Games Children Love, Parents Trust
Develop games for young audiences that respect child development, prioritize safety, meet regulatory requirements, and give parents the confidence they need when their children play.
Back to HomeWhat This Creates for Your Young Players
Developing games for children requires different considerations than games for adults. Young players have developing motor skills, shorter attention spans, and need interfaces that guide them without frustrating them. Parents need assurance their children are safe while playing.
When you work with us on a kids' game, you're creating an experience that serves both audiences. Children find games they can navigate independently and enjoy without getting stuck. Parents find peace of mind knowing the game meets safety standards and respects privacy regulations.
For Young Players
- ✓ Interfaces they can understand without reading complex instructions
- ✓ Controls that accommodate developing fine motor skills
- ✓ Positive encouragement rather than harsh failure states
- ✓ Content appropriate for their developmental stage
For Parents and Educators
- ✓ Full COPPA compliance and privacy protection
- ✓ Parental controls that actually function
- ✓ Transparent data practices and clear policies
- ✓ Safe environment free from inappropriate content
The Challenges of Kids' Game Development
Creating games for children involves complexities that aren't immediately obvious until you're working through them.
Regulatory Requirements Feel Overwhelming
COPPA compliance isn't just a checkbox - it involves specific technical implementations, verifiable parental consent mechanisms, data handling procedures, and privacy policies written in accessible language. Getting this wrong creates legal exposure and damages trust with parents. You want to serve young audiences without constant worry about compliance.
Age-Appropriate Design Is Difficult
What works for adults doesn't work for children. A six-year-old has different cognitive abilities and motor control than a ten-year-old. Interfaces need larger touch targets, simpler navigation, clearer visual hierarchies, and feedback that guides without patronizing. Finding this balance requires understanding child development, not just design principles.
Parent Trust Is Hard to Earn
Parents are rightfully cautious about what their children engage with digitally. They've seen games with hidden costs, inappropriate ads, data collection without consent, or content that wasn't what it claimed to be. Building trust requires transparency, proper safeguards, and delivering exactly what you promise.
Testing with Young Users Is Complex
You can't just hand a prototype to children and ask for feedback the way you would with adults. Testing requires parental consent, age-appropriate methodologies, and interpreting what young users are actually experiencing versus what they can articulate. Without proper testing, you're guessing about whether your game actually works for its audience.
Our Approach to Kids' Game Development
We build children's games with both young players and their parents in mind, addressing the unique requirements of this audience.
COPPA Compliance Built In
We implement COPPA requirements from the start, not as an afterthought. Verifiable parental consent, proper data minimization, clear privacy notices, and mechanisms for parents to review and delete their children's information. You get documentation showing compliance, not just promises that it's handled.
Age-Appropriate Interface Design
We design interfaces based on child development research. Larger interactive elements for smaller fingers, clear visual feedback for every action, simplified navigation that matches how children think, and language appropriate for reading levels. The game teaches itself through play rather than requiring adult explanation.
Gentle Progression Systems
Children need success to stay engaged but also need appropriate challenges to develop skills. We design progression that celebrates effort, provides multiple paths to completion, and never punishes failure harshly. The game adapts to different skill levels so both confident and hesitant players find enjoyment.
Effective Parental Controls
Parents need actual control over their children's experience, not security theater. We implement settings that genuinely protect children, gates that keep young users from accessing features they shouldn't, and dashboards where parents can see what their children are doing. Controls that work build trust.
Developing Your Kids' Game Together
Here's how we collaborate to create a game that serves young players and meets parent expectations.
Phase 1: Understanding Your Vision and Audience
We start by discussing what age group you're targeting, what you want children to experience, and what concerns parents might have. What educational value does the game provide? What makes it appropriate for your target age? What similar games do you admire or want to differentiate from? These conversations shape everything we build.
You'll feel: Confident we understand both the child experience and parent concerns.
Phase 2: Compliance and Safety Implementation
Before building gameplay, we establish the safety foundation. COPPA consent mechanisms, data handling procedures, privacy policy creation, parental control architecture. You'll review these systems and understand exactly how they protect young users. This foundation means everything built on top of it maintains appropriate safeguards.
You'll feel: Secure knowing the legal and safety requirements are properly addressed.
Phase 3: Core Gameplay and Interface Development
We build the game itself with child-appropriate interactions, clear visual design, and age-suitable challenges. You'll test early builds yourself and understand how children will interact with them. We refine based on your feedback and observations about what works for your target age group.
You'll feel: Excited watching the game come together in a way that respects young players.
Phase 4: Testing, Polish, and Documentation
We conduct age-appropriate testing, refine based on observations of young users, optimize performance across devices children use, and create documentation for parents and educators. You receive materials explaining the game's educational value, safety features, and proper usage.
You'll feel: Ready to confidently present this to parents and young users.
Throughout Development
You'll have regular access to working builds so you can see progress, opportunities to raise concerns about age-appropriateness or safety, clear explanations of compliance decisions and their implications, and honest conversations about what's working and what needs adjustment.
We want you to feel informed about both the creative and regulatory aspects of your project.
