Comments on: The Death of Children’s Software http://www.philsteinmeyer.com/25/the-death-of-childrens-software/ Phil Steinmeyer's rumblings on the game biz, programming, and life Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:13:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Sasha http://www.philsteinmeyer.com/25/the-death-of-childrens-software/#comment-29363 Sasha Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:27:39 +0000 http://www.philsteinmeyer.com/25/the-death-of-childrens-software/#comment-29363 For your kids Website: www.musicgames.net My email sasha@musicgames.net For your kids

Website: http://www.musicgames.net
My email sasha@musicgames.net

]]> By: Sasha http://www.philsteinmeyer.com/25/the-death-of-childrens-software/#comment-29358 Sasha Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:21:59 +0000 http://www.philsteinmeyer.com/25/the-death-of-childrens-software/#comment-29358 For your kids We make best kids music games in known universe: two Parents' Choice Gold, two The Parenting Magazine Software of the Year awards and about 30 other awards. Target age group 4 to 104 Would you like me to email you links to downloads? For your kids

We make best kids music games in known universe: two Parents’ Choice Gold, two The Parenting Magazine Software of the Year awards and about 30 other awards.

Target age group 4 to 104

Would you like me to email you links to downloads?

]]> By: Steven Woo http://www.philsteinmeyer.com/25/the-death-of-childrens-software/#comment-74 Steven Woo Mon, 09 Jan 2006 20:23:41 +0000 http://www.philsteinmeyer.com/25/the-death-of-childrens-software/#comment-74 I was visiting some friends and was recruited to play some Dora games with the kids and was appalled by the quality of the games. I was visiting some friends and was recruited to play some Dora games with the kids and was appalled by the quality of the games.

]]> By: LCL http://www.philsteinmeyer.com/25/the-death-of-childrens-software/#comment-73 LCL Mon, 09 Jan 2006 16:56:00 +0000 http://www.philsteinmeyer.com/25/the-death-of-childrens-software/#comment-73 Although some of the Dr. Seuss games are geared for the younger set, all of their interactive storybooks are awesome for my 3-ish year old...with a level of depth and variety to keep them fresh for several plays (as well as several listenings by attentive parents). They also had a pre-scool and kindergarded series that is very well done. and...they are running in a WinXP world on a modern machine with no problem, and hella cheap cause they're old. Also try: http://intihuatani.usc.edu/cloud/ & http://jayisgames.com/ for lots of quick casual games Good luck! Although some of the Dr. Seuss games are geared for the younger set, all of their interactive storybooks are awesome for my 3-ish year old…with a level of depth and variety to keep them fresh for several plays (as well as several listenings by attentive parents).

They also had a pre-scool and kindergarded series that is very well done.

and…they are running in a WinXP world on a modern machine with no problem, and hella cheap cause they’re old.

Also try:
http://intihuatani.usc.edu/cloud/
&
http://jayisgames.com/
for lots of quick casual games

Good luck!

]]> By: Ant http://www.philsteinmeyer.com/25/the-death-of-childrens-software/#comment-53 Ant Fri, 23 Dec 2005 00:02:03 +0000 http://www.philsteinmeyer.com/25/the-death-of-childrens-software/#comment-53 It's a shame, but has probably happened because of the increased focus on spending millions on creating new graphics engines for the next iteration of franchise. Is a new childrens/educational title going to generate sufficient payback for that investment? My bet is that the software houses look at it and say: "Not a chance." And yet, young kids don't care about the number of polygons, shading, or whatever the buzzword is this month. They just like bright colours, bouncing animals and catchy tunes. Maybe you could throw something together yourself Phil. It’s a shame, but has probably happened because of the increased focus on spending millions on creating new graphics engines for the next iteration of franchise.

Is a new childrens/educational title going to generate sufficient payback for that investment? My bet is that the software houses look at it and say: “Not a chance.”
And yet, young kids don’t care about the number of polygons, shading, or whatever the buzzword is this month. They just like bright colours, bouncing animals and catchy tunes.

Maybe you could throw something together yourself Phil.

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