Let's Play Schools
Encyclopedia
Let's Play Schools is a party game
for kids developed by ZigZag Island
and published in 2008 by Deep Silver for the Nintendo DS
.
That is one of the first titles of the Let's Play brand, produced by Koch Media
to compete with the Imagine brand of Ubisoft
.
Every morning, the schedule of the day is given to the player.
The game is composed of 13 minis games only playable with the nintendo DS stylus.
To participate in a mini game, the player must go to the room of the school which is shown on the game map, displayed on the superior screen of the Nintendo DS.
When the player is in the good place, a bubble with the mini game icone appears on the screen. The player must simply touch the bubble to start the mini game.
The movement system is a point and click. The player touches a place of the tactile screen with the stylus and the teacher moves to this place.
Party game
Party games are games that some people play as forms of entertainment at social gatherings. Party games usually involve more than one player. There are a large number and styles of party games available and the one selected will depend on the atmosphere that is sought to be generated...
for kids developed by ZigZag Island
Zigzag Island
Zigzag Island is a small island close off the south coast of Tower Island, Palmer Archipelago. The name applied by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee is descriptive of the island in plan; it is deeply indented, with steep cliff faces....
and published in 2008 by Deep Silver for the Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS
The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...
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That is one of the first titles of the Let's Play brand, produced by Koch Media
Koch Media
The Koch Media group is a media enterprise started in 1994 by Franz Koch and Dr. Klemens Kundratitz.The Koch Media group produces and markets digital entertainment products and accessories in Europe and North America...
to compete with the Imagine brand of Ubisoft
Ubisoft
Ubisoft Entertainment S.A. is a major French video game publisher and developer, with headquarters in Montreuil, France. The company has a worldwide presence with 25 studios in 17 countries and subsidiaries in 26 countries....
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Concept
In Let's Play School, the player acts a young teacher during her 4 first days of work where she is going to have to take care of young children.Every morning, the schedule of the day is given to the player.
The game is composed of 13 minis games only playable with the nintendo DS stylus.
To participate in a mini game, the player must go to the room of the school which is shown on the game map, displayed on the superior screen of the Nintendo DS.
When the player is in the good place, a bubble with the mini game icone appears on the screen. The player must simply touch the bubble to start the mini game.
Game environment
The game environment is a school in 3D. Following the minis games, the player will have to go to the playground, the music room, the dance room, the classroom, the play room or the cafeteria.The movement system is a point and click. The player touches a place of the tactile screen with the stylus and the teacher moves to this place.
Mini games
The game is composed of 13 minis games :- Music lesson
- Skipping rope
- Lunchtime food fight
- Dancing lessons
- Puzzle time
- Handicraft
- Hopscotch
- First aider
- Observe the exam
- Nap time
- Painting cupboard
- Pupils wardrobe
- Clean the classroom
European titles
The name of the brand is localized in the different European countries :- Jouons à la maîtresse in France.
- Let's Play Schools in UK.
- Let's Play La Maestra in Italy.
- Spielen wir Lehrerin in Germany
- Juguemos a Ser Profe in Spain.
Development Team
- Executive Producers : Guillaume DescampsGuillaume DescampsGuillaume-Désiré-Joseph Descamps, a painter and engraver, was born at Lille in 1779. He was a pupil of Vincent, but, obtaining the"prix de Rome," he improved himself by travelling in Italy, and became court-painter of Murat in Naples. He died in Paris in 1858. The following paintings were executed...
, Stéphane Gonod - Art Director : Jérôme Lignier
- Creative Director : Guillaume Descamps
- Technical Director : Marc Ly
- 2D Artists : Jérôme Lignier, Ludovic Legrand, Paul Mafayon
- 3D Artists : Arnaud Machus, Jérôme Lignier, Sylvain Depre
- Logo & Packaging : Paul Mafayon
- Lead Programmer : Marc Ly
- Senior Programmer : Clément Dupret
- Programmers : David Tanguy, Mustapha Tachouct, Romain Volhuer, Simon Guille
- Additional Programmer : Emmanuel Tuloup
- Game design : Guillaume Descamps, Jérôme Lignier, Paul Mafayon
- Sounds & musics : Allister BrimbleAllister BrimbleAllister Mark Brimble is a video game music composer. Allister has written music and sound effects for the videogame industry since the mid 1980s for a vast array of games, such as Driver, Project-X, Superfrog, Alien Breed, Assassin, Colonization, Descent II, Dizzy series ,Slightly Magic...
, Anthony Putson
External links
- Official website
- Let's Play Schools at Deep Silver
- Game Description & credits at MobyGamesMobyGames-Platforms not yet included:- Further reading :* Rusel DeMaria, Johnny L. Wilson, High Score!: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games, McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media; 2 edition , ISBN 0-07-223172-6...