Fiete - A Day on a Farm Review
Price: $2.99
Version: 1.0.2
App Reviewed on: iPad 3
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I am eager to let readers know about Fiete - A Day on a Farm an addition to the Fiete series of intuitive interactive apps that star Fiete the Sailor as he performs tasks within these simple and stylized mini-games. Here, Fiete visits his friends Hinnerk and Hein at their farm where they work on chores that include tending to animals and vegetables as well as other tasks that children and their parents will adore.
I do love this day in the life of Fiete and friends, from waking them up from their slumber complete with the detail of a broken alarm clock that made me smile, to working with different animals such as collecting eggs, milking cows, and cleaning pigs. Children will also take part in other activities such as pulling up carrots and picking apples, where even the backgrounds seen here have visual interest as the perfectly imperfect textures of (presumably) watercolors can be seen. I am also a fan of the interesting point of view that players will be offered as the arms, legs, or the back of the head of the other person within the scene can be seen as one gets to work.
I would also like to remind other developers that within Fiete - A Day on a Farm that there are no stickers or badges to collect nor any clapping or other jarring noises at the completion of these activities to take children out of the mood that this application has created. Bells and whistles like these are simply not needed when the mini-games themselves are of a quality that will engage children. Instead, users will enjoy these scenes continuing on for a few extra seconds of humor, such as the happenings of messy pigs - moments that will encourage children to continue on making this app such a relaxing delight to explore.