Cecropia Welcomes Entertainment Industry Veteran to Advisory Board.

LEXINGTON, Mass. -- Entertainment production company Cecropia (www.cecropia.com) today announced that industry veteran Ronald Baum has joined its Advisory Board.

Mr. Baum co-founded and is Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Cashbox Games Inc., a design and manufacturer of redemption and merchandising equipment for the coin operated marketplace. He is a 25-year veteran of the coin-op industry, having served as both a supplier and in executive sales positions for several coin-op manufacturers such as Williams Electronics, Midway Games Midway Games (NYSE: MWY) (formerly Midway Manufacturing) is an American video game publisher. Midway's legacy includes landmark titles such as Ms. Pac-Man, Spy Hunter, Tron, Mortal Kombat, and NBA Jam. , Team Play and Global VR.

Cecropia Founder Omar Khudari said, "Ron is an expert in seeking out, understanding, and meeting the needs of the customer in the interactive entertainment market. His expertise will be invaluable for our marketing efforts."

Also on Cecropia's Advisory Board are Andy Miller Andy Miller may be:

Andy Miller, basketball agent.
Andy Miller, rugby player.
Andy Miller, video editor.
Andy Miller, record producer.

, Founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Miller Consulting, and an IT opinion leader for more than 25 years; and Kenneth Fedesna, the Co-founder and President of White Rabbit White Rabbit

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About Cecropia

Cecropia offers a new style of video game created by former Disney Feature Film Animation Studio Animation studio can refer to:

a studio where animation is created—see the List of animation studios.
Any three dimensional software animation package such as 3ds Max, Blender 3D, Cinema 4D, Lightwave, Maya, Houdini, or XSI.

animators Famous animators no longer living

Alexandre Alexeieff
Tex Avery
Arthur Babbit
Joseph Barbera
Berthold Bartosch
Joy Batchelor
Amadee J.

. This innovative entertainment experience is a personality-centric, interactive comedy that combines the appeal of the highest quality, hand-drawn film animation with an original, simple game mechanic A game mechanic is a construct of s intended to produce an enjoyable game or gameplay. All games use mechanics; however, theories and styles differ as to their ultimate importance to the game. that anyone can enjoy. The first title in this breakthrough style of game is a romantic comedy called The Act.

The Act is a social interactive game that appeals to a broader demographic than typical videogames, with its unique story, high quality animation, addictive game play, and simplicity of play. The main characters are Edgar, a shy window washer; and Sylvia, the girl of his dreams. Using only a simple control knob, players control the visual personality clues in the animated characters to move to the next level of the game.

Cecropia will showcase The Act at the Ottawa International Animation Festival, September 22 through September 24 at Booth N.

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