Shopkins: Shoppie Cupcake Maker

Decoration-led activities put their weight at the end of the sequence. Mixing and baking are short gated steps that exist to earn you the part that matters — a palette of frostings, sprinkles, toppers and colours applied to a finished cupcake with no correct answer. That makes the replay value a function of the decoration options rather than the recipe, and it means a child who rushes the baking to reach the decorating has understood the game correctly. There is no scoring and nothing to fail, so the only thing worth knowing in advance is roughly how many decoration options exist, because that is the content.

This title is best suited to young children who enjoy decorating and customising rather than following a challenge.

1. Work through the mixing and baking prompts; these are short gated steps.
2. Spend your time in the decoration stage — that is where the choices are.
3. Layer frosting, colour, sprinkles and toppers freely; every combination is accepted.
4. Finish to see the completed cupcake, then start again for a different design.

• Tap or click tools and toppings
• Drag frosting and decorations onto the cupcake

Objectives

• Complete the baking steps to reach the decoration stage
• Explore the decoration palette

The run ends or fails when

• None — no scoring, timing or fail state exists
• A session ends when the decoration options have been explored

• Short gated preparation steps preceding the main activity
• Open-ended decoration with no correct outcome
• Layered application of frosting, colour and toppings
• Completed design as the sole reward

• Rush the baking, linger on the decorating. The game is weighted that way deliberately.
• The content is the size of the decoration palette, so judge it on that rather than on the recipe.
• There is no wrong combination, which makes it good for a child who wants to experiment freely.

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