Mystic Media

Our Client IRL Games wanted to create Drag Links Racing, a mobile game and social media platform that runs on iOS, Android, and the web. Drag Links Racing connects vehicle and racing enthusiasts around the globe to facilitate both real-time and asynchronous races.

We developed a holistic strategy for the launch of a complex mobile game, including creating the gamification and monetization strategy, and technical development. Our scope of work  required integrating social media, mobile gaming, and real life racing.

In order to enable users to race their cars in real-time, the application needed to seamlessly pull key data points from the user’s device including speed, elevation, and distance. We programmed the Drag Links app to employ every facet of the device to accurately collect key data, including the GPS and gyroscope.

Even for the most avid racing fans, one of the biggest challenges with gaming is retention. We gave users an incentive to return to the app daily by creating a detailed currency system featuring frequent rewards for completing actions in the app, including a complex ranking system driven by race results and expendable rewards. We married our Client’s social network with our gamification techniques to incentivize users to post frequently to the platform and organically grow the Drag Links network. Now racing enthusiasts across the world can easily connect with fellow racers, find challengers at any time of the day and share their results with their friends and community.

Apt CoWork provides private and communal work spaces as an amenity to apartment communities nationwide. Each location features hyper-fast WiFi, charging stations, and a variety of workspace options for short and longer-term rentals. Apt CoWork launched in early 2022 to provide distraction-less, flexible working solutions to renters, business travelers, and local community residents in key markets across the country. 

As a startup, Apt CoWork was looking for a multi-disciplinary software development agency that could seamlessly bring their vision to life and share app development best practices. Our scope of work included web and application development, integration with various APIs, creative design, and hosting services. 

We built an iOS, Android and web application that makes it easy for both apartment residents and non-residents to sign-up for Apt CoWork from their desktop or mobile devices and book coworking spaces. The backend functionality allows management to view key data points and reports and monitor the connectivity of workspaces, ensuring that Apt CoWork delivers on its brand promise to provide hyper-fast connectivity in a welcoming and professional environment. Additionally, we helped our client create a monetization plan.

Thanks to Apt CoWork, remote workers across the country can avoid the downside of working from home or in a noisy coffee shop with spotty WiFi and endless distractions.

Car Concepts is one of the largest and most established premium car audio technology specialists in Salt Lake City. Our Client came to us looking for a web development company capable of creating a state-of-the-art website to exemplify their brand.

We built an elegant, parallax scrolling website, coded in the latest responsive web design technologies. We studied Car Concepts’ existing branding and translated it into a cutting-edge website designed to maintain familiarity and consistency with their audience while incorporating a sleek modern UX.

All front-end content is driven from a custom-built Content Management System (CMS) and secure administration panel. Without any prior coding knowledge, Car Concepts can modify content on the site, as well as manage newsletter sign-ups, services, contact inquiries, email templates, photo and video galleries, employee bios, brands displayed on the site, FAQ and more.

We are proud of our ongoing strategic partnership with Car Concepts as they continue to enhance and customize vehicles in the greater Salt Lake City area.

Bingoat is a mobile game and tool that enables peak performance for bingo players, utilizing the device’s camera as a card scanner and transposing their physical cards into the application. Bingoat allows users to scan and play up to 50 cards simultaneously. The user enters called numbers and the app becomes their bingo game assistant: daubing each scanned card automatically. When bingo is achieved, it notifies the user of their victory.

Designing a revolutionary bingo application required extensive technical expertise. Our strategy encompassed various processes including game development, UI/UX development, Android & iOS mobile app development, web design and ASO.

On a technical level, our goal was to harness a device’s camera to scan up to 50 bingo cards, process and transpose them into digital format using optical recognition technology. The scanning technology needed to be ultra-precise since one mistake can ruin a bingo game for the user. We created the most effective bingo card scanner on the market. Our technical research led us into uncharted waters, resulting in patent-pending innovation. In addition to technical development, we helped our client navigate the patent landscape to secure their intellectual property.

As a premier gaming company, we put gamification mechanics at the forefront of our development. The Bingoat application serves a valuable purpose in a user’s bingo gameplay, but we had to make a game that would enhance and maintain user engagement. 

