We’re all huge music fans at Simpleweb, so when Kids Classics asked us to build an iPad game that would help teach children about music theory, we leapt at the chance.
Welcome to the world of digital development
The Kids Classics team teach children about classical music through fun, interactive workshops. Although they know everything there is to know about teaching music theory to kids, they were relatively new to the world of digital development.
We wanted Kids Classics to feel like a part of our team, having a say on every step of the process. We held creative workshops and made sure to fully include them in the day to day progress of the project.
Working with animation
We don’t have an in-house animator at Simpleweb but that didn’t stop us. We brought in our friend Darren, the lead animator on Aardman’s ‘Chicken Run’, to help us animate the game. We rarely subcontract work but when we do we only work with people we know and trust. We’ve been working with Darren for several years now and he did an amazing job bringing SymbolSmash to life.
Where are they now?
SymbolSmash was a hit with Kids Classics and was reviewed by The Next Web as a “sweet iPad arcade game to teach kids all about classical music”.
