Little Red Coding ClubLittle Red Coding Club is a multi-player, interactive AR game that quickly and easily teaches children to code. It's also the world's first educational game to use AR technology to support multiple players on multiple devices.
Developed for Key Stage 1 children, and aligned to the English National Curriculum and backed by academic research. Download for iOS here. Download for Android here. |
Responsibilities
Creation of low poly in-game assets including collectable items and Seasonal event rewards. File types, sizes, and level of compression were all rigorously optimised to ensure full stability and user experience.
Keeping the visual style consistent with existing game assets and also making each Collectable detailed enough to act as a trophy was a delicate balance. Models had a strict polycount limit of <5k and texture resolution was a single 1k Diffuse map, so strategic UV maps and painting techniques boosted the detail. Production of renders for use on the apps UI and website. Level design, Seasonal event conceptualism, and assistance on UI/UX implementation. |
OutcomesThe app teaches children to code and collaborate as they work together to help the familiar character of Little Red Riding Hood through the forest.
The game uses Augmented Reality to create a 3D forest that springs to life right before the player’s eyes. This incredible AR space can be explored by moving the device in any direction, or by moving in and out of the forest landscape. Difficulty curves were included as later levels add fail states, such as the Big Bad Wolf catching Little Red if she enters his sightline! Being the first of its kind, our app was frequently featured in the Apple store as app of the day, and was ranking top in the #10 of Education apps. |
ReflectionThroughout the project it was brilliant to work with innovative developers, dedicated project managers and passionate artists. The team's unique dynamic, of sharing a common goal to create the best STEM educational app, meant that we collaborated and each assisted in others' personal development.
A few dream features had to be cut and a focus on a minimum viable product eventually halted greater expansion and polishing, however the final result is something we are each proud of. |