This work has expanded and improved on everything that our colleague Ben Roberts put into the Alice for the iPad app – more scenes, more complex physics, all original artwork, oodles of fun sound effects and sound-scapes, a sleek user-interface and professionally recorded vocal talent to narrate the whole thing. As Ben puts it: “Any project feels great to complete and finally see live in the market, but to know you’ve also helped create something beautiful is a rare treat.” We all agree and hope you enjoy this adaptation of a classic as much as we do!

Guide Buzz, our common housefly hero, in his quest to reach Bugtropolis and cement his place in history as a Stunt Bug Legend. His journey will take you across 48 death defying courses spread across 4 surprise pack worlds. Along the way Buzz’s motorcycle gang will increase as other bugs join journey. Flick the high jumping flea, Web the lasso-spinning spider, and Dot the high-altitude hovering ladybug are a just a few of the friends ready to help. If you need more help to get past a pesky bee, don’t worry – there are 20 other bugs to choose from.

In collaboration with Random House Digital, Smashing Ideas’ creative team lead by Executive Creative Director Chad Otis, created this entourage of tiny heroes and the overarching story of their mission. From the original storyboards, to in-depth level design and extensive game-play balancing, the team immersed themselves in the world of Buzz and his gang. Stunt Bugs was built in Unity for iOS devices.

Do you have what it takes to become a Stunt Bug Legend? Get the game at iTunes.

Find out more at www.stuntbugs.com and follow Buzz and the crew on Facbook.

Currently available on: iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation) and iPad!

In Super Why’s Alpha Boost iPhone App, players fly high in the sky above Storybrook Village with Super Why, Princess Presto, Alpha Pig or Wonder Red to get to a Super Celebration while collecting Super Letters to form a Super Party Password! With five different celebration choices and 100+ different party passwords, players have an almost endless supply of unique gameplay experiences!

With the Super Celebrations Cake Maker, players can make a cake specifically for a celebration they choose! Want a fish shaped cake with a sandcastle on top for your Beach Celebration? No problem! In this activity, players get to choose their cake pan, frosting flavor and cake topper while practicing spelling and phoneme recognition!

What else does a celebration need? Music and Decorations! Super Duper DJ’ing with Super Why, players get both! In this activity, as the Super Readers rock out, players identify the first letters of celebration-themed words and match them to target letters. As they successfully make matches the celebration scene comes to life!

Last, but not least, is Super Celebration Interactive Whiteboard Activity. Intended for use in preschool classrooms, with this activity teachers can choose from four different types of curriculum: Word Formation, Phoneme Recognition, Rhyming or Reading, and then choose one of five different celebration themes. Students are then invited up to the Interactive Whiteboard to touch the screen and follow curricular prompts to populate the scene. As they do so, the celebration comes to live and players can touch the screen to uncover fun, animated surprises!

These combined with video clips and added content create an engaging overarching storyline on multiple platforms for families. Visit the SUPER CELEBRATIONS page within the Parents & Teachers portion of the SUPER WHY! to see the full suite.

With this new approach the Smashing team focused in on ease of access, adding features that showcased the different math topics plus creating learning pathways for kids to follow. “Find It!” makes it easy for kids to dive into topics and find a plethora of associated games, videos and printables. Once kids begin playing, “More Cool Stuff!” helps them discover a pathway to more content based on the math topic or their personal connection to a character.

The new site is built on the Django framework using a robust tagging system that allows ease of managing the content, along with the associated topics and learning pathways. A custom recommendation engine tracks the user’s interactions, and serves up content that encourages kids to keep learning through play! Optimized for SEO, Cyberchase is more than a TV show, it’s a destination that where kids get the most out of math!

Built to be enjoyed on computers, tablets, and smart phones, kids can explore the award-winning, adventure series and discover that Math is Everywhere!

Barbie^TM Princess Charm School (based on the brand new DVD sharing the title) brings sparkle to story time as girls tap, swipe, read and play with their favorite fashionista: Barbie^TM! Experience Barbie’s latest royal adventure by watching and listening, reading at your own pace or record yourself reading the book to share with a loved one.  Plus, play hide-and-seek and collect stickers to add to customizable storybook scenes.
 

 
Produced in partnership with Random House and Mattel, this app is bound to be a favorite for any little princess.

See the app in the iTunes store!

Available on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch,  Bot Garage  gives you the chance to build your own collection of wonderfully wacky robot friends. With the ability to create over 100,000 unique bots, there’s almost no end to your creativity.

Choose from a wide selection of bot heads, bodies, arms, legs and silly accessories to design the perfect bot, give your bot a name,choose one of 10 cool places to play and watch your bot come to life with animation and sound effects. Then, save your bots and share them with friends!

Bot Garage is now available for purchase in the iTunes store

LOTS OF BOTS, from David A. Carter and Noelle Carter is available wherever books are sold.

https://nookdeveloper.barnesandnoble.com/tools-services/service-providers.html

Have a project you need to bring to the Color Nook or want to talk about cross-platform development to iOS/web/Android or any other screen? Get in touch!

Working with the amazing team at MyDiscovery, Smashing co-created Ultimate Sharks, an immediate #1 Book Application in the App Store and the iPad App of the Week for the week of 7/29-8/4. 3D sharks, attack stories, over 3 hours of video, more than 250 photos, Airplay enabled and a handy GPS locator to let the user know that they are (or are not), far away from where the these deadly creatures have struck (ah, a slight sense of security). One of our first apps to be rated 17+ on the app store, so not for the little ones!

Check it out at the App Store and take a swim, if you dare.