[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"\u002Fen\u002Farticles\u002Fpoyo-jelly-devlog-1":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"brand":126,"date":127,"description":128,"draft":129,"extension":130,"game":131,"image":132,"meta":133,"navigation":134,"ogImage":135,"path":136,"readingTime":137,"robots":135,"schemaOrg":135,"seo":138,"sitemap":139,"stem":140,"tags":141,"video":144,"__hash__":145},"articles_en\u002Fen\u002Farticles\u002Fpoyo-jelly-devlog-1.md","Poyo Jelly devlog #1: a game made for little hands","Appynamic",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":119},"minimark",[10,27,32,35,44,48,55,99,107,111],[11,12,13,17,18,22,23,26],"p",{},[14,15,16],"strong",{},"Poyo Jelly"," (",[19,20,21],"em",{},"Gelée Poyo"," in French) is our next game, and our first one made ",[14,24,25],{},"for children aged 4 to 9",". The Poyos are the squishy jellies of the Candy Kingdom: soft, wobbly, and very happy to be squeezed. The game is in closed testing on Google Play.",[28,29,31],"h2",{"id":30},"ten-ways-to-play-zero-rules-to-learn","Ten ways to play, zero rules to learn",[11,33,34],{},"Squish, the wardrobe, decorate, the parade, treats, bath time, the magic cauldron, the Jelly book, Squishy World and Chatter: there is no timer, no score to beat and no game over. Children touch, squish and make things up. There are 31 Poyos to discover — including four glow jellies that light up in the dark.",[11,36,37,38,43],{},"You can squish one ",[39,40,42],"a",{"href":41},"\u002Fsquishy\u002Fen#play","on the game's site",": press, pull, let go.",[28,45,47],{"id":46},"the-rules-we-set-ourselves","The rules we set ourselves",[11,49,50,51,54],{},"A game for young children starts with what it does ",[14,52,53],{},"not"," do:",[56,57,58,69,75,81,88],"ul",{},[59,60,61,64,65,68],"li",{},[14,62,63],{},"no advertising",", no advertising identifier, ",[14,66,67],{},"no in-app purchase",";",[59,70,71,74],{},[14,72,73],{},"no account",", no sign-up, no field where a child could type their name;",[59,76,77,80],{},[14,78,79],{},"no chat",", no contact with other players;",[59,82,83,84,87],{},"the settings sit in a ",[14,85,86],{},"parent area"," that opens with a 2-second long press — and the only link that leaves the game is in there;",[59,89,90,91,94,95,98],{},"in ",[19,92,93],{},"Chatter",", the Poyo answers in a funny voice: speech recognition runs ",[14,96,97],{},"on the device only",", nothing is recorded or sent.",[11,100,101,102,106],{},"The only data that leaves the phone is anonymous usage statistics and crash reports, which a parent can switch off. The ",[39,103,105],{"href":104},"\u002Fsquishy\u002Fen\u002Fprivacy","privacy policy"," describes the game exactly as the code does — and when that audit turned up something we were not happy with, it went to the to-do list rather than under the rug.",[28,108,110],{"id":109},"next","Next",[11,112,113,114,118],{},"The game will be published on Google Play first, then on the App Store. Until then, the ",[39,115,117],{"href":116},"\u002Fsquishy","game site"," is live in French and English.",{"title":120,"searchDepth":121,"depth":121,"links":122},"",2,[123,124,125],{"id":30,"depth":121,"text":31},{"id":46,"depth":121,"text":47},{"id":109,"depth":121,"text":110},"appynamic","2026-10-16","Squish, dress up and collect 31 jelly Poyos. How we design a game for ages 4 to 9: no ads, no account, a parent gate and a microphone that never leaves the device.",false,"md","squishy","\u002Fmedia\u002Fsquishy\u002Fog-en.jpg",{},true,null,"\u002Fen\u002Farticles\u002Fpoyo-jelly-devlog-1","4",{"title":5,"description":128},{"loc":136},"en\u002Farticles\u002Fpoyo-jelly-devlog-1",[16,142,143],"Devlog","Kids","\u002Fmedia\u002Fsquishy\u002Fvideo\u002Fshowreel-en.mp4","ZP4pA59jVC7Wzf5NVoYUekAuzXeO8lGHvySu2oaibjg"]