We needed retention tactics to maintain user engagement, currencies to instill the user with a constant sense of progress, unlockables, in-app purchases, strategically placed ads, art assets, and more. We designed multiple intertwining core loops and side games to encourage users to open the app everyday. We also created a monetization and non-intrusive advertising strategy designed to maximize revenue. 

The Bingoat application is available in the Google Play Store & Apple App Store - download it today!

Wishing Pixies is an educational mobile game for iOS and Android designed to help parents reinforce positive, healthy behaviors in their child. Children play the game using a mobile app, while parents use a companion website to interact with their child as the Pixie.

Letts Play, Inc. sought out an entrepreneurial technology agency to fulfill their goal of bringing a product from conception to release--including marketing and product design services. We worked side-by-side with our client through every step of the process. We developed the mobile apps and a gamification strategy to keep children engaged in the virtual world while motivating positive behavior. We created branding materials and a marketing plan to determine the brand position, tone, and target consumers. We designed the doll and the packaging materials, and created a responsive website for parents to manage the app, as well as an e-commerce website to sell the Wishing Pixies product line.

The WISHING PIXIES app is currently in app stores for iOS and Android. We are grateful for the opportunity to assist Letts Play in creating a product that helps parents nurture their children and promotes positive behavior.

Streamz Inc. is a collection of the finest engineers, musicians, artists, and visionaries who share a common passion and mission: to dramatically simplify and enhance the entertainment experience.

In order to build a state-of-the-art software solution for their latest device, Streamz Inc. required a dedicated Android development team versed with both Android and Google Assistant platforms. In collaboration with their engineers, we built a custom application launcher that runs and controls their state-of-the-art speaker technology. Our efforts contributed to the creation of a one-of-a-kind “Intelligent Speaker” that runs thousands of music and video apps through voice-control.

In addition, we also created a powerful and redundant cloud environment that handles security, software updates, and more. We currently continue to develop for Streamz Inc. and are proud to help build unique and innovative entertainment experiences for consumers around the globe.

First Class Seating wanted to create a native iOS and Android application which would revolutionize the theatrical viewing experience. The Select-A-Language application provides a cutting-edge, secure way for movie studios and theaters to provide movies to audience members in multiple languages via dubbed audio tracks.

As experienced Android and Apple developers, we know security is a vital aspect of the mobile app development process. Since the application deals with copyrighted audio, it was particularly important for Select-A-Language to protect the audio tracks from piracy. The Select-A-Language application utilizes a complex mechanism to only allow audience members to stream the movie on their ticket for the duration of its showtime.

In addition to the front-facing application, we built an administrative site and Content Management System which allows the Select A-Language team to control content on the application. Through the administrative site, the main system administrator can manage theaters, venues, ads, and more. We built a custom advertising system which allows the system administrator to target ads both on a per-language and a per-venue basis. The custom advertising system allows theaters to manage custom banners, and integrate Google AdMob ads within the application.

The system administrator can set-up multiple locations under their theater brand, and assign administrators for managing each location’s presence on the application. The system administrator can also view and generate detailed graphical reports of various sets of data collected from users. We integrated the Select-A-Language application with their ticketing system to simplify the process of retrieving the latest showtime data for theater owners.

The Select-A-Language application has been successfully released in both iOS and Android app stores, and is most likely available in a theater near you.

MAd Reach™ is a patent-pending location-based mobile advertising solution that helps small to mid-sized merchants “Drive Foot Traffic When It Matters Most.” We created the MAd Reach™ platform to help businesses take full-control of their digital advertising.

The ad platform allows merchants to create exclusive deals and send them to users who are signed up, nearby, and can respond. For consumers, following a merchant or a category of merchant on the MAd Reach℠ app means they know they will receive relevant offers to save money on their favorite purchases when in the area. Merchants don’t pay anything until a customer walks in the door and redeems their mobile promotion.

