Shine the light — Little Play Square
What's on the screen
The whole screen is a dark room, with 3 animals asleep in it. There are no other buttons to press.
How to play
Rest a finger anywhere on the screen and a round light switches on there. Move the finger and the light comes along; an animal caught in the light wakes and calls out, and goes back to sleep once the light moves away. The light stays on after the finger is lifted, and there is no ending and no score.
This game sits in Games for ages 0 and 1. The age is only a guide, so children older than that and children younger than that are just as welcome to play it.
What this game doesn't have
- Time limits and scoresThere is no countdown, no score and no run of days in a row.
- Game overThere is no state that stops a child from going on. You can stop the moment interest runs out.
- Ads and purchasesNothing can be pressed by mistake that carries a child off to another site.
- Text fieldsNo name and no email address is ever asked for. There is no sign-up either.
How to start
Just open Little Play Square and pick the Shine the light picture on the home screen. Once it has finished loading, it starts up the same way in places with no signal. Sound is switched with the speaker mark on the home screen (it steps through normal, off and quiet, so the first press turns it off).
More from Games for ages 0 and 1
- Sun stroll — Press anywhere in the sky and the sun comes across to that spot; then it can be moved left and right. Toward the left the sky turns to morning and toward the right to night, the colors changing smoothly on the way, and a rooster calls in the morning and an owl at night. Letting go leaves the sky just as it is; it never moves on by itself.
- Gentle breeze — Swipe a finger across the screen and the wind blows the way it was swept: the dandelion seeds, the pinwheel and the little boat all move that way. A simple tap works too — the wind then blows from the side the finger is on. There is no ending and no score.
- Fingertip butterfly — Rest a finger on the screen and wait, and the butterfly flutters over, settles on your fingertip and slowly opens and closes its wings. Move the finger and it flutters away to rest on a flower. Nothing is counted, and there is no ending.