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The game in two lengths

One sentence

Wonnel is an endless runner without a single word, in which children aged 2 to 5 follow a forest gnome through day and night and have to do exactly one thing: tap.

One paragraph

In Wonnel, a forest gnome runs through a drawn vector forest of flat, clear shapes, gathering supplies before autumn arrives. He runs by himself; a tap anywhere on the screen makes him jump. There are no other controls, and none are needed. The game has no text, no instructions and no language. That is why it works the same in every country, and why children who cannot read yet get along with it. There is no enemy, no star rating and no comparison with other children; a counter runs along at the top, and the child’s own best result stands beside it at the end. One thing is serious: miss the hole in the path, fall in, and the run is over. A tap starts the next one. At night the forest changes color, and fireflies widen the circle of light around the gnome. Wonnel costs €1.99 once and contains no advertising, no in-app purchases and no tracking.

Fact sheet

Title

Wonnel

Genre

Endless runner for children, wordless, non-competitive

Developer and publisher

Maximilian Vogl, Monheim am Rhein, Germany

Platforms

iPhone, iPad, Android

Price

€1.99, one time. No advertising, no in-app purchases, no tracking.

Audience

Children aged 2 to 5

Age rating

PLATZHALTER: USK and PEGI ratings and the App Store age rating, once they are issued.

Release date

PLATZHALTER: date of release in both stores.

Languages

The app needs none. It contains no text and is therefore the same in every language region. This website is available in German, English, Spanish and French.

Internet connection

Not required. The game runs entirely offline.

Website

www.wonnel.app

Store links

PLATZHALTER: App Store address, once the listing goes live.
PLATZHALTER: Google Play address, once the listing goes live.

Media assets

Every file is provided at the resolution it was created in. None of it is a mock-up: the screenshots show the running game.

Still open: a bundle

A single archive holding all seventeen files would be easier than seventeen clicks. There is none here at the moment. If you need everything at once, send a short note to the address below and I will email the bundle.

Usage rights

The wordmark, the app icon and the screenshots may be used free of charge for editorial reporting about Wonnel, in print and online. No separate request is needed.

Two requests to go with that:

• Please leave the wordmark as it is. No stretching, no recoloring, no added elements. The single-color version exists precisely so that it can sit inside someone else’s palette.
• Please avoid cropping the screenshots where you can. The game runs at a 16:9 ratio; a crop shows a forest that never appears that way on screen.

Maximilian Vogl or wonnel.app is enough as a credit. A copy of the piece is always welcome but never required.

Any other use, such as advertising or merchandise, falls under the legal notice: it requires my written consent.

Press contact

For questions, interviews, review codes and everything else: mail@wonnel.app. The message goes straight to the developer; there is no press department.