Phineas and Ferb Game for Disney
Pushbutton has designed and built a Phineas and Ferb game for Disney Channel, which viewers can access and play for free via the red button on the Sky digital satellite service.
Phineas and Ferb is an Emmy-nominated music-filled, 2D animated comedy series for kids, tweens and families, starring ingenious Phineas Flynn and his resourceful stepbrother, Ferb Fletcher. The boys set out to conquer boredom and make every day of their 104-day summer vacation count.
The game is called ‘Cows Come Home’ and is a strategic video game, in which the boys have to work together to herd cattle through various obstacles and into pens. Inspired by an episode of the series called ‘The Magnificent Few’ in which the boys become heroes and drive a herd of cattle.
To herd cattle in ‘Cows Come Home’ the player presses a button on the remote to get the cows to follow Phineas or Ferb. Pressing another button switches between Phineas and Ferb. Getting the boys to work strategically is essential if you are to successfully make it through several progressively more difficult levels.
The ‘Cows Come Home’ game passed Sky’s exacting ‘SSSL’ technical compliance test at the first attempt, and was launched to live in October 2008.
Managing Director, Paula Byrne, said “This was a real labour of love for Pushbutton. My son is a huge fan of Phineas and Ferb, so I knew we had to get this one right, and we certainly did. This is an original and highly entertaining game – and it meets the high standards for animation and general production values that you would expect to see on Disney channel.”
