If you’ve been reading Kindle Nation for a while. I’m sure you’ve seen my occasional mentions of one of the smartest people writing about Kindle developments, over at the Kindle Review blog. Abhi’s a tech guy and I’m a recovering English major, but somehow we find that we have plenty in common. But the news I want to share with you today involves something he’s done that I could never, ever do, and he has done it well.
This week his 7 Dragons team has launched the first of what 
will be several apps for the Kindle. They won’t all be games, from what I hear, but he’s led with a very cool game called FLIP IT! FOR KINDLE that makes perfect visual and brain-engaging use of the Kindle environment. I was going to let the FLIP IT! launch lead a story about a range of new Kindle apps that have become available lately, but I think this one is best in class and Abhi himself has written a great description, so I’m just going to put off the other games until next week and turn over the microphone to Abhi here for a few moments….
Our first Kindle App for you ($1)
Posted on February 2, 2011 by switch11
I’m super happy to finally start releasing our Kindle Apps for all of you.
The first one is Flip It! for Kindle – a game to exercise your brain. We like to think it’s very good value for the money at $1.
The main features of Flip It –
- Built for the Kindle from the ground up. Every single thing is built with Kindle owners in mind.
- It’s a lot of fun to play. This was a game that people just loved playing.
- There are 40 levels. Thanks to Amazon for suggesting we increase from 14 levels to 40 levels. Also, for a lot of good suggestions like adding a Timed Mode, tracking statistics, and adding a timer.
- There are two modes – Timed Mode and Normal Mode.
- There are 8 user profiles. That means you and your family or friends can all have your own profile.
- The number of flips you took to finish the game and the time you took are tracked. So you can try to improve on your scores. Note: 75% of the first 20 levels can be finished in 10 or less flips.
- There are lots of useful additions – you can pause a game, you can leave a game and resume it later, there’s detailed Help with illustrations, and so forth.
At $1 we feel it’s a steal, which is probably why it’s #1 on the Movers and Shakers List.
80% or more of the credit goes to the developer, Sergii, who did most of the graphics (the squares, the title page, etc.) and all of the coding. Being able to get all these images to update quickly on eInk is ridiculously good – He’s just a superstar developer.
Look for more Kindle Apps from him and from our other superstar developers – hopefully soon.
Click here to buy FLIP IT! FOR KINDLE for 99 cents!
Disclosure: There is no sponsorship relationship here, but I do have a lot of respect and admiration for Abhi and I’ve noticed that he has also had nice things to say about my work.