StoryPlay - Developing a Book Game Design Tool for the iPad

Abstract

The smartphone industry has been established on the market over the last few years and the development of smartphone applications has become a hot industry. This thesis describes the proceedings of designing and implementing a tool, StoryPlay, for interactive book game design, developed to gain an advantage on the competitive smartphone application market. The iPad tool is conceptualized, designed, prototyped and implemented in stages. A final concept is developed and described, together with advantages and drawbacks of using such a tool for the desired purpose.