Go Jetters (Game)

**Go Jetters** *(Also known as **Go Jetters 2014**)* was a game released as a feature on the Cbeebies website, in 2014. It featured the same 6 main characters as the TV show, and six different locations with games, and funky facts. The game was available on PC and Mobile, and is no longer playable.

The game was based off of the "Titch Hikers" concept, pitched to Cbeebies originally.

This game was a huge success, and was spun off into the show of the same name in 2015.

## Characters

Go Jetters features six characters, all of which would be adapted into the characters from the TV series, sharing the same names and roles as their final counterparts. However, their personalities, appearances, and voices would be slightly different to their final counterparts.

Characters featured in Go Jetters are as follows:

* **Xuli**

*Xuli is the Jetpad’s pilot, trained at the GoJet Academy. She’s like a feisty big sister to the rest of the team, often calmly taking the lead when there’s panic all around and giving sisterly support to her Go Jetter friends.*
* **Kyan**

*Kyan is an all-action, gymnastics-loving Go Jetter, who’s drawn to natural landmarks like the Grand Canyon. He’s bold and impulsive, with a tendency to leap in before he looks, so sometimes his friends have to show him a better way to tackle a problem through teamwork.*
* **Lars**

*Lars is the Jetpad’s hands-on mechanic, and can always fix things. As the tallest Go Jetter, he loves visiting tall landmarks like the Eiffel Tower. Lars shows his friends that sometimes, the quickest fix is a practical one – any parents who dive head first into D.I.Y, will find an instant affinity with Lars!*
* **Foz**

*Although he’s the youngest of the Go Jetters, Foz is the brains of the outfit, and it’s usually him who comes up with a plan to save the day. Sometimes though, his chatterbox calculations take so long to compute that the others have to gently remind him to hurry up and get to the point!*
* **Ubercorn**

*Ubercorn is the Go Jetters’ disco-loving unicorn guide, who mentors them, sets their missions and generally controls things from his disco-ball base. He’s the grooviest teacher you could ever have, just bursting with enthusiasm to share his funky geography facts and take you to places you’ve never seen before!*
* **Grandmaster Glitch**

*Grandmaster Glitch is the baddie of the piece - he’s always messing up Earth’s landmarks and causing problems for the Go Jetters to fix. Following in a long line of classic cartoon villains, children will love booing and hissing at Grandmaster Glitch’s meddling plans!*
## Gameplay

The Go Jetters game features Ubercorn sending the Go Jetters on global missions, after receiving "Glitch Alerts", which inform the Go Jetters, and the Player, of what damage has been caused, and how it can be solved. There are 6 levels included in this game, each based off of a landmark. They are; Big Ben, Great Wall, Opera House, Eiffel Tower, Table MTN and Grand Canyon. Three of them include mini-games, while the other three only included Funky Facts, and Questions.

The player then can pick one of four Go Jetters to play as. Choosing a different character seemingly does not change any aspects of the gameplay. In the selection scene, each character has a unique animation when the mouse is hovered above them. Lars jumps into the air, then slams the ground, creating a quake effect, Xuli would jump into the air, and do multiple flips, Kyan would jump into the air, with his arms outstretched, and spin around in circles, and Foz would become a blue tornado, only to almost fall over once out of it.

The "Sydney Opera House" minigame features a rhythm game, where the player must control the Go Jetters, and help them play their instruments, to stop a Glitch involving bubbles.

In the "Big Ben" minigame, using the left and right arrow keys, the player would have to navigate up the tower on small platforms, collecting golden gears, and avoiding birds perched on the platforms. The Go Jetters would wear Jet Powered boots to do this, which resembled G.O Boots. Once the player reached the top, they would be awarded with a golden medal, and a graphic featuring the Go Jetters fixing the clock, while Glitch flies away.

## Differences between the Game and Show

*Due to their formatting as a game and TV show respectively, as well as Go Jetters (Game) being made before the conception of the TV show, there are many differences between them. This includes the following:*

* The characters each have different voices.
* The website BlogClops, who claimed to help in the creation of the game, dub Grandmaster Glitch "Von Glitch" instead. Whether this was a mistake, or a prototype name is unknown.
* JetPad was known as the "Hero Mothership", and had a vastly different design and layout. The "Hero Mothership" design was made by Luc Hudson.
* The style of the game is 2D, opposed to the TV Show's 3D art style.
* The game featured a different art style to the one the show boasted. This included things such as a lack of fingers on the character models.

## Trivia

* The Go Jetters game was the first property to be released under the "Go Jetters" name and license, rather than the "*Titch Hikers*" name previous concepts and the first pilot had used.
* According to the game's design lead, Dario, the game was designed with accessibility in mind.
* Some sources, belonging to those who had worked on the game, still list the Go Jetters as alien creatures, rather than humans, suggesting the change in species was last minute.
* Dr. Paula Owens, who was the Geography Consultant on all 3 series of Go Jetters, was also the Geography Consultant for the original game.
* The game features an alternate version of the Go Jetters theme song, which is played when the game is opened.
	+ At one point in the theme song, as well as in the Sydney Opera House minigame, the Go Jetters can be seen playing instruments. Foz plays the drums, Kyan plays an electric guitar, Lars plays the bass guitar, and Xuli plays the saxophone.
* The game was designed and developed by Complete Control.
* There are multiple instances where the designs look different to how the finals did. These include minor details about the symbols on the Go Jetter uniforms, such as Xuli's not having small wings, Lars' not having a cog, Kyan's not having the white line to separate orange and blue, and Foz's Lacking the blue lines underneath the badge.
* Ubercorn was not an anthro unicorn in the game, instead, he walked on all fours.
* There is currently only one video on YouTube with footage of this game. It can be viewed here. It is a four minute video, showcasing the "Big Ben" minigame.
* When the game was available to play, it was available here.

## References

1. ↑ "Richard Dinnick - That Was The Year That Was: 2014 (part2)". Richard Dinnick.
2. ↑ "Cbeebies Grown Ups". The BBC.
3. ↑ "CBeebies Commissions ‘Go Jetters’ by Mercedes Milligan". Animation Magazine.
4. ↑ "BBC-Cbeebies Grown-ups-Go Jetters". BBC.
5. ↑ "Seo Chugat na Go Jetters!". BBC Ireland.
6. ↑ "CBBC & CBeebies". Dario.TV.
7. ↑ "Paula Owens on CBeebies". Living Geography.