The slideshow above gives a fairly clear overview:
- The main menu is the "cover" of the book. If there are no bookmarks, the only option here will be "New Adventure". (Thanks to Julien Dodokal for that suggestion!)
- The options available from the main menu are to see the "About" page with info on the app. Also, there's the "Jump To" menu.
- About simply gives the credits and a link to my site for the app along with a request for story submissions.
- The "Jump To" menu provides the reader the option of jumping to a page without necessarily reading (or re-reading) the first few pages. This would allow people to re-read the story several times to try and find the alternative endings without forcing them to retrace their steps.
- This is a typical page (Note the custom buttons, Julien's suggestion again, my own design)
- The In-Story menu gives two options, a "Go back 1 page" option for those times when a user accidentally taps the wrong option (testing doesn't show this to be a common problem) or simply that they weren't happy with their choice!
- Themes is the other option, allowing the reader to change the visual style of the pages depending on their preferences.
My plan is to release a free version and a donation version at €1. I'm not a professional programmer so it's not right to charge people but at the same time, I've easily put in about 500 hours work since starting all of this, on top of my day job so tips would be nice.
If anyone would like to give their comments regarding pricing strategies (freemium, ad supported, donation etc.) just pop 'em below, I'd love to get a feel for what others think about the different pricing strategies out there.
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