It turns out my app pixelates on certain pages on the HD resolution iPads (iPad 3 and 4). This is what’s causing the delay and why the app is not on the App Store yet. But I’m devoting much of my time to fixing this and plan on getting the app up on the Store very soon.
Thanks to everyone for being so patient during this time.
Watch this space…
Yesterday I handed in my report for the essentials project. I am almost finished, just have to give a presentation next week and it’s all over. It does feel weird that it’s almost over, having been in education all my life it will definitely take some time getting used to! Now it’s job hunting time!
I made a promo video about a month ago but it was only 12 seconds long. Making motion graphics takes a lot longer to do than actually shooting something with a video camera. But I’ve gone back to the promo video to try and make it longer. Here’s a screenshot of the work in After Effects.
Last Friday was the day handed in our artifact for marking. On the day testers/lecturers came in try out our apps and give some their own thoughts and opinions. The feedback was mostly constructive which was very helpful as some changes will be made to the app before it hits the App Store early next year.
I very happy with the app I handed up as I feel like I did the best I could in relation to all aspects of the project. Am I 100% happy? Of course not but if I spent another month at it I would have probably said the same thing.
In the meantime I have started my report which is due January 7th. Then on the 17th we hand in our promo video and give one more presentation on our projects.
The time has almost come for us to hand in our projects, so I thought one more user-testing session in Galway was a good idea before I started wrapping things up on the app. This time I met up with some friends who knew very little about graphic design to get their opinion on the app. Here were some of there points:
- Each page is very “straight to the point” which is good for me because I’m quite impatient when it comes to using apps, especially on a iPad.
- Some of the pages could clarify a bit more what is interactive and what is not. (Last page of colour theory)
- Easy to get to a particular topic and back.
- Maybe a bit more colour would look nice but I like the simplicity of it.
- Pop-up menu great idea.
- Wish there were more puzzles.
- Why is there no sound?
- Some of the pages are hard to turn.
- More animation would have been good.
- Very useful app
For our app/game we are asked to create a short promo video to advertise or tease our app/game. I remember doing one for The Winged Beavers Bomberman game back in March. I’m finding it harder to come up with an idea for my app because of the fact it’s an app and not a game where I can show footage. So for the past few days I’ve been messing around in After Effects with type and shapes trying to come up with something. Today, I got something working even though it’s only 12 seconds but it did take a long time to create so I’m still happy with the result. I plan on adding more to it to make it longer. I also want to find music that will suit the piece which will not be easy to find. Here is a little sneak peak of what I’ve been working on so far.
