15 December 2014
Father & Son FastWord Game App Wins Early Plaudits
A new word game app hatched by New Zealand dad Ryan Pellett and his son 5-year-old son Christian has been getting top
plaudits from overseas game reviewers and has passed the 1000 download mark in its first week.
The game had its origins in the fact that having beaten all-comers at Scrabble, Christian – also known as “Mister Five”
- was fast needing a new challenge, so basically invented his own – with Dad’s help of course.
Armed with a crayon, Mister Five and Dad set to on designing an app, and their jourey is well documented at www.my-5-year-old-beats-me-at-scrabble.com/blog
Word on the street - well Mister Five's street to begin with - is that FastWord delivers more than enough explicit speed
and competitive challenge to hold up to comparisons with Ruzzle, Boggle or indeed Scrabble. Playtesting was over last
month and the proof will now be in the uptake and tactical gameplay of FastWord word-gamers all over the world - for
FastWord’s robustly designed point scoring, disappearing tiles and unique chasing of the clock.
David and Stas, the developer team at Sliday (www.sliday.com) can take a bow for their part in bringing FastWord to market, and dad Ryan can reflect on how, while Mister Five isn't
choosing to be involved in the mechanics of the app’s wider success, the best news is he LOVES the game.
Ryan: "Ask Mister Five to help out on it now and he'd rather clean his room .. but he'd happily play FastWord whenever
he can because that's a different thing to him. As a dad how cool is it that an idea my child had will now be an actual
game sitting on a smartphone that he can actually play. It's a great feeling!"
Read more about "FastWord – A Fast, Smart & Strategic Word Game to Play with Friends" at www.fastword-game.com
Radio coverage: www.radiolive.co.nz/AUDIO-A-Dad-and-his-5-year-old-create-a-great-phone-app/tabid/506/articleID/64409/Default.aspx
FastWord – A Fast, Smart & Strategic Word Game to Play with Friends.
Question: What do you get when you combine a precocious five-year-old's talent for word games with a father's aptitude for working
on projects?
Answer: A mobile word game app turned around from the lounge room floor to the Apple Store, and ready to play with friends in
the magic number of 101 days. Or more accurately a labour of love, and a very special bonding experience.
Challenge friends or random opponents in a unique new game where the race is on to make as many words as possible before
the letters disappear. Take your time and make longer words for a bigger score, or go for speed in the hope of shutting
your opponent down. The choice is yours.
Create words from a grid of letters in ANY order you want. But try to USE them before you LOSE them.
Matches are played in two rounds. Each player takes a turn starting a round and a turn finishing a round. We call this
Leading and Chasing. When chasing, the letters on your grid will disappear according to when the leading player used
them, so use them quickly and be sure to use them wisely.
When leading, make longer words for a larger score, or go for short words in the hope of shutting your opponent down.
The choice is yours.
FastWord is 100% FREE
Connect with friends or random opponent via Game Centre, Facebook or invite.
Follow your performance with in-game stats.
UPGRADE to Premium ($1.99).and get access to:
• an unlimited number of active games
• a larger starting grid
• access to an extensive array of more detailed stats
Website: www.fastword-game.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/fastwordgame
Publisher: www.5threeandme.co.nz
ENDS