Chris Burns | Arthur's Puppet Theater

Arthur’s Fairy Tales is a collection of three interactive storybook games for preschoolers, featuring reimagined fairy tales with touch-friendly controls, charming puppet-style animation, and full voice narration. Built using Cocos, Spine, and Krita for PBS Kids.

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Arthur's Puppet Theater - Little Red Riding Hood

Arthur's Puppet Theater - Little Red Riding Hood, Choose a costume

Arthur's Puppet Theater - Little Red Riding Hood, Choose an action

Arthur's Puppet Theater - Little Red Riding Hood, Granny and the Wolf

Date

June 16, 2020

Arthur’s Puppet Theater

Client: PBS Kids
Role: Artist / Developer / Animator
Engine & Tools: Cocos, Spine, Krita
Links: Goldilocks, Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella

Arthur’s Fairy Tales is a collection of three interactive storybook games designed for preschool-aged children. Each game reimagines a classic fairy tale—Goldilocks, Little Red Riding Hood, and Cinderella—with the familiar characters from the Arthur universe. Children can make playful story choices that influence character roles, costumes, and outcomes, encouraging replayability and creative thinking.

Designed with simple touch controls and full voice narration, the games are accessible for young players with no reading required. To meet a tight production schedule and budget, we introduced a charming “puppet theatre” visual concept. Characters and scenes were styled like cardboard cut-outs, similar to something a child might craft themselves. This allowed us to efficiently reuse animations and streamline our production pipeline.

This project was built using the Cocos game engine, animated with Spine, and illustrated in Krita.

Play the Games!

Goldilocks
Cinderella
Little Red Riding Hood