Zoombinis

Zoombinis
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Genre(s)Educational, puzzle
Developer(s)TERC and Broderbund (1996)
The Learning Company (formerly SoftKey) (2001-2002)
TERC, FableVision, and Learning Games Network (2015)
Publisher(s)Broderbund (1996)
The Learning Company (2001-2002)
TERC (since 2015)
Platform(s)Windows, Mac OS, OS X, iPadOS, Android, Fire OS
First releaseLogical Journey of the Zoombinis
March 1996
Latest releaseZoombinis
August 2015

Zoombinis was a series of educational puzzle computer games that were originally developed by TERC and published by Broderbund. In 1998, Broderbund was purchased by The Learning Company, (formerly SoftKey) who took responsibility for developing and publishing the series in 2001. The series consists of three games: Logical Journey of the Zoombinis (1996), Zoombinis: Mountain Rescue (2001), and Zoombinis: Island Odyssey (2002). Logical Journey was remade as Zoombinis for modern operating systems in 2015.[1][2] The series focuses on the Zoombinis, small blue creatures each with different appearances and personalities, which the player must guide through strange puzzle-filled lands.

  1. ^ Takahashi, Dean (2015-02-17). "Nonprofit brings back Zoombinis educational game and launches Kickstarter". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
  2. ^ Shao, Yiqing (2015-02-18). "Zoombinis App to Be Released for Tablets and Desktop". Boston magazine. Archived from the original on 2016-04-17. Retrieved 2016-04-16.