We developed the MAd Reach™ advertising platform for iOS and Android. Our services included strategic planning, identifying consumer and merchant insights, app development, database development, digital design and digital content development, cloud services, and creation of a secure hosting environment capable of handling massive data requirements. Working alongside our strategic partners, we currently manage the MAd Reach launch marketing plan, sales, operations, merchant services and are responsible for results measurement.

MAd Reach currently has over 3,000 merchants in the ad platform in the greater Salt Lake City and Denver areas. Thanks to the MAd Reach℠ app, consumers can find exclusive deals and offers from the merchants they love when they are nearby and can respond.

The Huck It™ mobile game was developed for ski lovers who want to experience the thrill-seeking adventure of mastering the best snow on earth. We helped Huck It™ create and launch the first ultra-realistic 3D mobile ski game featuring both Race and Freeride modes.

Our design, animation and development teams recreated the terrain of Utah’s top resort with meticulous detail. The 3D game is not all white knuckles and puckered takeoffs—this snowy wonderland is a feast for the eyes. Players can ski through the snowy curves and towering trees, reminding them of why they live to shred.

Development of Huck It™ for iOS and Android included strategic planning, UI design, game flow, and developing the launch marketing strategy. We were involved in every step of the process, from concepting and designing the game mechanics, creating the social media plan, and enacting app store optimization (ASO) to gain downloads.

The launch marketing plan included social media and digital marketing, promotions and contests, experiential marketing events and strategic sponsorships. To date, Huck It™ has amassed over 80,000 downloads and is an influencer in the alpine ski community.

Our client came to us with two German Shepherds bred from prestigious bloodlines and had the aspiration to become an influencer within the pet social media community. In addition, they needed a partner who could execute the day-to-day operations of the campaign.

Family is a universal theme that resonates on social media. Our client’s German Shepherds are gorgeous brothers bred from elite bloodlines, giving our client the angle necessary to develop two of the most well-known German Shepherds on social media. 

The challenge laid in creating a social media strategy that would connect with and build a core audience while conveying the personality of the dogs, facilitating growth, and standing out among the crowd of other dog-themed social media accounts.

We came up with the @germanshepherdlifestyle brand along with a multi-faceted social media strategy to grow their following. We put together an interdisciplinary team and determined that Instagram would be the primary network to build a following and leverage the exposure to gradually expand into other networks.

We enacted market research to analyze the effectiveness of posts and hone in on the best visual images, posting times, sentiments, hashtags, and influencers to interact with. Using this data, we created unique strategies for Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube. Upon growing the account into an influencer within the pet Instagram space, we established partnerships with other influencers and brands. 

German Shepherd Lifestyle and Training is now a premiere influencer within the pet social media sector and generating revenue through sponsorships and product placement. It is a joy to work with these two great dogs and to share their growth with social media users across the world.

Low Cost Interlock® offers the most reliable interlock ignition system for vehicles across the country.

As one of the largest interlock companies in America, our client required a strategic partner to solve the continuous tech-related obstacles their business faces as they expand into new markets. Low Cost Interlock® has strict protocols for sharing pertinent information with courts & monitoring authorities. Their business demands a high-availability system compliant with the latest security measures and protocols.

We were initially approached to enhance and recreate their employee dashboard that is used to facilitate their day-to-day operations. As our partnership evolved, we’ve become their central IT team, as well as an integral part of their software engineering teams. We leverage our experience and knowledge collaboratively with their engineering teams to ensure transitions and developmental roll-outs happen smoothly across all devices, websites, and software. We manage all new development projects, including multiple Android and iOS apps. We also manage all of their web hosting and created a high-availability cloud infrastructure designed for their specific needs.

We enjoy growing collaboratively with Low Cost Interlock®, a business that helps keep our roads safe and secure.

As a long-standing strategic partner of Listen Technologies, we have had the opportunity to work on various proprietary software development and programming projects, including the development of several of their listening platforms. In addition, we designed a robust cloud environment, and developed both web and mobile applications for Listen Technologies.

G3|Acoustics LLC. develops sound engineering solutions. Their team has a combined 40+ years of product development experience from the automotive industry, accruing numerous granted and pending patents. Their portfolio of future product applications include hospitality, transportation, buildings, and marine and recreational vehicle industries.

