Let's Play Mums
Encyclopedia
Let's Play Mums 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 11 minis games only playable with the nintendo DS stylus.
To participate in a mini game, the player must go to the room of the house 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 babysitter 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 Mums, the player acts a young nanny and will have to take care of kids.Every morning, the schedule of the day is given to the player.
The game is composed of 11 minis games only playable with the nintendo DS stylus.
To participate in a mini game, the player must go to the room of the house 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 house in 3D. Following the minis games, the player will have to go to the bathroom, the kitchen, the living room, the garden, the play room or the bedrooms.The movement system is a point and click. The player touches a place of the tactile screen with the stylus and the babysitter moves to this place.
Mini games
The game is composed of 11 minis games :- Feeding the child : the player has to feed the child who sits on his highchair.
- Give the baby a bottle : the player has to give the feeding-bottle to the baby by manipulating it with the stylus.
- Changing nappies : the player has to change the nappies of the baby in 3 steps (remove the dirty nappy, wash him buttocks, put him a clean nappy.
- Play with the baby : the player plays the cowboys and the Indians with the children.
- Rattle : the player has to amuse the child by shaking the rattle in the direction which he wishes.
- Bathe the baby : the player has to wash the child in 3 steps (soap, shampoo, body milk).
- Dress the child : the player has to dress the child as he wishes it.
- Soothe the baby : the player has to put to bed the baby by catching the musical notes which the baby wants to hear.
- Rock the baby : the player has to rock the baby by following the good rhythm to calm him.
- Sandbox game : it's a whak-a-mole with a water gun.
- Ball : the player has to make the baby bounce on a ball which is full of air.
European titles
The name of the brand is localized in the different European countries :- Jouons à la maman in France.
- Let's Play Mums in UK.
- Let's Play La Mamma in Italy.
- Spielen wir Mami in Germany
- Juguemos a Las Mamas 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, Benjamin de Ruyter, 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 Mums at Deep Silver