We are proud to announce the release of Rafting Bears for Android. Available now on Google Play.
Go to Google Play and install it. If you want to help us we are grateful for all reviews, ratings, tweets and shares!
We have worked on this game for a year now and are very happy that we have made it this far.
During the last couple of weeks we have been polishing and making the game ready for release, but the full story begins last summer. We spent our lunch break discussing how so few mobile games is utilizing the incredible touch screens we have nowadays. 
Many games is just about tapping and many even resort to on-screen gamepads as this is the easiest kind of input to imagine for those of us who grew up with game consoles. This led us to indulging in brainstorming sessions of how we could make a game, using intuitive touch gestures that actually had an in-game analogy.
The idea of Rafting Bears was born. As the title might reveal, this is a game about river
rafting. The player control a set of paddling bears floating down river on a raft, fighting the current and hazardous obstacles. Swiping on either side of the screen will cause the bears sitting on that side of the raft to paddle. This gives the player a great degree of freedom since both sides can be controlled independently and the bears can paddle both forward and backwards.
The game in its current form is made up of 5 rivers, each with 20 levels. Completing a level unlocks the next and 1 to 3 honey jars can be earned depending on time used. Along the way you catch fish. Making good time and getting all bears down safely will give a bonus, multiplying fish with either 2, 4 or 8. Fish can be spent on new and better rafts and equipment.
On the screenshot to the right you can see the level overview and the equipment currently selected. The players with best time on the level is displayed here, making this game very competitive for experienced players. There are 5 different types of equipment:
- Rafts: Different rafts take more or less damage and holds either 4 or 6 bears
- Helmets: Affect how vulnerable the bears are
- Oars: Better oars give more power when paddling
- Vests: Bears will drown slower when wearing lifevests
- Nets: Affect the distance to fish needed before catching it.
We are proud to announce Rafting Bears and hope you will enjoy the game. We definitely enjoyed making it!
Website: www.raftingbears.com
Facebook: facebook.com/raftingbears
Twitter: twitter.com/RaftingBears
