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As parents who raised three children and as gamers and game developers, we have been dismayed for years at the dearth of challenging and positive computer games for children -- especially for girls.
As a result, up to one-half of all people who have access to computers for entertainment possess few titles that interest them. Our mission is to produce quality, engaging software for this mass-market audience that places thinking, collaboration and artistic merit ahead of manual dexterity and violence.
We began looking at what we thought girls would like. Then we included much that would engage boys. Now we have an entertainment suited to an entire family -- yet, without the stigma of a “girl game” or of a “family game.” Family members aged five and up will take to it naturally. As children and teens play, they'll talk about it and as adults see what happens they'll be drawn in too.
After years of pioneering work in interactive multimedia, of producing educational titles, and our experience in computer game development, hat represents a logical, next step for ARO Designs, Inc.
Code Name
hat stands for "here and there," not its eventual name.