About - Bella and Pan

Hi, we’re Simon and Brooklyn.

I’m Simon, Brooklyn’s dad. I design and build the game. Brooklyn draws the characters, makes up their stories and helps me test it. We work on it together.

It started with Bella.

Brooklyn’s drawing of Bella was the starting point. She drew more characters and made up stories for them. Those drawings and her stuffed animals became the cast of Bella and Pan.

Brooklyn drew Bella as a rabbit with tall pink ears, a flower dress and pink shoes.

Pan, the orange fox, wears a silver saucepan as a helmet.

Bella smiles beneath a flower crown, with one bent ear and a gold hoop earring.

No Wi-Fi needed.

We wanted a game Brooklyn could play at home or on a flight. Bella and Pan works without an internet connection and has no ads or trackers.

Brooklyn wears headphones and plays Bella and Pan on an iPad during a flight.

Drawing, building and testing.

Brooklyn draws the characters and makes up their stories. I build the game and add the math. Then we play it together, talk about what needs changing and try another version.

Brooklyn colors a drawing with a pink pencil, surrounded by colored pencils.

Brooklyn draws Bella with colored pencils at the family worktable.

An early Bella portrait shows her tall pink ears, crown and gold hoop earring.

Their stuffed animals join the story.

In Brooklyn’s stories, Bella and Pan have stuffed animals of their own. Those toys become their traveling friends. Together they fix bridges, cross the sea and help bring the children’s missing toys home.

Brooklyn drew a purple hippo with round glasses and a raised paw.

Brooklyn’s early Bon Bon drawing shows a rabbit with large pink ears and blue eyes.

Brooklyn drew Pan with green and yellow stripes, a pointed hat and a raised bow.

Brooklyn drew a smiling red mushroom with a spotted cap and raised arms.

Brooklyn’s Bella.

Brooklyn drew Bella with tall ears, pink shoes and a flower on her dress. These early game designs kept those details and added her flower staff.

Bella’s July 14 design has upright ears, a flower dress and a golden staff.

Bella’s July 17 design has upright pink ears, a gold hoop earring and a flower staff.

Bella’s current design.

Bella now has a bent ear and a stitched flower dress. Her pink shoes and the colors on her dress came from Brooklyn’s drawing.

An earlier Bella design has a bent ear, a layered flower dress and a golden staff.

Plush Bella has a bent ear, a stitched flower dress, pink shoes and a golden flower staff.

Brooklyn’s Pan.

Brooklyn drew Pan in green and yellow stripes. The early game artwork kept the stripes and added a leaf cloak and a bow.

Pan’s July 14 design has a striped pointed hat, green leaf cloak and wooden bow.

Pan’s July 17 design shows an orange fox in a green leaf cloak, holding a wooden bow.

Pan’s current design.

In the earlier design, Pan wears a brown saucepan helmet and carries a bow. His current design has a silver helmet, a slingshot and a patched cloak.

An earlier Pan wears a brown saucepan helmet and green leaf cloak, and carries a bow.

Plush Pan wears a silver saucepan helmet and brown leaf cloak, and holds a wooden slingshot.

Bon Bon joins the search.

Bon Bon is based on another of Brooklyn’s drawings, including her uneven ears and patched cheer outfit. She joins Bella or Pan on the search for the toys and stays with the group on the voyage home.

Brooklyn drew Bon Bon as a rabbit with large pink ears and blue eyes.

Two Bon Bon designs show her patched blue cheer outfit and pink and yellow pompons.

Bon Bon’s pose sheet shows her standing, crouching and jumping with pompons.

Bon Bon wears a patched blue cheer outfit with a pink heart and carries colorful pompons.

Three Chapters to explore.

The Adventure begins in Willow Valley, continues along Saltwind Coast and crosses Goldtide Sea aboard Clawz’s ship. The three Chapters connect the search for the children’s toys and the journey home.

Clouds shaped like numbers hang over Willow Valley’s mushroom houses, lake and winding paths.

Saltwind Coast’s map shows a lighthouse, cliff paths and a rope bridge leading to Clawz Cove.

Goldtide Sea’s map shows rocky islands, a volcano, coral reefs and toys beside a wooden dock.

Math for Kindergarten through 5th grade.

Easy starts with addition. Medium adds subtraction. Hard includes multiplication and harder subtraction. Expert adds wider times tables, exact division and order of operations. Visual working on iPhone, iPad and compatible Macs breaks a question into steps and teaches a solving method. Try the same question after the explanation. This help is not in the Apple Watch game.

New Adventures score up to 1,000 points: Math + Coins + Pace. Full marks require every first attempt correct, every available Coin, and exceptional answering speed.

Bella walks from the mushroom house with her flower staff while Pan waves behind her.

Pan rides Tappy, a blue dragon, through rain over Saltwind Coast.

Bella and Bon Bon sail with Clawz and a chest of toys aboard his patched sailing ship.

Brooklyn tests the game.

Brooklyn plays on iPhone and iPad. She points out confusing moments, spots things that don’t work and suggests what to change. We update the game and play again.

Brooklyn answers 4 + 3 on an iPad showing the Bella and Pan map.

Choose Bella or Pan.

Choose a character, answer the math challenges and help the friends bring the toys home. We hope your family enjoys playing the game we’ve made together.

Download Bella and Pan on the App Store.