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games for kids

  • hessi
  • August 31, 2007 at 5:48 PM
  • hessi
    • August 31, 2007 at 5:48 PM
    • #1

    ok this might be a bit uncommon in communities where the big PIMPs post their normalmapped whatevers but i am serious:

    do you have any favorite computer games for kids? i am talking of a possible age of 4 to max. 10 years. so not killing or evil games.

    the reason i ask for is, that i am possibly going to make a gamedesign + implementation of computer game due to my bachelor degree at uni. so i was wondering if you have any experience with this casual genre and can recommend nice games.

    i would prefer games that run on windows + mac (+ linux). i could live with windows only games too but this would reject my teammate from testing on her own.

    playable demos would be appreciated!

    i found some "Janosch" themed computer games but as long as we dont own any trademarks this can only be considered for research matter.

  • -HP-
    • August 31, 2007 at 5:58 PM
    • #2

    Seed-Studios, the company I'm working on, made 2 titles for DS, the target was exactly kids!

    We are working in a third title, that is definitely be a really nice DS title, but I can't say anything about it, yet...

    Anyways: http://www.seed-studios.com/en/index.ph ... 3&Itemid=4

  • Wunderboy
    • August 31, 2007 at 6:00 PM
    • #3

    My mate's kids LOVE the Lego series of games and I have to admit, after trying them out on his XBox they are pretty damn good!

  • hessi
    • August 31, 2007 at 6:02 PM
    • #4

    i got no Nintendo DS though i am talking of a project thaat can be done in like 4 months with two people! the one is me and the other is a girl that wants to focus more on the design (game and graphics). so a complex game like the Lego Star Wars for example is not what i would be aiming for. it has to be a small game. i just found a demo of something where kids can put together an alien with eyes and mouths and noses etc. that is what i would have in mind. so the kids can mess around with it and then save their layouts somewhere.

    thanks for the posting HP!

  • Warby
    • August 31, 2007 at 6:04 PM
    • #5

    i don't know if it is targeted at kids but i used to be heavily addicted to popcaps rocket mania:

    http://www.popcap.com/gamepopup.php?theGame=rocketmania

  • Steppenwolf
    • August 31, 2007 at 6:07 PM
    • #6

    Beyond Good & Evil isn't bad.

    Quote from hessi

    kids can put together an alien with eyes and mouths and noses etc. that is what i would have in mind. so the kids can mess around with it and then save their layouts somewhere.

    Sounds like z-brush. My 8 year old nephew likes to mess around with the program and draw slimey or disgusting "things".

  • Quakis
    • August 31, 2007 at 6:19 PM
    • #7

    Don't know if this would help much, but I made a topic over at 3dRealms forums asking about recommened children's pc games/activities for my niece. Could be something there that may give you an idea;

    Here

  • e-freak
    • August 31, 2007 at 7:07 PM
    • #8

    -snip-

  • Psy
    • August 31, 2007 at 7:13 PM
    • #9

    Pokemon has some good games (the handheld ones) apart from Gold and Silver (terrible, terrible world map design).

  • D3ads
    • August 31, 2007 at 8:04 PM
    • #10

    Well.. I played Wolfenstein 3D when I was 11..

  • dux
    • August 31, 2007 at 8:07 PM
    • #11

    If d3 made games for kids it would be something like silent hill crossed with the crow.

  • D3ads
    • August 31, 2007 at 8:09 PM
    • #12

    I've never even seen the Crow you know...

  • dux
    • August 31, 2007 at 8:13 PM
    • #13

    Seriously? What the fuck is wrong with you! Go see it.

  • -HP-
    • August 31, 2007 at 8:45 PM
    • #14
    Quote from D3ads

    I've never even seen the Crow you know...

    Me neither...

  • fonfa
    • August 31, 2007 at 8:47 PM
    • #15

    http://www.orisinal.com

    i wouldn't say they're for kids, but they're pretty simple and good looking and can give you some ideas

  • Sentura
    • August 31, 2007 at 11:51 PM
    • #16

    funny you're asking this. i just had a chat with one of my fellow uni goers, and she said that for her bachelor she did a mobile treasure hunt game, in which you had to find "objects" (i.e. markers) in the real world using a cellphone with a gps chip. the idea was to motivate kids to enjoy exercising more.

  • Low
    • September 1, 2007 at 12:45 AM
    • #17

    http://www.popcap.com

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