The Brain Train

The Brain Train is a fun-filled educational game for children aged 6+. It not only tells the story of a group of adventurous kids but stimulates many early emotions in children like empathy, kindness, curiosity and more. For this project, I was in charge of all the mini-games that are played in every scene. Each scene is unique: a new chapter, something different to learn like specific animals and why they live in the canopy layer of the forest for example and a mini-game associated to the story and feel of the scene. I designed 25 mini-games as the sole designer for the project as well creating some narrative content for hints, interactions and instructions.

Each game teaches the player a new life skill like cooking, cleaning, driving, measurements, tracking, swimming, financing and many more. I designed each one, using different styles of touch screen mechanics and plenty of on-screen prompts for aid in completion. Some examples of mechanics include line tracing for stitching a wound, slide gear shifting and swipe steering for driving, match 3 style games and plenty more.

This game hosts a range of exciting features:

• An original, immersive story
• Diverse cast of characters (because no child should ever feel excluded from a game!)
• Wealth of knowledge in bite-sized pieces that would make any walking encyclopedia proud
• Art with a crazy attention to detail
• Puzzles that will push logic and encourage out-of-the-box creativity
• Mini-games on life skills, like cooking, finances, budgeting, survival, career prep, musicality, sports, and the list goes on! (These are life skills for every child – boy and girl alike!)

Game Link: This game is currently under development.