The American Girls Premiere facts for kids
Quick facts for kids The American Girls Premiere |
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Cover art for the 2nd Edition release
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| Developer(s) | The Learning Company |
| Publisher(s) | The Learning Company |
| Series | American Girl |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows Mac OS |
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| Genre(s) | Educational |
The American Girls Premiere is a fun computer game that lets you create your own plays! It was made by The Learning Company for American Girl. In this game, you can use characters from the American Girl Historical collection. You can also add scenes and items that fit the time period of each girl's story.
This game was the first in the American Girl game series. It was also the only one released for Mac OS. Later games in the series were only for Windows computers. After The American Girls Premiere, another game called The American Girls: Dress Designer came out in 1999. That one was about designing clothes for paper dolls.
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Gameplay
Create Your Own Plays
The American Girls Premiere lets you become a director! You can create and put on unique stage plays. You can choose from historical characters. These include Felicity Merriman, who lived during the American Revolution. You can also pick Molly McIntire, whose dad was a doctor in World War II. Each girl also has supporting characters from her stories.
How to Make Your Play
After you pick a character, you see a stage. This is where you build your play. You can drag and drop actors, props, and lights onto the stage. The game uses digital pictures of real actors and props. Each character has different outfits from their time period. For example, Felicity wears long gowns. Molly might wear argyle sweaters.
You can also add talking parts to your plays. You can record your own voice. Or, you can use the game's built-in feature that reads text aloud. This game helps you get better at storytelling and writing. You can create any play you imagine.
Extra Fun Features
The game also comes with cool bonus content. There's a tutorial to help you learn how to play. A "Director's Guide" shows you how the game works. It also gives you a peek behind the scenes of the game's creation. You can learn historical facts about American history and culture. Plus, you can find out more about each character's background story.
Development
How the Game Was Made
The American Girls Premiere was the first time Pleasant Company made a digital game. Pleasant Company is the company that created the American Girl dolls. Linda Ehrmann, an expert in digital business, thought the game had great potential. She said that at the time, "girls are for the most part totally ignored" in the world of interactive games.
You could buy the game in stores. You could also order it directly from The Learning Company or American Girl.
Release
Different Versions of the Game
A special "Special Edition Collector's Set" of the game was also available. It cost more than the regular game. This set came with the game CD-ROM. It also included a special tin box, a one-year club membership, a club handbook, a membership card, a baseball cap, and six issues of a club newspaper.
An updated version called 2nd Edition came out in 1998. This new version added Josefina Montoya to the list of characters. The 2nd Edition is a standalone game. This means it has all the characters and scenes from the first game. You don't need to own the original game to play it. The "Collector's Set" was also updated to include Josefina's content. However, the updated Collector's Set did not include the American Girls Club membership kit.
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