Cookie Monster AR

Platform: Mobile (AR)
Client: WEYO / Sesame Workshop
Engine: Unity (AR Foundation)
App: Sesame Street Yourself

Cookie Monster AR is a playful and interactive augmented reality (AR) mini-game featured inside the Sesame Street Yourself mobile app, developed by WEYO in partnership with Sesame Workshop. Designed for young audiences, the game encourages physical movement and engagement with the space around them.

Using their mobile device, kids explore their surroundings to locate floating virtual cookie ingredients and flick them toward a fully animated Cookie Monster, who eagerly awaits their arrival in the centre of the room. As ingredients are collected, Cookie Monster responds with cheerful taunts, encouragements, and, of course, his signature COOKIE CRAZE.

My Contributions:

• Created all Cookie Monster animations over a single weekend, syncing expressive gestures and reactions to real recorded Sesame Street voiceover sessions
• Integrated character animations with AR placement logic using Unity and AR Foundation
• Designed interaction feedback loops to reward children’s real-world movement and play
• Ensured animation timing matched audio to deliver personality-rich, responsive feedback

🎙️ Special Highlight:
We were fortunate enough to secure a custom voice recording session with the original Sesame Street cast, enabling high-quality, authentic character dialogue that brought the Cookie Monster to life with warmth and energy.

🧁 Features:

• Mobile AR interaction for young children
• Real-time animated 3D character driven by voice lines
• Encourages movement, coordination, and imaginative play