Last Post!

This will be my last post to this blog! I hand in my work tomorrow, and then its all over. I haven't used this blog as much in my second year of the project, mostly because my personal website became the dominant place to post things. I've also had another project to work on this year (with a website in the making) which I will be posting to from now, if you are interested.

So, in closing, this project has formed the majority of my degree work over the past 2 years, and I am satisfied with the outcomes I have achieved. The showreel/trailer will be up on my personal website by the end of the week, and should be on NUCA's iTunesU account very shortly after.

Thank you to everyone who gave me feedback and followed this project, I hope you enjoy the showreel.

Craft Apps: Trendy?

I have found various paper-craft wonders while searching the web over the duration of this project, and many of the related ones I have also posted about. While making my showreel/trailer the past couple of weeks, and reviewing the version of the Shop which I exhibited in the NUCA Christmas show, I have seen unintentional similarities between my work and handmade crafts that are for sale on websites like www.etsy.com. There are countless blogs and forums online dedicated to DIY chic and vintage handmade goods, showing there is a huge potential market for apps that utilise this trend.

A series of apps along these lines are Martha Stewart's Digital Living magazines for iPad, they are
full of beautiful ideas for the home. A lot of people, particularly young women, are obsessed with viewing, making and collecting pretty, crafty things. In my opinion this is something games should be tapping into more, and apps are the perfect place to start because of their necessity to be delightful to gain any popularity. There also a lot of this demographic who already own iPhones!