Investment in Your Kids' Game
Complete children's game development with COPPA compliance
What This Investment Includes
- Full COPPA compliance implementation and documentation
- Verifiable parental consent system
- Age-appropriate interface design and interactions
- Parental control and monitoring systems
- Child-safe content moderation systems
- Privacy policy and terms tailored to children's services
- Cross-device compatibility including tablets
- Age-appropriate testing and refinement
- Parent and educator documentation
Why This Investment Makes Sense
This investment covers not just game development, but the specialized knowledge required to serve young audiences properly. COPPA compliance alone requires significant expertise - understanding the regulations, implementing them correctly, and documenting your compliance.
Consider the cost of getting compliance wrong: fines, legal exposure, reputational damage, and having to rebuild systems after launch. Or the cost of releasing a game that frustrates children because the interface doesn't match their abilities, leading to poor retention and negative reviews from parents.
You're also getting our experience in child development considerations, safety system design, and parent communication. We know what makes young users successful with technology and what gives parents confidence to allow their children access.
The emotional benefit: Confidence that you're serving children responsibly and giving parents legitimate peace of mind.
Payment Structure
We typically arrange payment across project milestones:
- • Initial payment when beginning compliance and safety system development
- • Payment when core game and safety features are functional
- • Final payment upon delivery with complete documentation
This approach protects both of us and ensures you see substantial progress before full payment.
Evidence This Approach Works
Our methods for kids' game development come from direct experience serving young audiences and meeting regulatory requirements.
Established Compliance Track Record
We maintain COPPA certification and have implemented compliant systems for multiple children's applications. Every project we deliver includes documentation showing how it meets regulatory requirements, not just assurances that it does.
This certification means we stay current with regulation changes and understand enforcement priorities. Your project benefits from this ongoing education.
Child Development Knowledge Applied
Our interface designs reflect research on child cognition and motor development. We know appropriate touch target sizes for different ages, how children process visual information, and what navigation patterns work for developing minds.
This isn't theory - it's practical knowledge from building games young users successfully engage with independently.
Realistic Development Timeline
A children's game with proper compliance typically requires 8-10 weeks from concept to launch-ready product, depending on complexity and scope.
Success Indicators for Kids' Games
A successful children's game demonstrates:
- ✓ Children can navigate independently without adult assistance
- ✓ Parents feel comfortable allowing their children to play
- ✓ Full regulatory compliance with verifiable documentation
- ✓ Age-appropriate challenges that neither frustrate nor bore
- ✓ Parental controls that actually protect children
Developing Together With Confidence
Working on a kids' game involves trust - trust that we'll handle safety properly and deliver what we promise.
Compliance You Can Document
You receive complete documentation showing how your game meets COPPA requirements. If you ever face questions about compliance, you have written evidence of proper implementation. We don't just build compliant systems - we document them so you can demonstrate compliance to regulators, partners, or concerned parents.
This documentation is part of the deliverable, not an extra service.
No-Obligation Initial Discussion
Before any commitment, we have a thorough conversation about your vision, compliance concerns, and what makes your game appropriate for young audiences. You learn how we work, what our process involves, and whether we're the right fit for your specific project.
This conversation costs nothing and obligates you to nothing.
Transparent Communication Throughout
You'll always understand where we are in development and why we make specific decisions. When compliance requirements affect design choices, we explain the reasoning. When testing reveals something that needs adjustment, we discuss it openly.
Kids' game development involves balancing regulatory requirements with user experience. We want you to understand these considerations, not just trust that we're handling them.
You're hiring us for expertise in serving young audiences safely, but you should understand what we're doing and why.
Begin With Discussion
Learn about our approach to kids' games and compliance without pressure.
Watch Progress Unfold
See working builds and compliance systems as they develop.
Receive Complete Delivery
A compliant game with full documentation and support materials.
Starting Your Kids' Game Project
Here's what happens when you reach out about developing a game for young audiences.
Contact Us About Your Project
Use the form below, email, or call to tell us about your kids' game concept. What age group are you targeting? What will children experience? What educational or entertainment value does it provide? Even rough ideas help us understand your vision.
Detailed Consultation Call
We schedule time to discuss your project thoroughly. We'll ask about your target audience, compliance concerns, content goals, and budget. You'll learn about our COPPA implementation, age-appropriate design approach, and timeline expectations. This typically takes 45-60 minutes.
Written Proposal With Compliance Detail
If we're a good fit, you receive a detailed proposal outlining what we'll build, how we'll ensure compliance, what testing we'll conduct, timeline expectations, and complete cost breakdown. This gives you something concrete to review with stakeholders or legal counsel.
Your Decision, Your Timeline
Take whatever time you need to review and decide. We answer questions, clarify compliance details, and help you understand what you're getting. When you're ready to proceed, we formalize the agreement and begin. If you decide against it, we appreciate your consideration and wish you success.
Information That Helps Us Understand Your Needs
When contacting us, these details help us serve you better:
About Your Game:
- • What age group will play this?
- • What will children learn or experience?
- • What makes this appropriate for kids?
About Your Requirements:
- • Are you targeting US, EU, or global markets?
- • What devices should it run on?
- • When do you need to launch?
Ready to Discuss Your Kids' Game?
Let's talk about your vision for serving young audiences safely and effectively. The conversation is free and creates no obligation.
We respond to inquiries within one business day. Located in Copenhagen, serving clients worldwide with kids' game expertise.
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