Disney had partnered exclusively with Microsoft to bring Kinect Disneyland Adventures to the Kinect system, creating the unenviable headache of developing what is claimed to be the 'first open-world Kinect game with free navigation'. So we have decided against doing unlocks of certain parts of the park and just let people go wherever they want.'ĭisney asked Frontier to create a digital Disneyland largely because of the studio's work on Kinectimals, the Kinect game that allowed players to feed, play, and care for a range of big cats. It's a holiday destination, and people take different things and want to go to different places. We need to cater for fans of all ages, because even the older ones may have worked there and want to stand in that very spot where they stood all those years ago.

The park is unlocked from start because that is what the Disneyland fans wanted. 'It's when they first walk into the park and they can meet Mickey Mouse and everyone. 'We want to capture the experience of Disneyland, the wonder, and I am thinking more about kids here,' he said. Most open-world games work on the basis of keeping certain sections locked to give players the incentive to keep moving through the main gameplay, but Braben was intent that the whole 160-acre park should be unlocked and open to the player right from the outset. But even with this mammoth operation, the challenge seems immense. To get the job done, Braben has set up a 230-strong core development team to work on the game, rising to 400-plus if you include outsourcers. Despite only shipping Kinectimals last November, Frontier has been set the ambitious target of getting Kinect Disneyland Adventures ready for launch by this Christmas.

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