Where's Pip?

Pip the otter is playing hide-and-seek all over Maplewood Children's Hospital. Peek into six storybook rooms, from the roof garden to the X-ray room, and find Pip plus ten hidden things in each one: a teddy, a rubber duck, a paper plane, a stethoscope and many more.

Along the way children meet the kind grown-ups who work there. A nurse, a play worker, a pharmacist, a radiographer, a cook and a gardener each say hello and explain what happens in their room in short, gentle lines. Every find becomes a sticker in the sticker book, so a hospital that might feel big and new starts to feel familiar and friendly.

How to play

Press Play, pick a room and start looking. The strip at the bottom of the screen shows the shapes of everything still hiding, with Pip first in line. There is no timer and no way to lose, so children can explore at their own pace.

• Pick one of the six rooms on the hospital map
• Look closely: Pip is peeking out from somewhere
• Tap Pip and each hidden thing to find it
• Drag to look around, zoom in to spot tiny things
• Tap the grown-up and the things in the room to hear what they do
• Stuck? Tap a shape in the bottom strip and the camera glides to it with a soft glow
• Find all eleven for a confetti celebration

The six rooms

Garden: a calm roof garden with a fountain and a greenhouse, looked after by the gardener.

Ward: where children rest and sleep, with beds that go up and down and a nurse who checks you are comfy.

X-ray: the big camera that takes pictures of your bones, and a radiographer who says it doesn't hurt one bit.

Pharmacy: where medicine is made and checked, with a pharmacist at the counter.

Playroom: games, painting and a fish tank, with a play worker who helps children feel brave.

Cafe: soup, fruit and drinks from a friendly cook.

For parents and hospital teams

Where's Pip? was made to help children get to know a children's hospital before or during a stay. Each room introduces a real hospital place and the person who works there in simple, reassuring words that a grown-up can read aloud with a younger child.

There are no ads, no in-app purchases and no accounts. The game asks for no personal information, and sticker progress is saved only on the device. Hints are gentle and slow, and nothing on screen flashes.

Controls

Touch

Tap to find, drag to look around, pinch or use the on-screen buttons to zoom, double-tap to zoom in

Mouse

Click to find, drag to look around, scroll wheel to zoom, double-click to zoom in

Keyboard

Arrows or WASD move the pointer, Space or Enter to find, E and Q (or + and -) zoom, B opens the sticker book, Esc goes back, M mutes

Gamepad

Left stick or D-pad moves the pointer, right stick looks around, A to find, shoulder buttons or triggers zoom, Y opens the sticker book, B goes back

Features

• Six storybook rooms of Maplewood Children's Hospital
• Find Pip the otter and ten hidden things in every room
• Pip and the hidden things move to new spots on each visit
• Six friendly grown-ups explain what they do in short, gentle lines
• Tap things in each room to learn what they are for
• A sticker book that remembers everything you have found
• Gentle hints: tap a shape to be shown where to look
• No timers, no way to lose, nothing that flashes
• Plays with touch, mouse, keyboard or gamepad
• Works on phones and tablets held either way up
• No ads, no in-app purchases, no accounts