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Peers and beers

By Toni | Published: June 9, 2010

One of the better aspects of being a game developer in Finland is the active local scene. The wonderful volunteer work by the Finnish IGDA chapter has a lot to do with that. Typically a Finnish IGDA event consists of a few presentations followed by an evening of socializing with your peers and beers. Yesterday [...]

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Let there be sound

By Toni | Published: June 1, 2010

To make the upcoming game as engaging an experience as possible, high quality voices for the characters has been an item high on our list. To get the stuff we need we hired a seasoned dubbing pro Antti L.J. Pääkkönen to create the sounds. In the picture above you can see him getting in character. [...]

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Happy MMX folks!

By Toni | Published: January 7, 2010

We hope you’re safe and sound after the long stretch of 2009 and well into finding your way into this brand new year that has a certain exciting arthurceeclarkesque ring to it. We’re back in action after a short Xmas hiatus and anxiously looking forward to what 2010 has to offer. With the teaser trailer [...]

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What’s in a name?

By Toni | Published: November 23, 2009

Ookoohko? Or Ooko Ohko? For the majority of the Finnish-speaking population (a whopping six million), the name makes sense. Ookoo is a local derivative of ok or okay and the Finnish -hko is a suffix very similar to -ish used in English. Hence, if you want to cut to the chase, ookoohko translates to okayish. [...]

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