Joe Brumm, the creator of the most streamed show of 2024 (Bluey), and someone who rarely goes out into public, has confirmed that he’s written one, and only one, game based on the smash hit children’s show. It’s called Bluey’s Quest For the Gold Pen, and it’s soon heading to mobile platforms, with console and PC versions planned for sometime in 2026.
Bluey’s Quest for the Gold Pen is expected to release (globally) onto the iOS App Store on December 11th, followed by Google Play on January 10th. EB Games lists a June 25th release date for the PS5, Xbox Series, PC and Nintendo Switch 2 version(s), but we don’t know if that’s accurate.
Read on for quotes from an interview with the creator of the show, and his partner who worked on Fruit Ninja. Together, they’re bringing this game to interactive life.
“In the series, we’ve created a mechanic where the kids draw, their drawings come alive and we see them animated. We’ve done that in a couple of really popular episodes, Dragon and Escape. So, we’ve established that mechanic in the minds of the kids who watch Bluey, so it’s not a big leap.”
“I’m really glad that Joe introduced that mechanic of the drawn worlds,” says Shainiel. “You know, the shackles were taken off. They could create all these different prototypes which they would never have been able to do in the real Bluey world. And that just allowed for us to build this amazing experience.”
Both old school gamers at heart, Joe and Shainiel were also able to bring their nostalgia for iconic games as the inspiration behind the project. “For me, you look at old-school Zelda games, top-down isometric, there’s heaps of that in there, like Mario Odyssey,” says Shainiel. Joe adds, “What I like about the game is that it’s meant to be fun. The story I wrote feels like the simple setup you’d get from a Commodore 64 platformer – we’ve got a problem, and we’ve got a villain, so let’s go get it.”
When asked what their hopes are for the game, both say they’re driven by the desire to create joy and lasting memories for players, and their families. “This is the thing that I love the most about what I do,” says Shainiel. “When people come up to me and say, ‘This game was part of my childhood… it helped me through these times.’” Joe adds, “I want to see happy kids playing this game… smiling, loving it, showing their friends, telling their parents.”