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Idea
- Homework problem
- Story idea
- Random question
FAMILY BUILT
Meet the Builders
Hi, we're Sofie, Bella and Dad (also known as Wrinkles).
Little Big Lab started at our kitchen table.
We discovered that AI could help turn homework, stories and wild ideas into real playable games.
What began as a fun family experiment quickly became something bigger: a growing collection of educational games for other families to enjoy.
Every game starts with an idea, a school topic, a question, or sometimes just a silly conversation.
Kitchen table ideas become playable games.
How a Game Is Born
A simple family process: imagine it, sketch it, build it, break it, fix it, then share it.
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Sketch
- Draw ideas
- Discuss rules
- Imagine what would be fun
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Build
- Use AI tools to turn ideas into games
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Test
- Play it
- Break it
- Fix it
- Play it again
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Share
- Publish for other families
Why We Built Little Big Lab
Technology Confidence
Children should feel comfortable creating with technology, not just consuming it.
Learning Through Play
Games can transform practice into curiosity and exploration.
Creators, Not Consumers
We want children to discover they can build things too.
Meet the Team
Three builders. One kitchen table. Lots of ideas.
Sofie
🎨 The Creative One
- Sofie loves drawing, creative projects and helping turn ideas into games.
- She is often the first person to imagine what a game could become and the last person to stop adding new ideas.
Fun fact: Proud owner of Coco the cat 🐱
Bella
🏃 The Sporty One
- Bella loves movement, challenges and testing games until every bug has been discovered.
- If there is a way to break a game, Bella will probably find it.
Fun fact: Proud owner of Muffin the dog 🐶
Wrinkles
🔧 The Builder
- Wrinkles enjoys turning ideas into projects and helping bring Sofie and Bella's ideas to life.
- He spends most of his time building, fixing and experimenting with new ideas.
Fun fact: Has been building tools, websites and learning resources long before Little Big Lab existed.
Every team has builders. This team also has Mum.
Mum
❤️ Chief Sanity Officer
While everyone else is busy building games, testing ideas and covering the kitchen table with new ideas, Mum somehow keeps the whole operation running.
She's the organiser, the planner, the photographer, the crafty one and the person responsible for feeding the entire team.
When the builders get carried away with yet another project, Mum gently reminds us that things like dinner, laundry and sleep still exist.
Little Big Lab probably wouldn't survive a week without her.
📸 Photographer
🧵 Craft Expert
🍪 Head of Snacks
Fun fact: Mum is also the photographer behind our BellaShoot photography business, loves creative projects and crafts, and somehow manages to keep the Little Big Lab factory running smoothly.
Other Things We've Built
Little Big Lab is just one of the projects we've built together over the years.
Along the way we've created businesses, websites, tools, communities and plenty of experiments. Some are for professionals, some are for families, and some simply started as ideas we couldn't resist building.
Curious? Click any project to take a look.
moREc
This is daddy's (Wrinkle's) main engineering consulting practice website.
CrowdField
A learning community, digital store and resource hub for energy professionals.
Bella Shoot
Family, baby and newborn photography, capturing life's little moments.
Curious Mouse
Automation tools and practical workflows for solopreneurs and small business owners.
Silly Sloth
Tools, activities and resources designed to make life a little easier for busy parents.
EdgeSlave
Tools and educational resources for finance, money and investing.
A Note From Dad
The best part of Little Big Lab isn't building the games.
It's watching Sofie and Bella realise they can build things too.
For more than twenty years I've built tools, software and educational resources.
When AI arrived, I realised something exciting: the same technology professionals use to create software could now help children turn their ideas into real things.
Little Big Lab is our family's experiment to see what happens when creativity, curiosity and technology meet around a kitchen table.
Say Hello
Have a game idea?
Found a bug?
Want to suggest a school topic?
Or simply want to say hello?
We'd love to hear from you.
💡 Game Idea
🐞 Bug Report
📚 School Topic
Send Us an Idea