Cosmic fun for kids with Astropolo

Children’s game Astropolo is one of the prettiest iPhone/iPad apps I’ve seen in a while. Created by French app developers Les TroisElles Interactive, the entire game is composed of handmade paper-cut animations by artist Chloé Mazlo. The central character is Polo and the aim is to help him fly in a rocket from Earth to the planet Tropy through a series of eight minigames. These games are aimed at ages four to eight and involve singing, drawing, tapping along in time to music and, oddly, catching errant reindeer for Santa while avoiding zebras and unicorns. Utterly charming.

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