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Tovie
Pedal-powered assistive play for kids 6 to 11.
With Eight Bit Studios
The challenge
Tovie is a pedal-to-play bike for kids 6 to 11, made by Able Bodies LLC, built around the science of regulation. It helps kids burn energy, find their calm, and turn screen time into active time. The team needed to know what the play experience should be and how to build it, framed as assistive tech rather than an App Store game.
The approach
We started with advisory and technical discovery, then built a working Godot prototype and a set of playable concepts where pedaling drives the game, like an underwater reef world with gates, rings, and treasure. I set the art direction and a single skinnable style system, applied the client's brand guidelines, and we shipped a sign-in web demo and a trailer for their Kickstarter push.
Delivered
- Product strategy and discovery
- Game concepts and prototypes (Godot)
- Art direction and style system
- Web demo site
- Kickstarter trailer





