Leap Frog "Little Leaps" game

[Anita The Great]

Greetings all!

Last year I puppeteered on a game for Leap Frog's new "Little Leaps" Learning game. It uses puppets, live action, and animation to teach infants and toddlers shapes, counting, and letters in a 'game' setting. It's super cool.

They even made tiny plushes for the game characters (I can't find any photos, so once I take some from my purchases, I'll post 'em). You can find more info on the game at http://www.leapfrog.com/do/findproduct?ageGroupKey=infant&key=lilps You can find more on the particular game I worked on at http://www.leapfrog.com/do/findproduct?ageGroupKey=infant&key=lilpsfirststep. There are four games in this series but that one has the puppet I performed; Lulu, the letter spinning spider, on the front. The puppets were made by Images in motion. I wrote some more about this on my bloghttp://www.swazzle.com/blogs/puppetu.html

If you get a chance, check it out!

 

[TopperFraggle]

Hey a fellow Leap Frogger! I just finished illustrating two of thier books!

 

[renegade]

Funny... we just finished 3 of the games ( just the animation )
but I did have a chat with one of the Producers on the puppet stuff . She is head over heels for puppets and said she had a blast working on it . ! when she came to my office she just flipped out and loved the puppets I had , It was great to meet some one so passionate about puppets
I would love to see the finshed product of what you guys did !

 

[Anita The Great]

Sweet! I had such fun on the production! Unfortunately, the only way to see anything (so far) is to buy the game. I haven't figured out how to get anything OFF the game and onto the web (since ya can't play the disc on the computer--drat!). It came off great, the puppets are super cute! I just got a new camera and will post some pics of the plushes tomorrow! What games were you on Renegade? and TopperFraggle, tell me what books ya did, so I can at least see YOUR stuff!! Tell the producers I said "hi!"

 

[gfarkwort]

Hey Anita, What if you filmed the puppet segments off of the game. Would that work?...or might it be too fuzzy?

 

[Anita The Great]

That isn't looking too nice right now. I'm hoping to figure out some other way of doing it that doesn't detract from the quality of the merchandise. But, a good idea, thanks!!

 

[renegade]

Anita we did the BACK_YARDIGANS, Dora and Thomas the tank engine
We dont usually do game stuff just commercial and feature films
but I love the puppet design that leap frog did can you post any more shot of them ?

 

[Anita The Great]

I can FINALLY give ya a pic of the toys! I took these last night with my swanky new camera! Sorry it took so dang long!

http://swazzle.com/blogs/puppetu.html

Next (since we got a new, HUGE tv), I'll try to pull some images off the game with the ACTUAL puppets!

 

[Blink]

Greetings all!

Last year I puppeteered on a game for Leap Frog's new "Little Leaps" Learning game. It uses puppets, live action, and animation to teach infants and toddlers shapes, counting, and letters in a 'game' setting. It's super cool...

...If you get a chance, check it out!

I plan to. Although my little one is not even 1 yr old yet, I love what I see of the project. Congrats Anita The Great!

 

[Anita The Great]

I plan to. Although my little one is not even 1 yr old yet, I love what I see of the project. Congrats Anita The Great!

That's the perfect age! These games are made for really little ones--6mths to 2 years! Let me know what you think of the game-play if you get the games!