Venture Arctic Joins Environmental Issues with Entertainment for the Whole Family

July 2, 2008

Venture Arctic Joins
Environmental Issues with Entertainment for the Whole Family

Brighter Minds Media, LLC (Brighter
Minds) is elated to announce the retail release of Venture Arctic, the much
anticipated follow-up to Venture Africa, an ecosystem simulation game from
Pocketwatch Games.

Venture Arctic invites players to
create and maintain ecosystems of the Alaskan tundra inhabited with caribou,
polar bears, bowhead whales, arctic wolves and orcas throughout each of the four
dramatic seasons. Void of human interference, the 22 different land and aquatic
animals rely on the actions of players, who simultaneously learn about the
symbiotic relationships within the environment. Players control everything from
the amount of snow on the ground that will melt in the spring and promote grass
growth to causing sickness in frail animals in order to provide for hungry
predators.

Andy Schatz, Founder and CEO of
Pocketwatch Games, sees Venture Artic as a chance to entertain while informing
players about the natural world. “It’s really exciting to me to see kids and
gamers enjoying Venture Arctic. They love the beauty of the game, the way it
makes them think and the uniqueness of it. Most don’t even realize that the act
of thinking critically about the open-ended solutions also means that they’re
learning about the environment at the same time.”

Named Sim Game of the Year by Game
Tunnel, Venture Arctic is referred to as the ultimate ecological game. The game
will be available in a package that is made of 100% recycled, 30% post-consumer
waste materials. The environmentally-friendly packaging caters to the real-life
concerns of those gamers who want to take part in the solution to the current
ecological distresses. Players can experiment with extinction and deforestation
while keeping the interests of the wildlife in mind. The normal and kid modes
determine the level of difficulty, creating a game the entire family can enjoy
together.

Venture Arctic will prove to be a
cool retail release during the hot July, 2008.