What do you do when Studio 100 asks you to build a mobile app for Bumba? You get cracking! We wanted to get it exactly right and turned to our inner child for inspiration.
This is a game for toddlers aged 2 to 4 on iOS devices (iPhone/iPad). Bumba and his friends invite everyone to discover their happy circus world.
Everything on screen can be touched and brought to life with fun sounds and animations. Throughout the app, they can halt at a play sign, and have fun playing five interactive games.
Optimization for iOS
We started from existing assets used in the Flash-based website. We optimized the magical world of Bumba, by e.g. replacing the left-right navigation by touch and swipe technology.
We wringed out the limited working memory of Apple devices and really made it work by adapting the dimensions of Bumba's world. The number of animations in the app was also downsized to meet system requirements.
Pleasing the fans
Although we had a lot of material to work with, this still proved to be a challenging case. We had to stay as close as possible to the existing world, but jumped through a few hoops along the way.
We dedicated ourselves to live up to high expectations. Bumba is huge, and you don't want to disappoint the many little fans, do you?