Flushed Away

Whilst developing the iPhone game "Bag it & Bin it" for Wessex Water we've had many discussions about the kind of items people are flushing down the Loo which they shouldn't be!

Most drains connecting homes to main sewers are no wider than four inches, so blockages easily occur if anything other than water, toilet paper and human waste is washed down toilets and drains.

Amongst the usual suspects of Cotton buds, Condoms, Sanitary towels, Dental floss etc they have also discovered some rather bizarre items at their sewage treatment works.

Here are just a few of the more unusual items they've found:

Apparently they have had calls from customers asking if they can retrieve and return their dentures.

Hope they gave them a good rinse!

Bag it and Bin it

Getting back to our gaming roots has been fun but reverting to childish humour in the office has been even better with the app we have developed for Wessex Water called "Bag it and Bin it"  It stars two critters who are teaching us what we can and cannot put down the loo.

Discussing the shape of the poo to be flushed, how much ear wax is acceptable on a cartoon cotton bud, as well as other items we'd rather not go into now, has made for much sniggering but, on a serious note, we hope we will be able to help Wessex Water to get the message across that nothing should be put in the loo with the exception of loo paper and bodily substances!!

Thanks also to Tomas from Auroch Digital for his valuable help with the design and game balancing, its been great working with him.