A free game on the iTunes store! A game for kids to play, based on the fortune teller game.
First, I folded up a lot of paper and took photos of them. Then, I put them in my computer and named them "tall", "wide" and "closed". I downloaded the program that helps me make iPhone applciations- called a "developer toolkit". Then I created the different views, or screen pictures, of each kind of part of the game. After you're done writing all of the game instructions (what happens when someone touches the blue, for example), you compile it, which means to build the final game. Then, you connect your phone to your computer, and copy the game onto it. You can then walk around and have everyone play the game on your phone. That's when I get lots of comments on how people like, or don't like, the game, and I go back and change it.
I used to make this game, and another one called "mash" for my friends when I was a kid. When I learn something new, I like to try to make something I've made before, but in the new software language. So I've made this in other languages- Ruby and JavaScript. Making it for iPhone was something fun, and my niece and nephews- all 8 of them- had a good time playing with it. I like to make little fortunes just for them and watch them play it until they get the fortune, which usually has their name in it, like "Aidan is a cutie-pie."
How To Play!
- Pick a color by tapping it. The toy will open and close for the number of letters in the name of the color, like 3 for "red"
- Pick a number.
- Pick another number.
- That's your fortune! (Pssst: there is a secret button in the bottom right. Don't tell your sister!)
How Was It Made?
First, I folded up a lot of paper and took photos of them. Then, I put them in my computer and named them "tall", "wide" and "closed". I downloaded the program that helps me make iPhone applciations- called a "developer toolkit". Then I created the different views, or screen pictures, of each kind of part of the game. After you're done writing all of the game instructions (what happens when someone touches the blue, for example), you compile it, which means to build the final game. Then, you connect your phone to your computer, and copy the game onto it. You can then walk around and have everyone play the game on your phone. That's when I get lots of comments on how people like, or don't like, the game, and I go back and change it.
Why Did You Make It?
I used to make this game, and another one called "mash" for my friends when I was a kid. When I learn something new, I like to try to make something I've made before, but in the new software language. So I've made this in other languages- Ruby and JavaScript. Making it for iPhone was something fun, and my niece and nephews- all 8 of them- had a good time playing with it. I like to make little fortunes just for them and watch them play it until they get the fortune, which usually has their name in it, like "Aidan is a cutie-pie."