We work with G3|Acoustics LLC. on numerous projects, including the development of a native mobile application for a nationwide restaurant chain that allows customers seated at a table to change the channel and adjust the volume of the Android OS-based entertainment device mounted to their table.

Mystic Media developers worked directly with the Raspberry Pi hardware manufacturer to determine the exact requirements of the hardware for this project. The application runs as an Android OS service, booting automatically upon device startup. It implements a kiosk mode with UI to prevent customers from exiting the app while providing a hidden method for the Admin to do so. It also monitors the external battery of each device and alerts management when a device requires attention.

Our work with G3|Acoustics LLC. contributed to an improved dining experience for patrons across the country. We look forward to continuing to innovate with G3|Acoustics LLC. in the sound engineering field.

Sperry’s Moviehouse is a 12 screen boutique theater featuring reserved first class seating and dining services. With two high-end locations in Port Huron and Holland, Sperry’s offers one of the best entertainment and dining experiences in the Michigan area. 

Sperry’s needed a web development company to design a website which matches and effectively communicates the quality of the experience they offer their customers while facilitating ticket transactions through their point of sale system.

Our web developers crafted a cutting-edge, responsive parallax web design layout that displays perfectly across all devices. We worked closely with Sperry’s marketing team to ensure their branding was consistent throughout the new website, as well as in their point of sale system. Our creative and UX design teams delivered a compelling visual style designed to entice users. The Sperry’s website is optimized with the latest SEO techniques, allowing it to easily be found by their customers. 

We also delivered a comprehensive content management system allowing the Sperry’s team to dynamically control content, manage users, and add new custom pages to the website without technical knowledge. Sperry’s can easily upload their latest menu and customize a sleek gallery of photos to advertise their dining services. 

In order for the website to facilitate ticket sales, we worked with the company behind Sperry’s custom POS system to help them upgrade and fully integrate their system with the website. The integration enables the Sperry’s website to seamlessly display the latest showtime information and facilitate ticket transactions.

We are proud to have designed a website that is true to our client’s vision and helped them deliver top-notch entertainment experiences to their customers.

Western Line Constructors Inc. is an effective agency through which qualified, reliable, experienced outside contractors in the construction industry from California, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, and Montana can express their collective voice on issues affecting their industry.

Our client needed a web development company to deliver a state-of-the-art, dynamically-driven website to enable their organization to manage their day-to-day online needs.

We built a custom, scalable solution for Western Line Constructors Inc. featuring a cutting-edge, responsive web design layout optimized for mobile, desktop, and tablets. Our web development team optimized the website’s UX for intuitive, user-friendly navigation. The website is coded with the latest HTML & CSS technologies, backed by a robust database, and optimized with the latest SEO techniques.

The Western Line Constructors Inc. website is used in the field by its members and as the main portal for content and member management. Western Line’s members can login through the member portal, and complete a variety of functions. The website has seven different user types, each offering the user access to content specific to their login. Members can view/download safety and training materials, view safety & training seminars, register for forthcoming events, purchase tickets to events, and more. The website facilitates safe, secure online payments and integrates with Google Calendar, making event planning and ticket-purchasing easy for members. By streamlining the communication of crucial information and functions, the Western Line Constructors website enables members to get the most out of their memberships.

The system administrator has full control over the content of the website through a double password-protected admin panel. They can create new pages, control and add new events, set a pricing structure, create automated emails, and more. The Western Line Constructors website is also hosted on our secure cloud.

Founded in 1989, Peak Photo is the premier action and portrait photography company of the historic Alta Ski resort in Utah. Peak Photo sells compelling visual photographs to their clients and needed a web development company to deliver a modern web design layout which would do justice to the quality of their photography.

We built Peak Photo a custom eCommerce website featuring a state-of-the-art, visually captivating, parallax scrolling design. The website safely stores their copyrighted content, displaying watermarked, low-resolution photos to the public while effectively marketing to their customer-base, and facilitating sales. Peak Photo runs their entire business through the website, including image processing, payroll, online and in-house sales. In addition to photography sales, the website includes additional products like frames, mugs, and other resort-themed paraphernalia.

