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Captain Sabertooth
Tiny’s biggest dream is to join the great Captain Sabertooth on his pirate ship, The Dark Lady. But the Captain and his pirates are hard to impress… Tiny is challenged in everything from deck-scrubbing to treasure hunts, but makes a new friend in Raven, the stowaway.
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Twigson
“Explore Gampetreff and solve exciting tasks with Knerten. Junior’s house, the woods and the shop contain all kinds of fun mini-games for you to find. But watch out for ant antics, shifty ladies and the police!”
“Collect waffle hearts to bring Knerten and Caroline together and keep them as happy as can be!”
The game
In this game you get to help Junior in the shop, make waffles with Knerten and Caroline, fly with Knerten and ride Junior’s brand new red bicycle. Whenever you find waffle hearts they get even sweeter on each other. And if you are skilled enough, you can actually get them to marry! To achieve this you have to both explore Gampetreff and play all the fun mini-games. And the more you play, the happier ever after Knerten and Caroline will be!
Game story
The game story is based on the movie “Twigson Ties the Knot”. In the movie Knerten meets Caroline. You don’t find birch twiglets like that in every forest. And it takes a special girl to knock Knerten off his perch. Because as we all know, twigs like Knerten don’t grow on trees…
Junior is dreaming of a fabulous red bicycle all of his own. Mum gets knocked down by a car and won’t get better without a daily dose of gossip about the royal wedding. Tiny and Junior sell waffles as part of a plan to solve a crime and Junior’s older brother Philip has to take charge on the homefront. Knerten also learns to fly and Junior runs away from home.
How to play
There are lots of fun mini-games around Gampetreff. Will you find them all? You have to look for them around Junior’s house, in the woods and in the shop.
There are heaps of things to collect along the way, and quite a few mini-tasks to complete. But look out for the police, ants and shifty ladies!
The hungry bunnies will be very happy if you remember to feed them.
All the mini-games you have found and opened can be started directly from the menu in Knerten’s house.
Senior DS Artist
We are keen to find a Senior DS Artist that will join the other Raven and create some great games. Please read through the guideline description below and if you think you want to join Ravn, please contact us or mail your application to post@ravnstudio.no
Minimum Requirements include:
- Must have worked on 2x or more shipped games as DS artist
- Excellent knowledge of 3D rendering and animation in low-polygon modeling
- Excellent knowledge of budget-limited art pipeline
- Characters & Environments experience
- Thorough knowledge of palettized graphics
- Thorough knowledge of Nintendo DS file formats
- Familiarity with Nintendo DS lotcheck requirements
- Well organized and self-motivated
- Ability to work to tight deadlines
Supplemental:
- Other platform knowledge is a plus, especially PSP & Wii
- Mentoring or Lead Artist experience a plus
Responsibilities:
- Work with Lead Artist, rigging, animation and engineering to determine style, look and level of quality for the characters.
- Model characters in low polygon and in game resolutions.
- Handle technical aspects of the creation such as pipeline concerns, assets build with optimum efficiency, and creation of advanced shaders and asset integration.
- Work closely with other art disciplines to determine technical specifications.
Senior DS Programmer
We are keen to find a Senior DS Programmer that will join the other Raven and create some great games. Please read through the guideline description below and if you think you want to join Ravn, please contact us or mail your application to post@ravnstudio.no
Minimum Requirements include:
- Must have worked on 2x or more shipped games as a C++ Programmer
- Must have shipped at least 2x game as a DS Programmer
- Thorough knowledge of palettized graphics
- Thorough knowledge of Nintendo DS file formats
- Familiarity with Nintendo DS lotcheck requirements
- Knowledge of Object Oriented Design
- Excellent knowledge of 3D rendering and animation in low-polygon environments
- Expert problem solver
- Ability to contribute to engine architecture
- Well organized and self-motivated
- Ability to work to tight deadlines
Supplemental:
- Other platform knowledge is a plus, especially PSP
- Mentoring or Lead Programmer experience a plus
Responsibilities:
- Engine Programming on Nintendo DS
- Working in C++ to extend the functionality of our DS Library
- Working with Nintendo DS hardware
- Implement product and game design from functional specs
- Schedule and manage programming tasks and projects
Nature Kids
To the children at Brannposten daycare centre, a day in daycare means a day in the outdoors, be it summer, fall, winter or spring.
