Wednesday, October 3, 2007

About Joey's Coloring Book

What is Joey's Coloring Book?

This is a painting program for little kids as young as two years old. It is a C# program written using .NET and the XNA game developers set.

What do I need to run Joey's Coloring Book?

Right now, this is designed to run on the XBOX 360. You will need an XBOX 360, and access to XBOX Live over an internet connection. The XNA developers kit allows easy porting to Windows and Zune, so I may explore these later.

When can I download this?

It will not be available until Microsoft releases public access to XNA developed software. This is expected around the holiday season in 2008.

How Much does it Cost?

This is still undecided. Because it will be hosted on the XBOX live service, I cannot make any revenue from Google ads. Regardless, there will be a free trial version which is allowed in the XBOX service model. If I do charge anything, it would be VERY minimal in relation to other XBOX Live Arcade games.

Who is Joey?

It is written after my son who was very young when I started working on it. My ultimate hope was to release other software for kid's in the "Joey" collection since the space is already full of arcade games and other more adult-themed games.