Task 2 unit 13
- 1. Unit 13 Understanding the Games Industry HA3 Task 2: What is out there?
- 2. Angry Birds 1: Gaming- Angry Birds Angry Birds, produced by the games company, Rovio Entertainment, is widely regarded as one of the most popular and best selling apps ever made, with over 12 million copies purchased from the app store. The addictiveness comes from its simplicity, each level consisting of a building containing pigs that must be knocked down in order to defeat the pigs. The further the player progresses, the harder the levels. The game has also received numerous spinoffs in recent years, both within the angry birds universe and completely separate from it altogether. The paid version of Angry Birds costs 99 Cents, however there is also a free version.
- 3. Level of Angry Birds showing the bird being flung towards its target.
- 4. Snapchat 2:Social- SnapChat Four university students at Stanford University developed Snapchat in 2011. The app allows users to take photos, record videos, add text or drawing, and send them to a recipient, shortly afterwhich they are deleted from the recipients device. It has proven popular as a substitute for traditional text based chatting applications, such as facebook. Snap chat is a free app.
- 5. Snapchat in use on an iPhone
- 6. AP Mobile 3:AP Mobile AP Mobile is a news application that draws its information from a variety of media sources worldwide. As it does this, the information displayed is not as biased as other news organisations i.e. Fox News. Has a very simple interface, headlines displayed in a column and expanded when the user taps on them. Users can share articles with others and edit what news they receive. The app, like most news apps, is free.
- 7. Screenshots of the AP Mobile app, notice the subject tabs and simple interface
- 8. Google Maps Navigation GMN is a navigation app that uses the functionality of google maps. The app also makes use of the Telenav GPS program, which makes the phone double up as a satnav. The locator/map is free, but the Telenav feature is paid for via subscriptions.
- 9. Screenshots of the app; left screen showing the general GPS locator and right showing the satnav capabilities.