Big news!This week our book ‘Dragonfly’ went on sale for the first time. You can order it online through our website. www.zingoshi.com/the-book We filmed some of our actors from our game, Zingoshi, seeing the book with the augmented reality in it. See below to watch clips of Tim Raby,
(Officer Harrison), Jamie Christmas (Warren) and Chloe Eichler (Willabella) seeing themselves come alive as animated characters! Play here for Tim! Play here for Chloe! Play here
for Jamie! How to activate the augmented reality in the book Go to the app store and search for ’Zingoshi Dragonfly’. It’s free. Install it on your device. Once installed, open it, then click on camera. Hold the camera over any augmented reality (AR) marker in the story. These markers are all indicated by a purple border. The AR will activate. As long as you keep the purple border within the viewfinder, the animation will work, even when you move your device around. Don’t forget to turn on sound on your device. Have fun!
Kidscreen 2018Ronel and I (Bridget) attended Kidscreen in Miami in mid-February. This is an international market for kids’ entertainment properties. It is always incredible to attend these sorts of events. This year, Kidscreen had over 2000 delegates! That’s a huge market. It was a great opportunity for us to share our vision for The Zingoshi Chronicles on a world stage, with veterans of the kids’ media content business. We had a whopping 29 meetings in 4
days with a wide range of people including broadcasters, game publishers, book publishers and distributors. It was intense but fantastic, and we were thrilled with the amount of positive attention and excitement we got, not only from the people we were having meetings with, but also from people passing by, with lots stopping to look at the augmented reality in the book, and to ask questions!
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Welcome to our new subscribers and social media followersWelcome to The Zingoshi Chronicles. In case you’re new here, this is a fun entertainment project that’s all about helping guide young kids to become creative leaders. It’s made up of several different ‘pieces’ with a video game and a book already on the go, and a TV series planned for the near future. For tech-lovers, you might be interested to know that both our book AND our game include fantastic augmented reality. The Zingoshi Chronicles is for 7-12-year olds.
It’s based on themes of childhood friendship and adventure, and it’s set on a fictional planet called Planet Zingoshi, where magic and flying are commonplace… This newsletter is designed for anyone interested in The Zingoshi Chronicles, to keep you up to date with what is going on with the project. You can unsubscribe at any time. Welcome to the latest newsletter for The Zingoshi Chronicles. In case you’re new here, this is a fun entertainment project that’s all about helping guide young kids to become creative leaders. It’s made up of several different ‘pieces’ with a video game and a book already on the go, and a TV series planned for the near future. For tech-lovers,
you might be interested to know that both our book AND our game include fantastic augmented reality. The Zingoshi Chronicles is for 7-12-year olds. It’s based on themes of childhood friendship and adventure, and it’s set on a fictional planet called Planet Zingoshi, where magic and flying are commonplace… This newsletter is designed for anyone interested in The Zingoshi Chronicles, to keep you up to date with what is going on with the project. You can unsubscribe at any time.
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Our Kid-Safe WebsiteWe have separated our website into 2 different areas, one for kids and one for adults, so that it meets the strict guidelines for ‘child-directed’ websites. This means that social media icons, and our online shop can only be found in the ‘parent’ section of our website, and kids can visit the sections that are of interest to them freely, in the kid’ section. Check it out. www.zingoshi.com
Zingoshi UpdateSoftware development is famous for being challenging (especially video game development) - and Zingoshi is no exception! We’re running behind on our originally schedule but in a funny way, we’re actually quite ok about that, because we know it will be worth the wait. For example, we’ve decided to spend some more time on behind the scenes game engine building to ensure that the player’s experience is as great as it can be.
Free Lite Membership with Co. of Women!Ronel is a member of the fantastic Co. of Women. This week is Women Entrepreneurs’ Week NZ. Co. of Women has committed to doing something HUGE to champion the success of all NZ women. Here at Zingoshi, we’re a female-led company and this is a subject dear to our own hearts, so we wanted to pass on this great opportunity. Co.OfWomen is giving their LITE memberships away free, to any woman who activates the membership during this week (March 5-11) and awesomely, it will be free for life. LITE membership welcomes you into NZ’s largest community of entrepreneurial thinkers, and includes the company magazine, micro videos, tools & tips, and priority programme and event invites. You can activate your Lite Membership here.
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Thank you for all your support!We are so grateful for the support we are getting, thank you all so much. For everyone who likes and shares and follows us on social media, thanks! Thanks too for the orders coming in already for the book, and for all the lovely supportive comments we receive on social media and via email. It’s fantastic to hear from you and we love it.
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