Big Idea, Digital Praise Team To Bring
New VeggieTales® Dance Arcade Game To Kids
New Product, Now Under Development, Combines Digital Praise's Exciting Dance Praise
Game Technology With Hugely Popular VeggieTales Music and Characters
COLORADO CONVENTION CENTER/DENVER, CO (July 13, 2006) - Big Idea, Inc., creators of the ever-popular VeggieTales® series of DVDs, and Digital Praise Inc, a leader in family-friendly entertainment software, today announced a working partnership to develop an exciting new dance arcade game aimed at kids, families, churches and youth groups. The PC-based game, due on retail shelves before the holiday 2006 buying season, will allow players of all ages to dance to the beat of the best VeggieTales tunes, accompanied onscreen by everyone's favorite talking vegetables, Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber.
The new Big Idea/Digital Praise dance arcade game, to be named VeggieTales Dance, Dance, Dance, will be based on Digital Praise's existing dance arcade product, Dance Praise. Introduced last year to unusually strong sales, Dance Praise is the first and only Christian-themed dance arcade product for home use. The PC game pits the player against a colorful display of arrows which scroll across the screen in time with the game's upbeat dance music. It's the dancer's job to stay in sync with the display and the music by stepping on the corresponding arrows on the floor pad.
For VeggieTales Dance, Dance, Dance, the two companies will incorporate VeggieTales characters throughout the game. Bob and Larry, accompanied by their veggie friends, will talk, move and even dance to the music! A special VeggieTales-themed dance pad will also be included with the game CD, featuring colorful images of Bob and Larry.
"Through our partnership with Digital Praise, Big Idea is bringing a fun, energetic, creative dance game to the market," notes Terry Pefanis, Big Idea COO. "We know that our fans will be thrilled with this unique product."
"From the early days of Digital Praise, our company has looked forward to partnering with Big Idea. Our two companies share the same goal of elevating and enhancing moral values through the highest quality children's and family entertainment," said Tom Bean, president and CEO of Digital Praise. "This game is a great opportunity for us to work with Big Idea's creative team."
All VeggieTales Tunes
Anchoring VeggieTales Dance, Dance, Dance will be an exclusive lineup of dozens of popular
songs from the VeggieTales series. A collection of Larry's Silly Songs, named after the popular segment
found in each VeggieTales video, will be a featured part of the game.
Unlike Digital Praise's current dance arcade products which feature three levels of difficulty, VeggieTales Dance, Dance, Dance will have four levels. The new fourth level will make it easy for younger children to take part in game play. Adding to the fun will be a new ranking system that rates songs not by their difficulty, but by their "silliness."
Unique Features
Dance Praise has carved out a coveted niche in the dance arcade game market due to its many
innovative features. In addition to four basic modes of play, the game also offers three dance styles: Solo,
the basic one-player format; Duel style (second pad required) in which one dancer is pitted against
another; and Duet (second pad required) which allows two players combine their individual best scores as
they dance together.
Digital Praise's dance arcade game technology also offers a colorful jukebox display, changeable background scenes and a unique Tune Into You™ feature that automatically adjusts play difficulty as the player progresses. The levels of play, variety of modes and styles, and number of songs ensures that dancers will enjoy hours of fun performing with Bob, Larry and the entire VeggieTales gang.
During the 2006 International Christian Retail Show, July 9-13, Digital Praise is exhibiting from its display at Booth 1119 in the Colorado Convention Center.
About Big Idea, Inc.:
Big Idea, Inc., a subsidiary of Classic Media LLC, is committed to providing entertaining stories that help
parents teach children important life lessons in a delightfully wacky way. Big Idea is best known for its
award-winning VeggieTales animated series, which has sold over 50 million videos and seven million
albums of chart-topping audio since 1993. In addition to extending the property into licensing,
publishing and live entertainment arenas, the company released its first-ever feature film, Jonah - A
VeggieTales Movie, in 2002. Big Idea is currently in production on its second feature film, The Pirates
Who Don't Do Anything - A VeggieTales Movie, to be released by Universal Studios in Spring 2008.
Big Idea is recognized as the leading producer and creator of values-based product reflecting a Judeo-
Christian worldview in the family entertainment industry. For more information on Big Idea, visit
www.bigidea.com.
About Digital Praise, Inc.:
Digital Praise is an independent developer and publisher of family-friendly entertainment software for
personal computers. The company produces and publishes faith-based and mainstream titles for families
looking to enjoy interactive entertainment software with principled character-building themes and "just
good clean fun." Digital Praise products have achieved top recognition from leading children's gaming
and advocacy groups including Parents Choice, iParenting Media, the National Parenting Center, The
Dove Foundation, Dr. Toy and Plain Games. For more information, visit www.digitalpraise.com.
Press Contacts:
For Digital Praise:
Sarah Ryser
S&S Public Relations
847-415-9318
sryser@sspr.com
For Big Idea:
Maureen Hoganson
Hoganson Media Relations
615-459-9870
MaureenHoganson@Prodigy.net
©2006 Digital Praise, Inc. All rights reserved. Digital Praise and Dance Praise are trademarks of Digital Praise, Inc. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.