Kids Zone
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
How does the world’s largest living history museum engage next-generation guests on the web? For Colonial Williamsburg, the answer is its online Kids Zone: an immersive, interactive experience comprised of illustrated landscapes, animated guides, and a collection of online games and activities.
Background
Colonial children play in seasonal scenes.
Interactive scenes direct users to Games & Activities
We began working with Colonial Williamsburg in 2004 to develop the Kids Zone concept and create a loose blueprint for the games and activities that would live there. The concept revolved around four scenes, each featuring its own collection of the people, places and animals of 18th-century Williamsburg. In each scene, a young illustrated guide leads users through an animated landscape.
Play and Learn
Tend 3D gardens in Colonial Gardener
Capture fireflies in Midnight Messenger to find your way
Today the Kids Zone features more than a dozen diverse games and activities including learning activities, arcade games, virtual choose-your-own adventures and mysterious quests.
Learn about Stratigraphy in Dirt Detective
Try to keep up in Drum Corps Tryout
Revolutionary Fireworks Frenzy!
Production
We were responsible for all aspects of design and implementation. As always, our clients at Colonial Williamsburg were active participants in the process, providing feedback and engaging in discussion that helped shape the final outcome.
