Industry Video Games Area served 160 countries Number of employees 29 Video game Toca Hair Salon 3 | Key people Björn Jeffery, CEO Founded 2010 | |
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Founders Emil Ovemar, Björn Jeffery Profiles | ||
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Toca Boca is a game development studio focused on child-friendly applications for tablets and smartphones. According to the company's website, "We make digital toys and games that help stimulate the imagination." The company is owned by Spin Master and based in Stockholm, Sweden. As of January 1, 2014, there are 29 employees. Its CEO is currently Björn Jeffery. Toca Boca was founded from Bonnier's Research and Development unit. The studio began in September 2010, and its first application was released in March 2011. The name Toca Boca translates from Spanish to "touch the mouth." It was chosen because of its simplicity and play on words.
Contents
- Toca life school full game play with instructions toca boca games for kids cool apps for kids
- Toca pet doctor kids care and help cute little animals toca boca animal doctor games
- Various applications developed
- Helicopter Taxi
- Toca Tea Party
- Toca Kitchen
- List of applications developed
- Digital toys
- Awards
- References
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Various applications developed
Toca Boca applications have had a total of more than 70 million downloads and are available in over 160 countries. Various applications developed include:
Helicopter Taxi
Helicopter Taxi, the first application released by Toca Boca, is a digital toy that integrates augmented reality effects. Using a device's camera, the player designates six horizontal surfaces in reality as "The Beach," "The Tall Building," "The Factory," "The Hospital," and "The Hangar." The physical locations do not need to match the landing description, however, and the surfaces for landing do not need to be exact or consistent. The toy's characters consist of two pilots and five passengers, and the objective is to pick up as well as bring the passengers to their destination by moving about with the device to simulate the helicopter flying.
Toca Tea Party
The second application released by Toca Boca, Toca Tea Party, imitates a tea party in the form of roleplaying. The player is able to design their table by selecting the tablecloth, dishes, music, and drinks. Interactions such as "eating," "drinking," "spilling," and "cleaning up" exist. Party guests may consist of toys and/or people with the touch screen support for multiple users simultaneously.
Toca Kitchen
Toca Kitchen allows the player to interact by choosing how to prepare a food (slice, boil, blend, etc.) in order to feed one of the four characters. Each character has his or her own preferences of ingredient and style, evident through the character's reactions and willingness to eat a product. Food can be obtained infinitely many times and there are few limits to the number of times a food can be processed.
List of applications developed
A list of applications released to the market is as follows:
"Digital toys"
The term digital toy is sometimes used to differentiate certain apps from more typical virtual games. While most aspects between the two are the same, Toca Boca distinguishes digital toys as more "open ended" with fewer rules. However, neither are thought nor proven to have a more or less harmful or beneficial impact on players. While these "digital toys" are aimed towards children, it does not mean they are just for children.
The majority of Toca Boca applications are digital toys.
Awards
Toca Boca has won:
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011