Amersfoort, NL, 15 May 2012 — Independent publisher RumdeeDum is pleased to announce Your Adventure app for iPad and iPhone is now available in iTunes. Your Adventure, an interactive maze quest with an original story and lavish illustrations and is the third in RumdeeDum’s series of apps, recommended for children ages 6 and up.

Your Adventure is adapted from the award nominated maze book “Jouw Avontuur” by Dutch illustrator Rianne van Duin. Combining a maze quest with vibrant illustrations, magical characters, enchanting audio triggers and rewards allowing users to move forward, Your Adventure the app encourages young users to plan out their routes in order to successfully navigate through the app’s various screens. Upcoming app upgrades will include new levels and mazes for kids to navigate.

“We’re so excited about introducing Your Adventure to the U.S. market.” said Roger ter Heide, CEO of RumdeeDum. “Rianne’s book is so interactive and full of eye-catching characters with a variety of routes for children to discover – it was a natural for bringing to iPad. The best part is that the app’s twists and turns feel like a new adventure every time you play.”

Your Adventure follows RumdeeDum’s Ziggy’s Present – Picture Puzzles and Princess Arabella Wants to Play which received 4 Stars from Common Sense Media.

Device requirements
Compatible with all iPads and iPhones.

Availability and pricing 
Starting May 15, 2012, the Your Adventure App is available from the iTunes Store and costs $1.99. Visit iTunes to get the app today or check out RumdeeDum.

Images and Video

Image links:
http://www.rumdeedum.com/media/pressrelease4/Your_Adventure_HR_1.jpg
http://www.rumdeedum.com/media/pressrelease4/Your_Adventure_HR_2_ENG.jpg

Video link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oYMnXq-YKs

About RumdeeDum
RumdeeDum is an Amersfoort, NL app publisher founded in 2010 by veterans of education, gaming and innovation industries with a love of story-telling and the potential of new technology. In the coming months, RumdeeDum will publish new apps for children featuring the art and concepts of prominent Dutch and European illustrators and designers.

Follow RumdeeDum on FaceBook and on Twitter: @RumdeeDum

Media Contacts
Wendy van de Lagemaat
Email: press@rumdeedum.com

A consistent coloring scheme for rooms that have the same theme.

• Using certain colors throughout all screens to give a familiar feeling.

• Clear color coding for interaction elements.

• Making sure we don’t loose our nice graphical style in the process.

When we started experimenting with the background colors we noticed how they can either help giving us a clear picture or create a total chaos. Here is a quick peek of some of our try outs.

Let us know what your experiences are with color schemes.

Amersfoort, NL, 14 December, 2011 Independent publisher RumdeeDum is pleased to announce that its Ziggy’s Present – Picture Puzzles app for iPad is now available on the App Store. Ziggy’s Present, an interactive picture book app for children, is the second in RumdeeDum’s series of storybook apps, recommended for children ages 4 and up.

The Ziggy’s Present app is a brand new story with picture puzzles from beloved Dutch author Mylo Freeman featuring the beautiful illustrations fans of her series Princess Arabella have grown to love. Readers follow Ziggy, the palace dog, as he visits princesses, the king and queen and others to discover whose present he’s found. Along the way, readers will solve search puzzles and discover the secrets each illustration in the story holds. The exciting interactive puzzles change each time the book is read and delightful audio cues bring the story’s characters to life. Best of all, Ziggy’s Present is free in the first month.

“We really enjoyed working on another project with Mylo because her characters and illustrations are so lively,” said Roger ter Heide, CEO of RumdeeDum. “And, testing showed kids loved the app’s interactivity and searching for clues.”

Ziggy’s Present – Picture Puzzles follows RumdeeDum’s first release Princess Arabella Wants to Play which received 4 Stars from Common Sense Media.

Device requirements
Compatible with all iPads. iPhone app will be coming shortly.

Availability and pricing 
Starting December 14, 2011, the Ziggy App is available from the App Store. The app is free for the first month. Visit http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/rumdeedum/id380484805 to get the app today.

Download the app
Ziggy for iPad http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/rumdeedum/id380484805
Visit RumdeeDum’s website for screenshots and additional resources.

About RumdeeDum
RumdeeDum is an Amersfoort, NL app publisher founded in 2010 by veterans of education, gaming and innovation industries with a love of story-telling and the potential of new technology. In the coming months, RumdeeDum will publish new apps for children featuring the art and concepts of prominent Dutch and European illustrators and designers.

Follow RumdeeDum on Twitter: @RumdeeDum
Media Contacts
Wendy van de Lagemaat
Email: press@rumdeedum.com

Learn, play and read
In the story “Princess Arabella wants to play”, children go on a journey of discovery with Princess Arabella and her dog Ziggy. Princess Arabella meets all kinds of animals and makes lots of new friends. But a little Princess off on an adventure all alone? Will she be alright? Her parents the King and Queen are quite worried, but Princess Arabella manages just fine, and everything comes to a surprising but happy end. “Princess Arabella wants to play” is aimed at children from the ages 4 to 10. It’s a lovely adventure to read yourself, or you can listen to the beautiful voice of the storyteller. The story comes to life through extra features like music, sound effects and hidden animations on every page.

Princess Arabella grows up
“Princess Arabella wants to play” attracted considerable attention as an interactive story on the iPhone and iPod touch, and now the interactive book is available on the iPad. The high resolution of the iPad brings the hand-painted watercolors even more vividly to life, and the iPad allows the reader to read the entire text for themselves, with still the option for younger readers to read a simplified version of the story.

Princess who?
Writer and illustrator Mylo Freeman came up with the idea for Princess Arabella when she heard how an Afro-American girl had turned down the leading role in a play because “there aren’t any black princesses”. The way forward was obvious to Freeman: she would write a picture book about a black princess herself. That turned out to be Princess Arabella, a plucky black princess with a taste for adventure. There is a whole series of successful books about the strong willed princess. And with the arrival of the interactive book on the iPad, Princess Arabella is taking another step into the future.

Download here the press release and associated images.

Debut on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch
Arabella will make her debut on iPhone, iPad en iPod touch this summer. ‘Princess Arabella wants to play’ is one of the first interactive children’s books with animations on the iPad. The interactive book presents a new story and has been specially developed for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The story has been written and created for children from the ages four till ten.
‘Princess Arabella wants to play’ is the perfect story to read on long drives or to cuddle up with on the couch at home.

Princess who…?
Princess Arabella was created by writer and illustrator, Mylo Freeman. Freeman had heard about a little African American girl who was offered to play the role of a princess in her school play. But the girl refused the part. ‘There’s no such thing as a black princess, there’s no way I can play that part!’, she said. To Freeman it was obvious: the world needed a story about a black princess. She created a picture book about a little, strong willed princess called Arabella. So far only printed books about Princess Arabella have been released and with the interactive book on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch Arabella is becoming a really ambitious little girl.

Listen or read it yourself
The story comes to life through extra features like music, sound effects and animations. By touching the screen, children discover the hidden surprises and animations in this wonderful story. The interactive book can be read in many different ways. Parents or children can use the short text to narrate the story in their own words. Children can also listen to the pre-recorded storyteller. Young readers can read the short text, and on the iPad, more experienced readers can read the complete story. The interactive book is available in English and Dutch.

More about Arabella
This Princess Arabella version for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch is the first in this series. More games and stories are planned for this fall. Please visit the publishers website www.rumdeedum.com for more information on Princess Arabella and a preview of ‘Princess Arabella wants to play’.

Download here the press release and associated images.