Fancy trying out a kids iPad game I made?

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09/19/2012 12:45:07 PM · #1

Bit of a plug for some free marketing but hopefully of interest to any parents with iPads here.

I have just released an iPad game aimed at preschool kids. The game is free so I wanted to let fellow DPC peeps know about it so they can give it a test drive.

Here is the link:

//itunes.apple.com/us/app/button-board/id498064247?ls=1&mt=8

Some more info here

//www.facebook.com/buttonboard

Any nice reviews on app store would be appreciated.

Mike

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09/19/2012 01:11:21 PM · #2

sure, can you port an android version?

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09/19/2012 01:14:07 PM · #3

Yes Mike, that is on the cards and shouldn't be a problem:)

Mike

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09/19/2012 01:53:29 PM · #4

let me know when, my son would love to try it out for you.

Giles

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09/19/2012 01:55:25 PM · #5

my 4 yr old is sat next to me, hang on

just done a 5 min video, hes 4 and just started school so was easy

first thoughts from a parent a lot of buy options, i have in app purchases turned off ( you sneaky developers trying to trick kids)

but hed done all the free ones really easy and not sure many would buy more to be fair

hes playing now having more fun making the faces cross than happy ie putting htem in the wrong colour

ill runit past my 9 month old neighbour at some point this weekend

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09/19/2012 02:59:11 PM · #6

Hey thanks Giles - really appreciate you giving it a test run. Did you say you made a video of it? That would be cool to see:)

I had initially had in-app purchases turned off but was advised by other developers to turn it on and let parents turn it off. The most damage to a wallet this game could result in is 3 x Â£0.69 and well worth every penny.

Bit of a learning curve in terms of working out what premium content parents may buy.

Really helpful getting your feedback - does that mean my game is not going to earn me a ribbon? :)

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09/19/2012 03:19:33 PM · #7

Originally posted by mike_311:

let me know when, my son would love to try it out for you.

Brilliant - I will be sure to let you know. If you do the twitter thing, there is a twitter page for it at //www.twitter.com/buttonboard - you can be my first follower:) I will send a tweet when the Android version is available.

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Giles

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09/19/2012 04:14:34 PM · #8

i did low quality on the 5dmii but video ishere unedited

//www.flickr.com/photos/cyberprop/8004093212/

erm its 5 mins long silly aperture uplaod to flickr, i'll youtube it

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09/19/2012 04:47:08 PM · #9

Thanks Giles - nice to see the game on the big screen. Probably a bit dull for your son to play - think the target audience is more like 1 to 3 year old. Your son may prefer my other game "Ball Frenzy" :)

bhuge

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09/19/2012 11:39:00 PM · #10

I tried it out and both my kids liked it a lot (ages 2 and 4 1/2).

My four year old was a little too old for it. she found it easy and got bored with it fairly quickly, but that is OK as she is outside your age range.

It was a really good fit for the two year old. He understood it but still confused him a few times like any good teaching app should. After a few of the images he got pretty good at it and could do a them without assistance.

The app itself looked really good. Most the apps out there have that amateur look to them, but this one was nice and polished. One thing I would recommend is to change the title screens "Play" button to either be much bigger then the other two buttons or make it a symbol. Because preschoolers can't read they couldn't figure out how to start playing the game. I did like how you needed to double tap the other two buttons.

I'll try to write up a nice app store review for you in the next few days.