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iPhone game 'Button' makes one better at job
By siliconindia
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Tuesday, 01 September 2009, 14:59 IST
Bangalore: A new iPhone game 'Button' allows people to do the daily tasks of their jobs much easily, as it creates a psychological effect on the mind of the player by keeping him involved.
There is a big button on the screen and one needs to push it when it lights up. The game is a side project of MobileCrunch Editor Greg Kumparak, who informed that while testing the game, they got several feedbacks claiming that the game helped people while doing their daily tasks. An important factor which came into notice was just a thought of playing the game 'Button' kept people engaged in the tedious tasks they were doing. Also, some free prizes along with the game kept people engaged.
The prizes include $20 gift cards, which may eventually include big prizes. The game will have plenty of features to unlock like new Button skins. In other feature, one can tie his Twitter account to the Button. And if the person tweets, he can score more points.
There will also be a leaderboard for the users with the most points, and people will be able to team up in groups to combine their points.
Blank Software will choose random times to light the button up, and it will light up for every user around the world. Button players will be randomly selected and will have their regular button replaced with a prize button. If they see and hit it, they will get the prize. If they happen to miss the chance, or are not playing at that time, the prize will be sent back to the system to be sent out again randomly at a later time.
The game is a free application. Advertisements will be put alongside the game for the time being, and if it happens to be a success, the makers will plan out a monetization plan, informs Kumparak.