A picture is worth a thousand screams!

I'm Sam, a producer with Scholastic Interactive. It's a really exciting time of year for us because we're launching our first ever apps for the iPhone^TM and iPod touch®! I got the coveted assignment of producing the app for Goosebumps^TM. I'll be giving you an inside look at what it takes to make an app.

Goosebumps is funny and frightening all wrapped into one. So what would be funny and scary on the iPhone? We had a bunch of early ideas for apps:

• A “Scream Machine” that gives you a sound bank of Goosebumps noises.
• A “Haunted iPhone” that looks like the standard iPhone desktop but replaces all of your functions with twisted versions of themselves.
• “My Pet Goo,” like a virtual pet game except that you're raising a disgusting glob of goo. Take good care of it and it might grow teeth, change colors, or even split into two globs of goo.

Maybe we'll make one of those next, but our favorite idea was PhotoShock, which lets you take any picture from your iPhone or iPod touch and give it the full Goosebumps treatment. So you can turn your friends into ghastly ghouls or even give your dog The Haunted Mask! 

 

The app gives you a collection of stickers that you can put on your photograph and then move, resize or rotate to create some truly horrifying compositions. We brainstormed every scary thing you might want to add to a picture: Googly eyes, splatters of slime, hanging spiders, crawling bats, a full moon, a tombstone… well, you get the idea.

We then had to draw and create the stickers in the Goosebumps style. We worked closely with the Goosebumps gurus (aka brand managers – what a cool job!) to ensure that the stickers had the right balance of scares and humor. We also were able to include Goosebumps monster masks so you can make yourself into Slappy or change a photo of a group of friends into the ultimate Goosebumps monster crew around!

With over 95 stickers and icons, the possibilities are endless. And what good are photos if you can't share them and show them off? Once you're done, you can email your photos to friends to show off your masterpiece!

Happy PhotoShocking!

— Sam, Scholastic Interactive Staffer

Comments

[Comment #1]

that's so cool sam!!!

[Comment #2]

The game and the pictures
look so awsome!

[Comment #3]

I love goosebumps I have almost all the books.I even have some old ones.My favorite is hunted mask one two and three.

[Comment #4]

i like the book it is will done

[Comment #5]

I think the pitures are AWESOME!!! who ever dose that is super talented that would be a fun job!

[Comment #6]

I think those are the best masks i've ever seen in my life.You guys did a great job.

[Comment #7]

cool... i always love goosebumps...

[Comment #8]

that's cool!

[Comment #9]

Wow! That is really cool! I can't wait to use it!

[Comment #10]

I'm BORED & MAD.

[Comment #11]

Wow! I am SO gonna use that! Thanks, Sam!

[Comment #12]

i want to read it i love goosebumps books

[Comment #13]

i love goosebump books my favorite i want to read so badly

[Comment #14]

I never even read that lol but the pictures and idea are pretty cool. I love the goosebumps series and own every singel book!

[Comment #15]

i luv goosebump books alot- i've read so many! :)

[Comment #16]

goosebump is my faverite book

[Comment #17]

chill goosebump is good and scary

[Comment #18]

man i have all of the goosebumps books and i adore them

[Comment #19]

thats not cool

[Comment #20]

well, this book is very interesting.. but ive never ever ever read. it okay! nd i never will.. im sorry to say that but yeah.. im oh so very bored.

[Comment #21]

hi am new you are like my best friend please write back PLEASE!``
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[Comment #22]

your are my friend` <3

[Comment #23]

UMMMMM............... I SO DONT THINK THAT WAS SCARY I HAVE PICS WAY SARYER THAN THAT AND COOL GOTHIC ONES AS WELL THAT ARE LI TOTTALY SCARIER

[Comment #24]

HI

[Comment #25]

that is so awesome the way u made it look!