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Protobird Games Announces The Dreamland Chronicles
Boston, MA (April 2, in the year of our Lord 2014)
- New independent game development studio Protobird Games
announced their Kickstarter to support development of the
upcoming kids’ mobile trading card game, The Dreamland
Chronicles. Adapting the award-winning web comic series by Scott
Christian Sava, the game is currently in development for iPad,
with an Android release as the Kickstarter’s first stretch goal.
Protobird will debut their work-in-progress at PAX East in
Boston, MA at Booth #1035.
Founded in 2013 by game industry veterans Parker Davis and Scott
Hyman, Protobird Games launched development of the first mobile
trading card game for kids after the founders could not find
such an app appropriate for their young sons. The app boasts
unique features for a mobile trading card game, such as animated
characters battling in a Final Fantasy style turn-based showcase
arena and “virtual toy” character cards that level up, come to
life and react when kids tap and swipe them.
Previews of the game have excited game industry veterans. “I
like the all-ages game experience Protobird is making,” said
David Jaffe, founder of The Bartlet Jones Detective Agency. “The
Dreamland Chronicles updates the card collecting and games I
enjoyed as a kid. I can’t wait to play with my daughters and see
how they enjoy it with their friends.” Based on Scott Sava’s
rich and vibrant Dreamland Chronicles web comic universe, The
Dreamland Chronicles card game spotlights the feature-film
quality 3D animated characters and environment artwork directly
from the original pages.
“Kickstarter is the perfect place to introduce The Dreamland
Chronicles to the gaming community,” founder Scott Hyman said.
“From avid trading card game fans to gamer parents like
ourselves to the web comic’s core supporters, everyone has
embraced Kickstarter as the best place to discover new, exciting
independent projects.” The team is working towards a goal of
raising $35,000 via the crowdfunding platform. The campaign
includes stretch goals related to additional platforms, more
content, and better bonuses for project backers.
To ensure the safety of young players online, Protobird Games is
partnering with Privacy Vaults Online (PRIVO), a third-party
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Safe Harbor and
identity & consent service provider. PRIVO enables websites,
apps, games and other online services to comply with COPPA when
they interact with and market to children online under the age
of 13.
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