It seems that the first story in the Little Munch series, "The Adventures of Little Munch - First Day" has done a little better than I expected - as of yesterday we've had 2190 downloads - in 62 countries. Funny to think that someone in Yemen or Saudi Arabia or China might be playing with Little Munch, our Black Angus Calf, as I write this.
The third story. "The Adventures of Little Munch - How he got his Name", is almost finished - just one more narration to record and install and two more characters to draw and install (and animate).
If nothing else, the project has been quite a learning experience. Its the first time I've been involved in a project where I don't get to see the finished project - I don't have a device that runs Apps. Kind of funny since I've saved copies of everything I've ever published since...well....for many years, ahem. Maybe this will force me to buy an iPhone or an iPad. Heavens!
When I drew the characters for the Sega Pocket Arcade Games and worked out the animation, Sega didn't give me copies of the finished games - I bought my own. Years later I took them into schools when I did cartooning demonstrations - and some kids broke them: they don't work anymore. So the game play exists only in my imagination - unless somehow, someday, I come into possession of working copies of the Pocket Arcade Games. Unlikely after 18 years, although I heard a bunch of unopened, pristine condition games in original packaging were discovered in a warehouse in Minnesota (Minnesota? bizarre)
As for little Munch, I built a page on my website so I could see the sequence of changes to the story and the final sequence of pages as they would appear on a smart device...
ibnelson.com/childrensBooks/li…So happy game playing, people in Yemen - it's lots more fun than plotting to destroy things, yes?