KiKANiNCHEN-App

Dibedibedab!

In the KiKANiNCHEN-App, preschoolers can dive into the Snippet World and go on an exciting adventure with Kikaninchen. Create fantastic animals or invent adventurous vehicles. You can control the app by touching, blowing, clapping or shaking your smartphone or tablet.

Apple App Store

Google Play Store

Amazon Store

Engine: Unity

Platform: Android, iOS, Amazon

Extent: Continuous Maintenance and Development over my Internship (6 months) and Working Study (ongoing)

Year of launch: 2017

Average session: ~ 20 mins

Genre: Children, Exploration, Video-Streaming

Programming Language: C#

Videos for home and on the go

Create animals and give them voices

What I Worked On

I worked as a developer and contributed to multiple major app updates. My main focus was on the Video Train Station, an area of the app where children can stream, like and save videos provided by the German children’s channel KiKA.

Some of my key contributions included:

Improving app navigation, including swipe gestures, the navigation wagon and clickable train sections
Expanding video settings with geo-blocking and mobile data streaming options
Enabling deep-linking to allow users to jump directly into specific parts of the app or videos, by clicking on a link.
Integrating new voicelines
Completely re-implementing the visuals of the Train Station area
Scaling the app UI to support ultra-wide phone-formats (e.g. 25:9)
Handling Android permissions, including “Ask Every Time” re-prompts
Implementing seamless switch to offline mode if connection drops in the station
Animating the KKN character when changing tracks for added polish
Graying out videos that are unavailable and adding availability notices
Continuously fixing bugs and optimizing performance
Playing a key role in organizing and communicating with KiKA

And much more!