Games for little ones

5 min read How old before a child can play alone on a tablet? Not a question of age but of design. What has to be true of a game before a three-year-old can open it without an adult. 6 min read Why a game for a three-year-old should contain no text Removing words is not a shortcut. It is the hardest constraint we work with, and the one that improves the game most. 6 min read Losing at three: why our games never punish Twelve mistakes allowed, and no star ever taken back. Why we made losing cost nothing, and what changed.