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Labyrinth for Android

Friday, September 10th, 2010

I really like playing Labyrinth on Android (it is also available on iPhone). However I’ve found though that my son, who is almost three, loves playing ‘ball in the hole’ as he calls it even more than I do. The levels were a bit difficult for him to navigate so I’ve started using the ‘my levels’ feature to make some levels that are easier for him to play. Usually, these don’t have many holes on them but just weaving walls to get around.

Labyrinth Screenshot

Labyrinth Screenshot

I’ve build several of these levels and gradually added a few holes which are easily avoidable and then some trickier levels later on that I help him with. I’m hoping I can share these as a pack for other users to use.

I’m pleased to see that the they are launching Labyrinth 2 (on the iPhone initially) with some fun extras like cannons and magnets. Looking forward to that coming to the Android phone too.

Labyrinth 2

New levels on Labyrinth 2

Here is the QR code for Labyrinth on Android:

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Android apps for parents

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

A couple of applications on the market have got my attention recently.

The first is ‘Talking Tomcat’ which I know has been around for a while. My son (two) loves playing with this app. Particularly giving the cat a glass of milk. Only downsides are:

  • It is too easy for him to accidentally hit the ads at the top and launch a browser
  • If you tap the cat it ‘punches’ him (very funny but doesn’t teach good animal husbandry – we have a real cat ;-))

Another app that got my attention is ‘Noise Alert’ which can be used as an impromptu baby monitor. I wouldn’t rely on it but I can see it might be useful as a backup if you were staying over at someones house and hadn’t taken your normal monitor with you.

I’d love to see Baby Go / Super Baby Go ported to Android. This has to be my son’s favourite app on any platform (he doesn’t spend his whole day on mobile devices I should point out!) but is only available for the blackberry at the moment. One nice feature of this is it totally locks the device out so your child can’t accidentally make calls or launch other apps. you can unlock it using a key + password combination. (Once they can work out how to unlock they are probably too old to be playing with the app :-) !).

Super Baby Go!

Super Baby Go! (currently not on Android)

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