Open letter to Frontier Development, Microsoft, Phil Spencer and anyone else involved in Disneyland Adventures.

Hi everyone!

I’m a 35 year old from Melbourne, Australia. When I was born, there was already a Colecovision in my house. My parents quite enjoyed gaming before it started becoming a bit too complex for them. I’ve owned every console since then, with very very few exceptions. Avid PC gamer that whole time too. I have had some wonderful experiences gaming, forged lifelong friendships, and just all round loved seeing this industry evolve from a few pixels on the screen to what it is today.

Yet, despite my many years gaming, I’ve just had some experiences with Disneyland Adventures that really makes me fall in love with gaming all over again.

I have a very beautiful little girl, four and a half years old. She is such a daddies girl too. She really wanted to “play games on the pooter (computer) like daddy does” I fired up the GamePass app and had a scroll through. I saw Disneyland Adventures and figured “how can that be bad?”. I downloaded it, installed it and started it up. We made a character and jumped right in. I didn’t have much time, but I figured she can just run around. It’d teach her how movement in games works at the very least. There was a lot of running into walls, but after a couple of days, she is running around saying hi to all her favourite stars. A week later, she’s able to do activities, and missions for the characters. I hear her talking to it, “ok Pooh, I’ll find your hunny!!!” and off she runs. As proud of her progress as I was, nothing readied me for what happened next. She comes running into the loungeroom where we were on the couch. She had tears in her eyes and could barely speak. “Whats the matter darling???”. After a few sobs she said “I found Jasmine! I found her!! And she gave me a hug!!! I found Jasmine!” I was so moved at just how much that meant to her. There may have even been a tear from her big ol' daddy. Seeing how much this game has meant to her, from the actual game itself to the fact it’s spurring on love for gaming is priceless to me.

So, from the bottom of my heart, I want to thank the developers of Disneyland Adventures, as well as Phil Spencer and Major Nelson for everything you have all contributed to make this moment happen. Without the game, without Xbox, without GamePass, none of this would have happened. My number one highlight in 35 years is thanks to you guys. With that said, thanks to everyone involved in this industry I love.