Kindle now has games via development kit

The next time you’re using your Kindle for reading, you may want to consider using it for games as well. Well, you can now courtesy of the Kindle Development Kit (KDK). Software developers have recently created the first two games for the electronic reader.

The KDK was released in January 2010 and can be used to create productivity tools, games, and other content specifically for the Kindle. Considering that the Kindle isn’t exactly tailored for gaming, the games themselves are rather basic. After all, Kindles don’t even have colored screens or up/down arrows.

The games that were created are word puzzles, called Every Word and Shuffled Row. Every Word is like Text Twist in that you get a group of letters and have to form as many words out of them as possible.Shuffled Row is similar to Every Word, except that every time you use a letter, it gets replaced by a new one. Both of these games are free to download, but if any games are created in the future for sale, the developers get 70% of the profits.

Although Kindle users don’t seem to be the gaming type, (my mother-in-law and two aunts use them regularly) I’m sure that some of them might enjoy word puzzles and similar games. I foresee other casual standbys like crosswords and sudoku coming to the Kindle as well.

Site [USA Today] Via [Mashable]

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