Presenting our side project "Arctic Penguins" What happened to the nihilist penguin? Cozy Raven went looking & circled the globe! 🌍 Result of a 3 day quest: A funny physics game for up to 4 players. Shove a perfectly square frozen fish to safety. But beware: the North belongs to the polar bears! 🐻‍❄️

Meet the team @ Cozy Raver! For this new year’s side quest mini-project we got Kathi and Anna! Normally they do a lot of the organizational stuff around Cozy Raven, but with this app, they can really show their creative side and focus on the concept and prototyping! 🖌️

We need your brain for a minute! 🧠 - Do you use focus apps? - What do you love about them? - What do they totally lack? - If you don’t use any, what would convince you to try one? We’re working on a focus app idea & your answers will help decide if we bring it to life. Thank you! ♥️

We've spent the winter break working on some little side projects and will return to Babushka soon, but before we do: Here's one of our projects, called "Cozy Raver" for you: www.youtube.com/shorts/tV3ZM...

The Babushkas are currently hibernating and in the meantime we are working on some side projects to test the waters for some possible future projects. We will be sharing some content of said side projects, and your feedback will impact which side project we will develop further. So stay tuned! 😎

Happy New Year from Cozy Raven 🐦‍⬛🎆 2025 we: • founded our indie studio • secured prototype funding • showcased our first playable prototype • released our first trailers & merch • streamed, gave talks, played & learned a lot Next up: making Babushka Steam-ready & fleshing out our prototype ✨

Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄 Fun fact: Our Babushkas celebrate on January 7th, like many orthodox people! 📆 How do you celebrate Christmas, if you do? Share your traditions with us! We would love to hear about them. ☺️ However you spend the holidays, we hope you have a jolly time! ❄️

Ever met a wolf or bear with one giant ear? 👂 That might be Leshy, the ruler of the forest. 🌲 A temperamental trickster, who disguises himself to mislead, scare, or abduct the unwary. Respect the forest, and he may guide you. Harm it, and face his wrath. 😱 In Babushka, his trust is long gone…

And donating for a good cause 💖 (no, we didn't donate 80€ 😂)

Little insight from Gaze & Games

This weekend, our raven crew celebrated Christmas 🐦‍⬛🎄 We caught up, reflected on 2025, and brainstormed side projects for our winter break. Biggest surprise: a secretly written song was performed! (Soon on Spotify #JustKidding 😄) Was great coming together like this 💜 #indiestudio #indiegame

Exhibiting at Gaze & Games this Wednesday 👀🎮 Proud to be part of an event that creates space for marginalized voices in the games industry. Also excited to exhibit and engage in conversations, panels, and new connections. Come say hi & check out Babushka 🪆❤️ 🖼️ Picture by Content Affairs Agency

We were at the Deutscher Entwicklerpreis! 🏆 ...No, not because of Babushka (YET). A week ago the best computer games of the year from the DACH region were honored. Many great games, well-deserved awards, nice conversation and excellent food. Photo: Sanel & Felix, 2 a.m., very sleepy (colorized)

(german only) Zwei unserer Teammitglieder sprechen auf der zweitägigen TEST conf 🎤 🔹06.12., 12:35 - Jonathan: „Fantastische Codemodule und wie man sie verbindet“ 🔹06.12., 18:20 - Katharina: „Godot aus der Unity-Perspektive“ Schaltet live ein: twitch.tv/coder2k Mehr Infos & Programm: test-conf.de

Hunting Mavkas, warming his toes by the fire, and guiding lost wanderers… meet Chuga(ister). 🌲✨ In Slavic lore, this forest spirit is playful, kind to humans, and never far from his magic flute. 🎶 Summon him by a campfire and dance along. Just don’t be surprised if your feet start to glow. 💃🔥

Wonder what the Ravens will be doing 13th-16th November? We will be at Games Ground Berlin, playing awesome indie games, listening to inspiring talks and looking forward to meeting fellow devs. Will you be at Games Ground too? Let’s meet up! 👋

Happy Halloween 🎃 How are you spending this special day? Scary movies or games, maybe with a cup of tea and a cozy blanket? Or are you out, going trick and treating? 🎮🍵🍬 Let us know! We hope you have a spooky time and loads of fun, no matter what you are doing!

Bad hair day? Missing keys? