Chapter 16Best Practices
Regardless of what kind of game you design or what technology a child will use to play your game, there are general best practices for designing usable interfaces for kids.
This chapter discusses a number of best practices and production considerations for developers, including:
- Designing for a wide range of abilities
- Designing for quick or accidental success
- Designing games with multiple answer paths
- Using iconic, consistent design
- Creating large target hot spots
- Avoiding long, continuous movements
- Supporting a child learning to scroll through content
- Using vivid production to attract a child’s attention
- Managing in-app purchases with gesture gates
- Limiting file size
Design for a Wide Range of Abilities
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