JumpStart World Pet Playground

JumpStart World Pet Playground is a game released by Knowledge Adventure circa 2006. This game was produced using Alias Maya 3D animation software.

It focuses on teaching various skills for kindergarten through 2nd grade, and serves as a demo for the JumpStart 3D Virtual World series (which was originally called the JumpStart World series, hence this game's title).

The game was included in certain 4-disc releases of JumpStart Advanced Kindergarten, JumpStart Advanced 1st Grade, and JumpStart Advanced 2nd Grade.

Characters[]

Gameplay[]

The player can choose from one of six avatars and a grade level (either kindergarten, first grade, or second grade) at the sign-in screen. Then the player explores by moving their avatar around with the arrow keys. The player can click on characters to hear them speak and get tips about how to play.

The setting of the game is Pet Valley, and there are two main locations: the Learning Arcade, and the Pet Adoption House. At the Learning Arcade, the player can play activities to learn skills and earn gems. At the Pet Adoption House, the player can spend their gems to buy pets and pet items.

Activities[]

Icebreaker - The player controls a boat with the arrow keys. The player must move the boat into certain icebergs to break them. The icebergs have pictures on them, and the instructions specify which pictures the player must look for. The player must avoid wrong icebergs, as well as obstacles such as rocks, whales, and storm clouds.

Cargo Catch - The player must move a mine crate back and forth to catch falling crates. The crates have words on them, and the player must only catch the crates with words that fit the clue.

Book Bounding - The player must move a book with the arrow keys and pick up pages with the spacebar. Each page has a word on it, and the instructions specify which words the player must collect.

Bubbles - The player is given a word and instructed to spell words that rhyme with the given word. Bubbles will float around in the water, and each bubble has a letter in it. The player must click on the bubbles to spell out a word. When the player clicks on a bubble, that letter will appear on the sandcastle. Once the player thinks they have correctly spelled a word, they must click on the green check mark button on the sandcastle to submit their answer.

Highrise - The player take turns with Frankie clicking on windows in a house to reveal pictures. The player must click on 2 windows, and decide if the pictures are part of a matching pair. Then they must click on the thumbs up button or the thumbs down button to answer. If they player finds a match, they get to go again. If not, Frankie will get a turn instead. The player with the most matches at the end of the game wins.

Number Drop - Pods with math problems will fall from the sky. The player must enter the answers to the math problems before the pods reach the bottom of the screen. The player can either enter numbers with the keyboard, or click on the numbers on the Number Blaster. If the answer is correct, the Number Blaster zaps the pod. The player gains points for every pod zapped, and loses points for every pod that gets through. The player must zap a certain number of pods to win.

Differences from the JumpStart World series[]

Since this is a demo for the JumpStart World series, there are many similarities to those games, but many differences as well. A list of notable differences are as follows:

Instead of there being a Math Arcade and a Reading Arcade, there is just one Learning Arcade that includes minigames covering both subjects.
The Greenhouse is absent, and the Learning Arcade is located where it would normally be.
The UI doesn't include the map, Treasure Tracker, or JumpStart Communicator, and the gem counter display is different.
Characters can't be spoken to by pressing the spacebar; they must be clicked on instead.
Some characters voices are different, including Hopsalot's, Eleanor's, and Trixie's.