(Bionic Buzz – Steve Sievers) Before we get into OCTOBO a interactive plush Ocotopus. Here at Bionic Buzz we are all about people’s passions. Where did you passion for video games come from? Was there a certain game you were playing when you thought, I need to do this?

(Yuting Su) Play is such a powerful medium! I truly believe one can really make a difference to whatever purpose and audience he/ she/ they are creating the game for. And seeing people talking about it, engaging in the experience you created is the most magical moment. I have great passion in hybrid games – games that combines physical elements in digital games. A few other games for example,OSMO (https://playosmo.com/en/), Beast of Balance (https://beastsofbalance.com/). Octobo got inspiration from these games but is specially designed for a younger age group, as a learning/ play companion for kids 0-7.

We interviewed you at your booth at E3 Expo back in 2016 where we learned about OCTPBO. What has changed with it since then?

We made a lot of improvements in the last two years! We have a new look for Octobo – more colorful, more user friendly, with a lot of upgrades in the fabrics and materials that can better provide tactile stimulation to support children’s development. For the content side – we’ve created a new storykit for Octobo, Octobo and the Great Letter Search , this storykit expand the audience age group to preschool and up, it teaches letters, vocabularies, spelling and have 8 new mini games and 80 new animations for Octobo! We also have a new production sample from the factory and are almost ready for mess manufacturing! Currently we are running a Kickstarter campaign (http://pre.fnd.to/octobo). We are fully funded with three days to go! After that will move to Indiegogo to continue the presale.

With new technology with AR / VR have you thought of having OCTOBO in that? 

Not at the current stage since we are targeting a younger age group! But we are totally open to the idea, especially we own and created all our IP so there’s a lot of possibilities for our characters to be on different type of games!

What’s the future with OCTOBO? Where can people stay in touch and help out?

Please follow us on social media! We will continue to create a lot more games for people to play on Octobo! Think of Octobo as a plush game controller for kids! 😉 Don’t miss out the news!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OCTOBO/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/playoctobo

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/playoctobo/