Client: South Florida PBS
My role: Digital Illustration, UI/UX Design, Animation
Versions worked on: 1.6, 2.0, 3.0
KidVision is a game T R I M designed and built for South Florida PBS. During my time there, I helped work on several versions that vastly expanded the game.
Version one had 3 locations: the art museum, the baseball stadium, and the zoo. Version two added 3 more brand new locations: the police station, the venetian pools, and the sea turtle rescue.
I assisted in illustrating the expanded map and new locations for version 2.0. I also worked on some of the location upgrades offered, which allowed users to get more animals for the zoo, decorate the museum with a colorful mural, or add baseball players to stadium. This also entailed some UI/UX design for how the upgrades were purchased by users with tickets. Lastly, I assisted in scoping out some of the new animations added to the app.
For version 3.0, I created illustrations for the arcade and individual mini games. I also worked on UI/UX design and creating the user flows for the arcade.
Excerpt from T R I M’s blog about the game:
“The product owners identified an unsolved problem in current landscape of mobile games for children: educational mobile games for kids are few and far between. Of the limited options available, almost none let parents track their children’s progress, and even fewer have an intentional, age-specific curriculum built into the game. The outcome is lots of screen time with little tangible results.
We designed and built an immersive, educational game with a variety of levels, clear objectives, and performance analytics for parents, aimed at kids age 3 to 7. Before each level, players take a pre-test to determine what they already know. While playing, kids are taught new colors and words. By quizzing them again after each level, we’re able to demonstrate to parents exactly how much their child has learned throughout the course of their game play.
This endeavor was sponsored by Major League Baseball, Miami Zoo, and Young at Art Museum. It was an amazing experience working alongside the PBS team to bring their vision to life.”