With the game of skill and movement, HCM Kinzel has launched its first family game with electronic components - and thus convinced the jury of the Tommi children's software prize. The Swabian publisher took third place in the "Electronic Toys" category and only had to admit defeat to its competitors Lego with Super Mario Adventure and Osmo with the Genius Starter Set.
With Tap it! the only board game-like toy entered the race. HCM Kinzel's concept was therefore nominated in the "Electronic Toys" category due to the pronounced electronic components, in which Lego's Super Mario Adventure was nominated, among others. In the end, HCM Kinzel was unable to assert itself against the cooperation product from Lego and Nintendo, and the Osmo Starter Kit also ranks ahead of the Swabians, who ultimately secured third place in the Tommi 2020 children's software prize. A total of four toys were nominated in the category.
Tap it! speaks to several age groups
Tap it! from the HCM Kinzel publishing house is one of the winners of this year's children's software prize. The movement and action game for children and young people from the age of eight won bronze in the "Tommi" competition. Not least because the action-packed game concept is especially fun for children. The children's jury says: “Tap it! wins at TOMMI 2020 because it's a very good family game. There are different modes. We even did sports with it and had to jump and run a lot. It's great fun because you need a very good memory and you have to react quickly.”
Four wirelessly connected buzzers promote reaction and speed and get players moving. Around 900 children tested the games and educational software nominated by an expert jury in 20 libraries.
The family game is one of this year's autumn novelties from the Zaberfeld-based publisher and will be available in stores as an autumn novelty. "We are very pleased that we are among the winners of this award and that with our first own electronic game," say publishers Markus and Christian Kinzel. "We are very convinced of Tap it !, because it encourages reaction and movement in a playful way."
The video shows how the family game works:
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The board game offers four variants: Tap it, Switch, Memo and Pong. The hemispheres flash depending on the game mode. In the Tap it game mode, you press the buzzer with your own game color as quickly as possible to score the point. If the color changes, you should stay away from it, otherwise the point goes to your opponent. With Switch it’s “running to the right buzzer.” And that was before another player could buzz his color, because with a “touch down” all colors change. Memo is a classic game in a new form, where the challenge is to correctly repeat the order of the flashing buzzers. The fourth game mode, Pong, is a type of table tennis in which the light ball is hit back and forth. No matter which game you have chosen, the buzzers show in color after each round which color was buzzed the most.
The expert jury is also impressed by the idea, but at least criticizes the tones that Tap it! can be heard: "Tap It" is a game in which children have to press different buzzers as quickly as possible. These can be distributed in the room with the greatest possible distance, so that there is still a lot of acrobatics for a quick reaction. This works well and is fun. If only it weren't for the horrible tones that remind you of a fire alarm.” The experts see the flexibility of the player groups as particularly positive: Tap it! is "entertaining, especially with several people, several age groups can play well together."
Tap it! is one of the autumn innovations from HCM Kinzel and is available in stores at a price of around 40 euros. Up to eight players can take part, in principle there is also the possibility of linking the central buzzer with up to 23 other hemispheres.
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