Choo Choo! The trains are coming! TutoTOONS just released a new, educational app co-produced with SpinMaster! Mighty Express app follows the bubbly adventures of friends, trains and animals of the Mighty Express universe. Meet Nico, Liza, Max and their train friends – Freight Nate, Builder Brock, Farmer Faye and Mechanic Milo. Together with them, little boys and girls will learn shapes, numbers, colors, basic math, improve their fine motor and problem-solving skills – all while completing fun missions and playing games. When kids progress in the app, missions and levels are becoming harder – so parents can be sure that their little ones are constantly learning and improving while playing with Mighty Express trains and kids! Download Mighty Express app: Play Store – https://bit.ly/3gKEAno Apple Store – https://apple.co/3oNxa5O Watch the show – https://bit.ly/3a9mXN5 Check out Mighty Express YouTube channel – https://bit.ly/2WdaAHr

TutoTOONS goes back to school! Every now and then we test our new games with kids. On December 5th, TutoTOONS went to Kaunas Panemunė Primary School. This time we had two upcoming games to test: Pets and Sweet Baby Girl Daycare 5. Our little testers had a lot of fun playing with virtual pets, taking care of virtual babies and cleaning up virtual environments. Little girls found some similarities to their lives and told us how they take care of their pets and tidy their rooms every day at home. We learned what kids like the most and what needs to be fixed in the games. Many thanks to Kaunas Panemunė Primary School for having us! Hope to visit you again soon :)

This month we’re visiting Kaunas elementary school “Rūtelė” and testing TutoTOONS games with second and third graders. Super fun for both the kids and us, and a must-do for all kids’ game designers, artists and developers! :)

It’s been a while since we last posted a story from TutoTOONS game creators. Following up our game artist interviews, we invite you to meet Alessandro Bagatin from Milano, a designer and author of ‘Baby Dragon Tamer’! About the Game Baby Dragon Tamer is a virtual pet type of game with 8 activities for kids and toddlers. After helping baby dragon Aver hatch from the egg, children will have to take care of their new pocket friend: cook and feed, bath, dress up, clean up, exercise flying over the canyon, draw in the cave, and more! TutoTOONS: Hi, Alessandro! Tell us a little about yourself. Alessandro: Hi! I’m a designer and I studied comics at the School of Comics in Milan. I finished my studies in 1991 and worked as a freelance illustrator. In 1995, I had a very formative experience in a small animation studio, and then in 1997, I’ve worked at Animation Band on a few of TV series. I also did some character design, animation and modeling works for a few video game production studios. In these days, I’m going to start at a company that develops motor racing video games. I like movies and TV series, I love to play and watch football (soccer). My hobby is about football too - I play old, historical game Subbuteo and participate in tournaments. I am a very good player. :) Tell us more about your previous game development experience. I had some projects but only one was a game for children, an experimental project, similar to TutoTOONS. Baby Dragon Tamer is my first game with TutoTOONS. What was the most fun part of making Baby Dragon Tamer? The fun part of this project was participating in a community and exchanging ideas and tips with people from various places in the world. And what was the most challenging? In the final part of the project, it took a lot of time to produce marketing materials. What was the most important thing for you when you were creating this game? In my case, I appreciated the support of my team leader Robert Menegus from S. Francisco, he was very sympathetic. What do you think kids can learn from Baby Dragon Tamer? In this game, I think that children can learn to rearrange their room and clean their teeth. :) Are you planning to make more games with TutoTOONS? It depends on my new job! I’m thinking about a game… But at this moment, I don’t have enough time, maybe I can draw a storyboard… We will see. Describe TutoTOONS in 1 sentence. Interesting experience. Thank you! If you have kids around who love dragons and dinosaurs, surprise them with Baby Dragon Tamer game! Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.tutotoons.app.babydragontamer.free App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1059667380 Amazon Appstore for Android: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0183LIV3A/