I’ve been invited to speak to about creating apps for kids at Nook – a work and event space for artists and illustrators here in Toronto. I’m expecting it to be a pretty free-wheeling discussion about all the practicalities of the process. I’ve hand picked a number of articles and links to get people started [...]
zinc Roe is looking for freelance developers to work with us on upcoming projects. We develop websites, games and apps for children. We build things that we are happy to share with our kids, nieces, nephews and neighbours. Our developers are very talented and enjoy applying these talents to build games and activities that delight, [...]
From the outset we knew we wanted our Stella and Sam Apps to fully support English and French and be built in such a way that we could accommodate additional languages in the future. Colin promptly dug into Apple’s docs on how to support localization and did a survey to see how other app developers [...]
zinc Roe is looking for an experienced developer for a six month contract position building iOS games for preschoolers.
Today is your chance to grab a Tickle Tap App promo code. This week Apple updated their rules making it possible for App Store promo codes to be redeemed anywhere in the world! We are especially excited about this since we hail from the Great White North. To get your free app just look for [...]
Today marks the launch of Tickle Tap Toddler Pack Two. While we do have a few tweaks and updates planned this is the last app in the Tickle Tap Apps series. Tickle Tap Apps kicked off with a pitch written back in early 2009. At the time zinc Roe had produced only a couple of [...]
Right about now a number of notable folks in the world of children’s technology are on their way to the Dust or Magic AppCamp. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to make the trip. But I thought I’d use this as an excuse to share a few of the lessons learned in developing Tickle Tap Apps. We [...]
While debugging our new Tickle Tap Toddler Pack iPhone app, I had to fix a couple of obscure bugs caused by the YouTube video on the app’s info screen. After watching the video, none of the sound effects in Sound Shaker work and Field Flier just displays a blank white screen… very strange. After a [...]
Pattern Painter, the perfect preschool puzzler is coming soon to the iTunes App Store! This brand new Tickle Tap App is a pattern, drawing and shape game all in one and features easy-to-follow tracing animations when children need extra help, along with comic relief by Jinja the cat, Robin the bird and Harvey the dog. [...]
Why would a three-year-old want to play games on an iPhone? Actually, let’s re-think that—why wouldn’t a three-year-old want to play games on an iPhone? iPhones and iPod Touch devices are extremely attractive to small users in the three- to five-year-old snack bracket. These devices are easy for small hands to use—much easier than computers, [...]