We are David and Annie Fox, award-winning multimedia producers. We've been active in the computer entertainment industry since 1977 when we founded the Marin Computer Center, the first public access microcomputer facility. While we began as game designers, we started Electric Eggplant in 1992 to support our work in educational software, mobile device apps, Emotional Intelligence content, emerging technologies, as well as writing books for children and teens.

We’re so excited to announce our latest project, the first official Rube Goldberg game! “Wait a minute!” you say, “How can yours be the ‘first’? There are several ‘Rube Goldberg-like’ games already out there!” True. True. But we’re the first to have the actual official legal license from the Rube Goldberg estate and access to all of his original art. How cool is that? Check out RubeGoldberg.com and treat yourself to some of his cartoons. Decades after the ink has dried, these are still a total hoot!

We’re busy building our children’s story apps and ebooks for iPad, iPhone, iPod and Android devices. Middle School Confidential 2: Real Friends vs. the Other Kind now available for iPad, for NOOK Color & Tablet, Kindle Fire and other Android Tablets. Also available, our first iBook, Are You My Friend? on Apple’s iBookstore (now on sale for $0.99), and our first app, Be Confident in Who You Are, available on the iPad, NOOK Color & Tablet, Kindle Fire and other Android Tablets.

And below is a sneak peek of other titles we’re working on...

• Middle School Confidential 2: Real Friends vs. the Other Kind
  Written by Annie Fox
  Illustrated by Matt Kindt
  
  Jack, Jen, Chris, Abby, Mateo, and Michelle are back. But their tight circle of friends looks like it’s breaking apart. What’s going on? The very popular Monique might be using one of the girls to get to one of the guys, and never noticing that one of the other guys is in love with her! Based on Book 2 of the award-winning Middle School Confidential series by Annie Fox and illustrated by Matt Kindt. Visit our Real Friends website or download it now from the iTunes App Store. Now also available on the Kindle Fire, Android Tablets and the Barnes & Noble NOOK Color!
  
  
• Are You My Friend?
  A Raymond and Sheila Story
  by Annie Fox, Illustrated by Eli Noyes',533,800)"> Are You My Friend?
  On Sale for $0.99*
  Written by Annie Fox
  Illustrated by Eli Noyes
  
  Raymond is a painfully shy 5-year-old who feels left out when his big sister Sheila has her friend over. Raymond loves his teddy bear, but lately, he is beginning to wonder if he needs something more in the friend department. This fully illustrated picture book features music and read-to-me audio narration. It also includes a unique guide for parents interested in helping their kids with social and emotional learning. Ages 4-8. More info at RaymondAndSheila.com and our Facebook page. Now available on iTunes for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. Download a free sample here. (*sale in select countries)
  
  
• Middle School Confidential 1: Be Confident in Who You Are
  $0.99 Sale Thru Feb 5th
  --> FREE Today Only (3/23/12)*
  --> Written by Annie Fox
  Illustrated by Matt Kindt
  
  Our comic book reader brings you into the stories like never before so you can follow even more closely what's happening with our gang of 7th graders who're just trying to figure out what the heck middle school is all about. Of course, they've got some serious challenges (don't we all?)—bullies putting them down, blowups threatening friendships, and real doubts about whether they measure up in looks, popularity and the rest of it. Ages 8-14. Visit our Be Confident website or download it now from the iTunes App Store. Now also available on the Kindle Fire, Android Tablets and the Barnes & Noble NOOK Color!
  
  
• People Are Like Lollipops
  by Annie Fox, Illustrated by Brian Narelle',800,625)"> People Are Like Lollipops
  Written by Annie Fox
  Illustrated by Brian Narelle
  
  There was once an old wise man who lived in the land of Salizar. After spending many years studying many great books written by many great thinkers he finally came up with the secret of getting along with other people. Now you and your child can be in on the secret too! Ages 3-6

Other items of interest are:

• Annie launched a podcast series, Family Confidential, interviewing authors of books on parenting. Check it out. Also available as a free subscription on iTunes.
• Now available! Whats Up with My Family, Book 3 of Annie’s Middle School Confidential™ series was published in January 2010.
• Check out our 1978 article about The Marin Computer Center from People's Computer Magazine and a later article, “You want to open a what?”
• Just unearthed, rare archival video from Lucasfilm Games' 1984 press conference announcing Rescue on Fractalus! and Ballblazer, their first two computer games.