Mia's Big Adventure Collection facts for kids

Mia's Big Adventure Collection is a fun series of computer games made by Kutoka Interactive since 1998. These games help kids in elementary school learn different subjects while having an adventure. The series includes five main games, each focusing on a different school subject.

How to Play Mia's Adventures

In each Mia game, you join Mia on an exciting quest. As you play, you'll find many educational activities. You can choose how hard the game is at the start. This changes how challenging the questions will be. If you want, you can skip the adventure and go straight to a menu of all the learning activities. When you play, Mia follows your mouse cursor. She reacts to things you click on in the game world.

Meet the Characters

The Mia's Big Adventure Collection features many interesting characters, mostly mice and rats!

Mice

• Mia Mouse: She is the main hero of the games. Mia is a brave and smart English mouse. She always carries a skateboard in her backpack. Her family has lived for many years in the attic of an old Victorian house in London, England.
• Marty Mouse: He is Mia's best friend. Marty is very smart and loves to read books. He can be a bit shy, especially around Mia.
• Miguel Mouse: Miguel is a talented mechanic from Mexico.
• Manfrid Mouse: He is Marty's father and owns the General Store. People also call him Mister Maurice.
• Grandma Mimi: She is Mia's grandmother.

Rats

• Romaine Rat: He is the main bad guy in the series. Romaine is a businessman who loves collecting "Sparklies." These are like money in Mia's world.
• Pompon Rat: He works for Romaine Rat and is his cousin.
• Nopompon Rat: He also works for Romaine Rat and is Pompon's cousin.
• Rango Rat: A tall rat who first appeared in the TV series.
• Rufus Rat: A short rat who also first appeared in the TV series.

Other Friends

• Dingbat: A small bat who cannot fly.
• Biska Bat: A female bat introduced in the TV series.
• Betty Bird: She is a woodpecker who knows all the latest news in Mia's neighborhood.
• Freddy Frog: He is one of Mia's friends. Freddy lives in a pond behind Mia's house and often has little accidents.
• Scary Spider: A spider character.

Games in the Collection

The Mia's Big Adventure Collection includes several educational games.

Main Series Games

• Mia's Reading Adventure: The Search for Grandma's Remedy (1998)
• Mia's Science Adventure: Romaine's New Hat (2000)
• Mia's Math Adventure: Just in Time! (2001)
• Click & Create With Mia: A Complete Creativity Studio (2002)
• Mia's Language Adventure: The Kidnap Caper (2003)
• Mia's Reading Adventure: The Bugaboo Bugs (2007)

Other Mia Games

• Mia Sudoku (2008)
• Mia's Word Copter (2010)
• Mia: The Happy Helper - A Fun Learning Adventure App (2014)

How the Games Were Made

Most of the Mia games were created using a special computer program called Director. This program helps put together different parts like pictures and sounds. The 3D animations you see in the games were made with other software like Softimage 3D. These animations were then turned into smaller images called sprites for the game. The animated movie clips, called cinematics, were also made with Softimage and saved as QuickTime videos.

Mia TV Series

The Mia games became so popular that a TV series was announced in 2010 by Radio Canada. It was produced by Sardine Productions. After some delays, the TV show was released in 2014 in both French and English. Toonavision started showing the series in 2019.

Awards and Recognition

Besides the awards each game won, the entire Mia's Big Adventure Collection received a special award. It won a United Nations World Summit Award in 2003. This award recognizes great digital content from around the world.