Android apps don’t have to look the same
For the past few months I’ve been extremely busy in giving life to MatchFuel, Android’s Game Center.
When we started MatchFuel, we laid down some ground rules that spawned from the experiences we had with AndSpot.
1. It must not look like a traditional Android app.
2. It must follow (if possible) all of the Android design patterns, and change a pattern only where absolutely needed.
3. It must be easy to use; fast, stable and lastly, an immersive experience.
As you can tell, 2 of the 3 main rules we followed were design-based. Users expect a great UX today, gone are the times where you can have a “crap” ui and yet leave a good impression (there are however exceptions such as news readers and other apps which are very content focused rather then being app focused).
With that in mind, we gave birth to MatchFuel, which in my opinion (putting aside my biases for developing the entire thing single handedly) is Androids most slickest application to date. The app is available as a beta on the Android Market ( http://market.android.com/details/id?=com.matchfuel.platform ) and is a very easy way to find the best games on the Android Market.
One thing that I feel that we have proven, is that Android Apps can look as good or even better than their iPhone competitor.
