THE TEAM
We want to work with cities, corporates and communities that are in the game of fighting child obesity and promoting child health and wellbeing.
We want to make a difference and give parents a tool that can reward screen time, maybe even be educational.
We want to develop not only one game, but a whole suite of motion games, theme parks and content for kids to be creative with.
We want to empower kids to build their own 3D universe in a park, share it with friends and family while promoting a healthy lifestyle.
Melanie Langlotz
Ceo & Opportunity Wrangler
Melanie is the founder of Geo AR Games and the ideas person behind our product range. She has got a varied 20 years background from both a technical and management perspective in the Entertainment and Media industry and holds a Post Grad Dipl in Entrepreneurship, a Dipl in Business Coaching and has spent the last 7 years immersing herself in game psychology and Augmented Reality. Her original AR WORLD idea goes back to Feb 2011 with the first prototype being developed back in 2012. Mel has been through 2 business incubators: Start-up Chile and Lightning Lab, which provided the springboard for Geo AR Games, our first product "Sharks in the Park" and later on "Magical Park".
Stephen Knightly
Product & Innovation Director
Stephen is New Zealand’s most experienced gamification consultant and and experienced technology marketer, business consultant and game designer.
A former chair of the New Zealand Game Developers Association, Stephen has spoken on gamification, digital business and learning at TEDxAuckland, the Marketing Association’s Marketing Summit and Digital Day Out, Internet NZ’s NetHui, as well as Safety 360 and ULearn.
Stephen is also Managing Director of the successful New Zealand game developer company InGame which is known for serious and educational gaming and he is a director of technology and innovation marketing agency Pursuit PR.
Rudi Bublitz
Strategy Adviser & Director
Rudi co-founded a UK based SAP consulting business, growing it from 2 to 400+ staff within 9 years before exiting in a trade sale in 1999 before the dot.com and Y2K bubbles burst. He has a keen eye for business process and is happy to help entrepreneurs break out of their comfort zone and is the director and co-founder of the Flying Kiwi Angel investor group in New Zealand.
As our company director, Rudi brings insights from the innovation and startup space, helps develop future risk scenarios and opportunities to grow or re-direct the business.
Rudi Bublitz
Erik HOgan
Senior Developer
Erik is an experienced interactive VR, AR, game and application developer with particular skills in cross-platform development spanning iPhones, iPads, Android phones, responsive websites, VR and AR and 360 film. As well as Magical Parks, he has
developed interactive apps for Television NZ, WorkSafe, University of Auckland and the Bank of New Zealand. He has held enterprise IT roles for the Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand and universities. He is also experienced in analytics, backend development and API integration to integrate gamification with reporting and tools.
Tyrone Mills
Senior Developer
Erik is an experienced interactive VR, AR, game and application developer with particular skills in cross-platform development spanning iPhones, iPads, Android phones, responsive websites, VR and AR and 360 film. As well as Magical Parks, he has
developed interactive apps for Television NZ, WorkSafe, University of Auckland and the Bank of New Zealand. He has held enterprise IT roles for the Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand and universities. He is also experienced in analytics, backend development and API integration to integrate gamification with reporting and tools.
Scott Thompson
Senior Developer
Erik is an experienced interactive VR, AR, game and application developer with particular skills in cross-platform development spanning iPhones, iPads, Android phones, responsive websites, VR and AR and 360 film. As well as Magical Parks, he has
developed interactive apps for Television NZ, WorkSafe, University of Auckland and the Bank of New Zealand. He has held enterprise IT roles for the Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand and universities. He is also experienced in analytics, backend development and API integration to integrate gamification with reporting and tools.