Iphones and the children who steal them
To not be accused of misleading anyone, this blog entry features an iphone game series that my company makes and sells.
When I started working on the iPhone platform, it was to add it to our product line for our consulting business. Many may question why an internet marketing company would build iPhone apps, other than the obvious "to make money". The answer is just as simple -- because we build marketing solutions for the web. Yes I said it, iPhone apps are a part of the web. At least, the new web. The internet has left our PC's stored in our tiny little cubicles, and is now wondering the streets in the palm of our hand.
So I began blind as a baby, buying my Mac Mini, my iPhone, and starting the ever daunting XCode. But what do i build?! Well, my first endeavor was to port our ChibiJisho app. I say port because it was first written on the Android platform. This was extremely useful for both learning the language, as well as understanding the difference between the platforms ( the concepts are very similar ).
But then we needed a new challenge. We sat for days, before a new product line was invented. To preface, I have a beautiful intelligent 3 year old daughter, who is completely addicted to technology. She loves her TV, computers, random flashing LEDs, and basically anything that glows. She has been this way since she could walk. So when we go to the park as a family, we always needed something to get her through the ride there. For a while, movies held her attention long enough to travel from one place to the next, but that has long faded.
Now I find myself programing a new game each month to keep her entertained, and the great news is that it is working. Dee's Seas is a set of mini games: matching, hide and seek, and find the difference. We added music scores, and her sister's voice as prompts through the game. She loved it. Even though she is still too young to completely understand all of the games, she loves them enough so that all of the iEverythings have changed to "my phones".
That was amazing success, but the next game was even better: Biyu's race, a read along coloring book. We added touch by finger coloring, with per page color palletes, and of course, her sister reading the pages (until Charlee learns to read herself). This game is still going strong, but had a surprise twist. The game was so much fun, that we now have family wars to determine who gets to color the pages next. All said, I'm truly glad that I found the iPhone.
Check out <a href='http://www.deessea.com'>Dee's Sees</a> to see our work.