Archive for May, 2008

Clicktoy wins Best Digital Score at PopVox

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Thank you!  Your votes were counted and they granted us a stylish award stating that “Clicktoy - The Meadow” was the winner in the “Best Digital Score” category.  It is an honour to have you stand up for us. I can really only say thank you.

Ken Kavanagh is presented the

Clicktoy Visits Vidfest

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

If you are in Vancouver this week and are part of the Games Summit or Interactive Digital Festival, then you should be able to find me at one of the planned evening events throughout the week. I’ll be there telling people exactly what Clicktoy is and WHY it is something people should embrace. If you’re interested in meeting, call the office and we’ll work something out.

Storytime with Clicktoy

Monday, May 12th, 2008

The way storytime brings a parent and child together is sublime. Holding your little one in your arms and directly participating in creating their world view is something truly wonderful. Describing the pictures, defining the words, explaining the actions of characters is directly encoding your voice and your perceptions into your child’s mind.  Research suggests a link between the amount of words spoken to children and their IQs later in life. We are what we eat, so it is no surprise a rich diet of intellectual stimulation begets a more stimulating intellect.

Most interactive entertainmment puts the user behind the controls of the game but not the story. The story is pre-written, the characters already defined and the narrative pre-determined. One aspect of Clicktoy is the ability of the parent to write their own story, to name the characters themselves and make up their own personalities.  By providing an environment, a cast and a large variety of actions, Clicktoy enables everyone to use their imaginations.  If there ever was a seed worth planting into the mind of a child, imagination would certainly be high up on my list.

 

Vote for Clicktoy

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Clicktoy - The Meadow needs your help to win the Popvox Awards - the people’s choice awards for the Vancouver International Digital Festival.

PopVox Awards

We are a nominee in these three categories:

  • BEST GAME - CONSOLE/PC
  • BEST DIGITAL SCORE
  • BEST BC BASED VENTURE - THE HOMEGROWN AWARD

Help us out please! Register and vote for Clicktoy between May 1st and May 12th. Let’s cause an upset and bring a beautiful and wholesome new entertainment into people’s awareness.

If we win because of your help, I’ll buy you a lollypop the next time we meet!

-ken


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