Bus Go Go

Bus Go Go

A driving game for the age where a truck going past the window is the best thing that has happened all day.

Play it now iPhone & iPad — soon
A long yellow school bus full of children, with more waiting on the pavement.

Three things to drive

He picks one from three cards. There is not a word on the screen — he cannot read yet, and a menu made of words would be a menu made of nothing.

A dump truck loaded with rocks beside a stone crusher.

The dump truck

Load the rocks up off the ground and take them to the crusher, which eats them and rumbles.

A blue and white Japanese refuse truck at a collection point.

The rubbish truck

Collect the bags, boxes and bottles, tip over a wheelie bin to see what falls out, and empty the lot into the recycling works.

A yellow school bus with children sitting at the windows.

The school bus

Pick the children up, sit them by a window wherever he likes, and drive them to school. Four buses, eight colours, and every one holds a different number.

A school bus waiting while a family of ducks crosses the road.

The road never ends

It is made up as he drives, so there is always another yard, another crossing, another thing coming.

  • Traffic lights go red, and then they go green.
  • Level crossings ring, drop their barriers, and a train goes past behind the road.
  • Ducks cross in a line — and sometimes a donkey, or a horse with somebody riding it.
  • Somebody is driving. Tap her and she sounds the horn.

Made for a two-year-old

Which mostly means the things it does not do.

No score, no timerNothing to win and no way to lose.
No adverts, everNothing to tap by accident.
Nothing to buyNo purchases of any kind.
No internetThere is no networking code in it at all. It works in aeroplane mode.
Nothing collectedNo account, no sign-in, no analytics.
No way outNo links, nothing to read, nothing to break.

Hand him the tablet

It runs in the browser, sideways, full screen. Nothing to install and nothing to sign up for.

Play it now