games for kids

[hessi]

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-]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Beyond Good & Evil isn't bad.

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]

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]

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Edited August 8, 2021 by e-freak

[Psy]

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

[D3ads]

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

[dux]

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

[D3ads]

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

[dux]

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

[-HP-]

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

Me neither...

[fonfa]

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