All this week, Will, our Head of Apps Development: Engineering (otherwise known as the coding wizard who builds our award-winning apps) has been sharing some of his #TopTaps on Twitter – some of the little interactive surprises that we’ve hidden in our story apps for you to find. Here are some of our favourites:
If you tap this radio in NosyCrowApps</a> Cinderella, you may hear the theme from another of our apps. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TopTaps?src=hash">#TopTaps</a> <a href="http://t.co/W6YEcazIKy">pic.twitter.com/W6YEcazIKy</a></p>— Will Bryan (CodingCrow) October 14, 2014
CodingCrow</a> Well I am very fond of the first appearance of the wolf in THE THREE LITTLE PIGS... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TopTap?src=hash">#TopTap</a> <a href="http://t.co/l8iQ1cAVNg">pic.twitter.com/l8iQ1cAVNg</a></p>— Tom Bonnick (tombonnick) October 14, 2014
CodingCrow</a> But I think my FAVOURITE <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TopTap?src=hash">#TopTap</a> is the pleasingly gelatinous quality of the frogspawn in FRANKLIN FROG <a href="http://t.co/Izze2GQJvq">http://t.co/Izze2GQJvq</a></p>— Tom Bonnick (tombonnick) October 14, 2014
Tap the snail in Bizzy Bear on the Farm to see him climb the roof and then slide back down. #TopTaps pic.twitter.com/xmjGimtNBu
— Will Bryan (@CodingCrow) October 14, 2014
Had you noticed that you can use single & multitouch to push the snowflakes around in NosyCrowApps</a> Rounds:... <a href="https://t.co/gqSxcbMJPF">https://t.co/gqSxcbMJPF</a></p>— Will Bryan (CodingCrow) October 15, 2014
And you can blow the snowflakes around as well, though I clap my hand on the desk in this #TopTaps clip. https://t.co/CnqmIRROYj
— Will Bryan (@CodingCrow) October 15, 2014
#TopTaps In Bizzy Bear all the workers work in time to the music… And you can flush the loo. https://t.co/B8B41YCJMH
— Will Bryan (@CodingCrow) October 15, 2014
Did you kids find the cheeky little mouse in NosyCrow</a>'s Cinderella app? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TopTaps?src=hash">#TopTaps</a> <a href="https://t.co/BLvdFVLZa9">https://t.co/BLvdFVLZa9</a></p>— Will Bryan (CodingCrow) October 16, 2014
You can blow or tap in NosyCrow</a>'s Cinderella app to make the candles flicker. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TopTaps?src=hash">#TopTaps</a> <a href="https://t.co/zV8tOPiUhJ">https://t.co/zV8tOPiUhJ</a></p>— Will Bryan (CodingCrow) October 17, 2014
Don't waste time flicking the butterflies & flowers away in NosyCrow</a>'s Grunts app until the last moment. #... <a href="https://t.co/XKL3qjrgpX">https://t.co/XKL3qjrgpX</a></p>— Will Bryan (CodingCrow) October 17, 2014
We hope that adding all of these hidden interactive “easter eggs” to our apps gives them a richness that’ll mean you’ll want to re-visit them time and time again – they’re simply FILLED with fun surprises.
If you have any of your own favourite #TopTaps from our apps, do please share them with us, either on Twitter or in the comments below! And if you’d like to stay up to date with all of our app news (including a first look at our next fairy tale app, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves), you can sign up to our apps mailing list here.
