade versions for the iPhone.^[4]

Ferry Halim's games mostly contain small animals. The majority of the games are cute and have beautiful outdoor backgrounds and relaxing, ambient music (some of which composed by Steven Cravis ^[5] and several from Kimagure Orange Road), with few games involving fighting and battle.^[6] The games have been considered art games. The Orisinal website also includes an online store, guest book, desktop wallpaper, trailers and a special function that allows users to send and receive flowers custom-made via email services.^[7]

Orisinal is also known for having very strong protection over its Flash games that has kept them from being unlawfully copied onto other websites.^{[ citation needed ]} According to Ferry Halim, the website is "his personal playground."^[8]

Game examples

Apple Season - The player must try to catch as many apples as possible.
Bubble Bees - The player must capture bees by enclosing them in soap bubbles.
Carrot Track - This game includes a small rabbit which has to be led avoiding several puppies to gather carrots along the way.
The Crossing - The player controls a 'bridge' that moves back and forth to allow deer to cross.^[9]
Constellations - The player sends jellyfish shooting to the surface of the ocean to catch fish and sea stars.
A Dog For All Seasons - In four parallel scenes, a dog runs through landscapes depicting spring, summer, autumn, and winter. The player must help each dog avoid obstacles in its individual season.
High Delivery - A balloon with a vase tied to its string floats higher and higher. The player uses a small electric fan to guide the balloon to catch falling roses in the vase. At the game's end, the vase full of roses comes to rest at the gates of Heaven.
Pocketful of Stars - A little girl stands next to a frozen pond on a starry night. While the player controls the little girl, her reflection in the pond leaps higher to capture the reflected stars.
The Truth is Up There - To earn points, the player must keep a flying saucer within the viewfinder of a video camera.
Sunny Day Sky - The player controls a small bear that flies using its umbrella, that must pass as many cars as possible and land perfectly.
Snowbowling - The player hit the ice skaters with snowballs to earn points.^[6]
The Way Home - The player must steer a squirrel across a cityscape, collecting food as they go.
Winterbells - The player must steer a white rabbit up a winter night scape to earn points by leaping onto increasingly smaller white bells.

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References

↑ World Summit Award: The Best in e-Content and Creativity. Category:e-Entertainment. 2003.
↑ "Webby Nominees". Webbyawards.com. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
↑ Best of Casual Gameplay 2004. "Best of Casual Gameplay 2004". Jay is Games. Retrieved 2009-10-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
↑ "Winterbells for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store". iTunes .
↑ "Pianist and Composer | About : Friquently Asked Questions". Steven Cravis. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
1 2 Kuchera, Ben (2021-02-11). "The 10 essential examples of snow and ice in video games". Polygon. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
↑ "Orisinal : Morning Sunshine". Ferryhalim.com. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
↑ "Ferry Halim". Ferryhalim.com. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
↑ "10 Autumn Games For Your Virtual Leaf Peeping". pastemagazine.com. 2015-10-05. Retrieved 2021-06-30.

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[1] World Summit Award: The Best in e-Content and Creativity. Category:e-Entertainment. 2003.

[2] "Webby Nominees". Webbyawards.com. Retrieved 2009-10-17.

[3] Best of Casual Gameplay 2004. "Best of Casual Gameplay 2004". Jay is Games. Retrieved 2009-10-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[4] "Winterbells for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store". iTunes .

[5] "Pianist and Composer | About : Friquently Asked Questions". Steven Cravis. Retrieved 2009-10-17.

[:0-6] 1 2 Kuchera, Ben (2021-02-11). "The 10 essential examples of snow and ice in video games". Polygon. Retrieved 2021-06-30.

[7] "Orisinal : Morning Sunshine". Ferryhalim.com. Retrieved 2009-10-17.

[8] "Ferry Halim". Ferryhalim.com. Retrieved 2022-07-31.

[9] "10 Autumn Games For Your Virtual Leaf Peeping". pastemagazine.com. 2015-10-05. Retrieved 2021-06-30.

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