---
title: "Pudsey's Gigantic Game"
subtitle: "Help BBC Children in Need make the world's largest Pudsey game!"
date: 2015-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
category: game
url: https://phaser.io/news/2015/11/pudseys-gigantic-game
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
copyright: © 2026 Phaser Studio Inc. All rights reserved.
---

# Pudsey's Gigantic Game

*Help BBC Children in Need make the world's largest Pudsey game!*

![image](pudseys-gigantic-game1.jpg)

The BBC's Make it Digital season is all about inspiring you to get creative with digital technology. Part of this has included their Game Maker Kit apps, allowing children to drag and drop games together. Easily adding in special effects, physics, art and even custom logic with its own Scratch-like blocks system.

Developed by Aardman Digital using Phaser and TypeScript, the game maker has been adapted for several shows already including Dr. Who, but now it's turn to put it to work for the BBC's [Children in Need](http://www.bbc.co.uk/corporate2/childreninneed) charity. The yearly event takes place on November 15th and this year they want to try and build the world's largest Pudsey bear game. Pudsey being the charities lovable teddy-bear mascot.

![image](pudseys-gigantic-game2.png)

So please take part and submit your own level. Lots of Pudsey related game art has been provided, there are tutorials guiding you through the whole process and it would be great to help them reach their goal of creating over 500 levels.

**Note:** As with lots of BBC content this may be geo-locked to the UK only.

[Play and Make a Game](http://bbc.in/1MvMpLT)

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