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My name is Stephanie Chambers. I am an Australian (married to an American). I studied science but love creative writing. I have been writing mystery party games and plays and running Merri Mysteries since 1995 (ie 18 years). I have sold over 35,000 kits. I have also worked for many years as a technical writer and trainer. I have recent experience as a Business Analyst and Quality Assurance (software tester). I have spent the last few months creating mockups and specifications for the app and I have found a good programming team to develop it.
Part of my inspiration came from wanting my Merri Mysteries clients to be able to host a party more easily. I know it is a hassle to print out the invitations and to print the kit. I wanted to take that burden away from them and to make it easier and more fun to have a party.
My niece is a school teacher and she told me that "readers theater" is becoming popular in schools. She said it is difficult for teachers as their students often have different reading levels. That made me think that if I could create a software program that worked out the reading level of each character, that it would make it easier for teachers to assign the right role to each student to match their reading level. I believe that stories and plays are the best learning devices available.
But I remember when I was at school and we did "Macbeth." I was given a tiny part and only one line to say. I remember because it was "What, you egg!" What a line! It was hardly much of a challenge.
That made me think that there had to be a better way to divide up characters and lines so that everyone in the class gets a similar number of opportunities to speak. There no reason that two or more students couldn't share the lead role for example.
So my aim with the app is both to make it easier for people to use plays as entertainment in their homes and also to make it easier and more effective for teachers to use plays in their classrooms.
The Funds
Because the participants might not all have the same devices, the app has to be made for i-Phones, i-Pads, Android phones and laptops. So this triples the cost of development.
The funding will cover the basic programming costs. It will take just over 4 months to develop the apps fully to run on all the platforms. I will be doing all the software testing myself to reduce the cost.
If I don't receive my target for the funding, I will not be able to go ahead with the app development.
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