Sesame's best practices guide for children's app development

tatiang

The makers of Sesame Street released a report on best practices for building children's apps. It's chock full of good tips about how kids use apps and how best to design for them.

http://www.sesameworkshop.org/our-blog/2012/12/17/sesames-best-practices-guide-for-childrens-app-development.

Be sure to click the link at the end of the article for the full report.

POM

Great stuff!
Thank for the info tatiang!

Roy.

LiquidGameworks

Thanks!

Socks

Good stuff, some genuinely useful information in the report.

carlblanchet

Sweet! Thanks for sharing your find!

PBEmpire

thanks for sharing the link

kolabo

Finally got around to reading this. Great find, thanks.
If you're making children's apps, and missed it, it's worth the read.
Bump:)

tatiang

I ended up redesigning a bunch of aspects of my game based on their simple suggestions.

For example, they found that in testing iPad use among young kids, the kids tended to rest their hands on the bottom corners of the iPads. Buttons (e.g. for settings, menus) that were located there were often pressed accidentally, which frustrated the kids playing the games.