The documentary about outdoor daycare centres will give you an insight into the philosophy behind the concept, some of the research which has been done relating to children and the outdoors, the staff’s point of view, and how this type of day care actually functions on a daily basis – whether it is located by the sea, in the woods or on a farm.
The DVD featuring the ‘Kids of the outdoors’ (Naturbarna) will inspire and entertain both young and old.
The kids TV series is still being aired on the nathional TV channel, NRK.
In addition to the documentary film, the DVD contains all four episodes of the kids TV series, currently running on NRK.
DVD, NOK 99.- pluss shipping and handling. Buy here!
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About Ravn Studio
Ravn Studio AS is an independent game development studio based in Drammen, Norway. It was established in 2002 by Stine Wærn and Tinka Town, we are now a 15+ strong studio with a wide range of experience. Our experienced staff come from studios such as Funcom, Starbreeze, Platinum Interactive, Warthog Games and has published games for Pan Vision, Segasoft, Caprino Video Games, EA, Vivendi Universal, Eidos, Aspire, Warner Brothers and SCi among others.
Ravn Studio is the only Norwegian company licensed to develop on all the major gaming platforms; Nintendo Wii and DS, Sony PSP, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.
Flåklypa Grand Prix on DS shipped over 40 000 copies in Norway alone becoming an instant hit in Scandinavia.
Awards
In 2007, Ravn Studio was the recipient of the Nordic game program.
In 2009, Angel Crash / Englekræsj won Best Childrens Game at the Nordic Game Awards. It was also nominated for Best Artistic Achievement & Best Nordic Game.
What Ravn does best
Our experienced team of developers worked on creating quality driven titles which are fun to play from age 6 and up. Our internal technology is available on all platforms setup with multi-threading and cross platform support at it’s core.
Ravn Studio’s core development experience has produced:
- Arcade Style games
- Film Tie-in games
- Character-based adventure games
- Original Concepts
From original concepts to film tie-ins, we are able to tackle projects with an agile methodology based on experienced production and development staff. Ensuring that we maintain a high quality-driven product, delivered on time and within budget.
Ravn Studio is simply one of Scandinavia’s top game developers.
Senior Designer
We are keen to find a Senior Designer that will join the other Raven and lead the design team. Please read through the guideline description below and if you think you want to join Ravn, please contact us or mail your application to post@ravnstudio.no
Minimum Requirements include:
- 3+ years of experience as a Designer.
- Must have shipped at least 1+ multiplatform title.
- Experience in Agile development & familiarity with production methodologies.
- Established portfolio of work demonstrating mastery of their role in design.
- Effective interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
- Strong problem solver, able to work with tight deadlines.
- Effective time management/organizational skills.
- Working knowledge of 2D art tools, such as Adobe Photoshop.
- Working knowledge of 3D art tools, such as Max, Maya, Lightwave or 3D level editors.
- Strong game design skills: must be able to intelligently discuss the strengths and weaknesses of recent games.
Supplemental:
- Multiplayer and/or MMO experience a big plus.
- Pitching experience a big plus.
- Hansoft experience a big plus.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the development of the creative vision for the game, and design systems that are in keeping with that vision.
- Evangelize the game to the team and clients.
- Drive the balancing of gameplay systems and core mechanics.
- Maintain assigned documentation and make sure they are written in such a way as to communicate designs goals to the team.
- Prototype gameplay level scenarios and showcase implemented systems so that other designers may use the prototype as a blueprint for final gameplay.
- Assist in development of higher level game systems such as interface, scoring, power ups, and other meta game level features.
- Mentoring other designers on the team about design, documentation, and vision.
- Assist in pitches and preparing new projects.
Pinchcliffe Grand Prix
Join the crew on the top of the cliff for exciting adventures and races!
Help gather and win parts for the extraordinary race car Il Tempo Gigante! When it’s done you will be able to race this beast through the hills of Pinchcliffe!
The game consists of three parts: Adventure component, mini component and bilracet. In the adventure part, you solve various missions in order to open up various mini-games by exploring Flåklypa world.
When you complete various minigames and win part of Il Tempo Gigante. The more games you can handle the more challenging parts to the car, you win. When you are satisfied with Il Tempo Gigante so you can sit in the car and head out on the race track for success as well as possible in the races.
Come join us!
The project is developed in collaboration with Caprino Studios.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e5pM83vq24