During the busy ski season, Peak Photo processes thousands of images per day. In order to keep up with the pace of their business, they needed a custom system with significant image processing power. A stand-alone template photo website would not suffice. We built a powerful system that enables Peak Photo to process, display, and sell over 10,000 images per day. In addition, the system archives and stores images with a redundant back-up system.

Beyond the main website, we also built an intranet website which allows Peak Photo to display hi-resolution images within their physical location. The intranet site enables Peak Photo to advertise their high-end images within their physical location while keeping them in a secure environment.

The Peak Photo system is a major component of their business, facilitating sales both online and in-house. We are delighted to have contributed to their sustained success as an elite on-mountain photography company.

PonyEx is on a mission to provide the right size vehicle for any local delivery– the same day, cost-effectively with record speeds. Their drivers are available day or night to move items big or small ranging from autoparts and building materials for small businesses to e-commerce goods and groceries.

PonyEx hired us to design a backend and consumer-facing app and website for their rollout in the Utah market with the goal of delivering on demand deliveries with unprecedented ease and speed. As we worked through the discovery phase, we identified solutions to improve the platform, such as adding functionality to create orders with multiple stops, as well as future developmental iterations that will provide cost efficiencies.

We built native mobile applications for iOS and Android that manage the shipping journey, from scheduling a delivery to order tracking. Customers can connect with drivers within their proximity as well as request specific favorite drivers based on previous orders. A variety of secure payment options make the payment experience user-friendly and quick. 

The mobile-friendly web app uses the most advanced responsive code and database technologies to enable drivers and customers to easily create accounts in a secure environment and access core functions via their web browser, such as placing orders and editing their account information. 

Content on the PonyEx platform is dynamically-driven through a custom Content Management System (CMS) and secure administration panel. The CMS enables PonyEx to manage content on the site and their day-to-day operations. The administration panel seamlessly synchronizes with our Client’s accounting software. 

Since the launch, PonyEx’s business clients are increasing their customer satisfaction by meeting their customer’s immediate shipping needs, and individual clients are easily getting all of those little pickups delivered to them in as little as two hours.

Won-Door Corporation is known worldwide within the fire protection industry for pioneering the development of the first accordion type, fire rated horizontal sliding door – the FireGuard. Their clients include the University of Utah, AMC, Facebook, The Pentagon, TWA Hotel at JFK, Goldman Sachs, and Nordstrom.

Won-Door installers use a proprietary hardware device to configure and install their fire doors to provide maximum safety. Won-Door needed to replace the current hardware device so that installers can complete functions from a state-of-the-art, modern, and conversant iOS interface. Mystic Media was brought onboard to build a new iOS-based application for their installers, optimized for both the iPhone and iPad.

We kicked off the project by working with our Client’s engineering team to understand the  current functions, limitations, and functionality of the existing hardware to recommend improvements.

We built a custom tool that installers can use with peace of mind through a user-friendly interface. The software equips installers with the ability to complete all commands from their previous hardware and configure the settings of the door.

Mystic Media engineers built a double-password protected backend administrative website which enables our Client to complete critical administrative functions, including assigning installers to tiers and viewing diagnostic data. It was critical that we created different access levels with different permissions to ensure that installers can only access functions that they are qualified to control. Our Client can also use the backend site to rescind permissions and manually clear user data when devices are broken for added data security.

We are honored that Won-Door entrusted such an important project in our hands to enhance fire safety in universities and institutions, schools, hospitals, and businesses across the globe.

Speech Racer is a speech therapy application designed as a reinforcement tool for children and youth who struggle to pronounce the /r/ sound. Specifically, the app breaks down and analyzes the quality of the spoken /r/ to help users improve their pronunciation skills over time.

The Speech Racer therapy app features over 300 flash cards and 4 unique game modes that help users efficiently and accurately improve their speaking. Users receive immediate feedback for the progression of their language skills with color-coded encouragement prompts indicated by: Red (needs improvement), Yellow (almost there) and Green (proficient) score.

