Lifeboat for iPhone
Northern Ireland created Lifeboat Luke has been launched on the Apple iTunes Apps store. The maiden voyage is entitled ‘Keek on a Crab’, and is both funny, clever, and rude. Rab, the unlucky Crab, who lives in the rock wall below Luke’s Lifeboat Station, is hiding among the stones on the beach.
You play the role of Gannet, the incontinent seabird. Scroll around the beach and if you’re lucky you might catch Rab scuttling from one stone to another. If you spot him, click to ‘keek!’
The game has been authored by Straandlooper’s resident iApp wizard, Kevin Beimers; “The iPhone is a tool for adults but easy enough for kids to use, so our app has to appeal to all ages. We gave the game three levels of difficulty, so it can take anywhere between 30 seconds to two minutes to find Rab and ‘do the business!’ Every game is different, and children even as young as three enjoy the vibrant graphics and silly sound effects.”
The new app is the latest spin off from the series Lifeboat Luke and follows the successful launch in Ireland earlier this year of the first book – Rubberduckadoo, and Donaghadoodles 1, a DVD of the first thirteen episodes.
The series and spin offs are part of an ongoing partnership between Lifeboat Luke and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution to create attractive, quality products and participate in educational and sea-related events. This partnership has so far yielded upwards of £34,000 for the charity, which is dependent entirely on donations.
‘Keek on a Crab’ is priced at 59p and available through the App Store on iTunes. Further upgrades are in the pipeline. Click here for more information.
Links:
Keek on a Crab
Lifeboat Luke