Our partnership with Speech Racer included the development of two custom iOS apps, a paid and a lite version, with unique functionality requirements.

We also modified and improved upon their pre-existing /r/ sound algorithms, written in the C programming language, ultimately improving the apps’ usability. In collaboration with Speech Racer, our team consulted on the launch marketing plan strategy, the PC and desktop versions of the app, and provided insights on current market trends.

BioWaveGO is an ultra-effective, non-opioid, wearable, FDA-cleared device created to block pain at the source — without a prescription. BioWaveGO’s patented pain-blocking technology delivers therapeutic electrical impulses through the skin to prevent pain signals from reaching the brain.
 
We partnered with the BioWave engineering team to create BioWaveGO, an iOS- and Android-compatible mobile app. The BioWaveGO app allows patients to control their BioWaveGO device and track key session data such as the level of intensity, the date/time/duration of their session, and pre- and post-treatment pain levels.
 
In addition to the development of the BioWaveGO app, we created a streamlined content management system that allows BioWave system administrators to customize and edit content on the app, without requiring any coding knowledge. We also created a secure, HIPAA-compliant hosting environment in our Cloud to safely store all of our client’s sensitive data.
 
We are proud to collaborate with a company that is leading the way to the future of pain management solutions with a safe, non-opioid alternative.

Bean Trailer is a Salt Lake City-based manufacturer of off-road trailers that marries  modern amenities with the classic teardrop trailer design. Since 2017, Bean Trailer has built a community of outdoor enthusiasts who are passionate about sharing their off-road traveling experiences.

Bean Trailer approached Mystic Media to become a part of their internal tech team to develop the Bean There Camping Android and iOS  application. The task was to create a proprietary app that would be a campsite destination resource. Ultimately we wanted to leverage the feeling of pride and adventure a Bean Trailer owner feels when they hit the road to create Bean Trailer fans.

We created a comprehensive campsite database and social network exclusively available to Bean Trailer customers. The application includes interactive social features, allowing users to search for their next big adventure as well as share their past travels.

While the Bean Trailer branding team can populate campsite data, the majority of the tips, tricks, and recommendations are added by Bean Trailer owners. Each campsite listing brings to life the campsite experience from visitors, including amenities and reviews. Seamless map navigation inspires the user to hit the road with confidence.

Our designers worked with the brand’s internal creative team to make sure that the visual expression of the app was consistent with current Bean Trailer marketing communications. Also, knowing that there can be spotty WiFi service at campgrounds, we developed a creative solution to use the app both on and offline.

Now Bean Trailer enthusiasts can hit the road in the know equipped with peer-generated recommendations for the best campsites in the country.

Click the links below to view the Bean There Camping application in the app stores. 

https://apps.apple.com/in/app/bean-there-camping/id1598634935

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.beanthereapp 

Novva is Utah’s largest hyper-scale data center spanning over 1.5 million square feet. In addition to their Utah and Colorado Springs campus, Novva provides wholesale and multi-tenant data center services to local, national, and international clients.

Novva services enterprise B2B and B2C clients who entrust them with their vital infrastructure. Novva provides safe, effective, premium data center services, while servicing new requests and addressing technical issues.

Novva came to us looking for a development partner to consult and create a customer support portal from the ground up. We serve as an extension of Novva’s existing in-house IT team, building a state-of-the-art support portal which manages all of Novva's core customer interactions. The platform uses an intuitive design to enable customers to monitor their information while securely facilitating communication with their support teams. In addition, it streamlines all internal employee communications.

Novva required more than a stock ticket system to service their clients. Our team conducted a thorough needs analysis, speaking with key stakeholders and users to identify pain points. After developing the architecture for the custom portal, we followed Novva’s existing brand guide to design a UI consistent with Novva’s corporate branding and UX optimized for efficiency on mobile and desktop devices.

Now customers can log into the portal, monitor their infrastructure, and stay on top of any updates or issues in real-time. The platform also streamlines key business processes for Novva, removing internal friction points for employees and clients.

The Novva customer portal is a scalable solution that can be modified and built upon to easily allow for future updates, saving time and maximizing our client’s development budget.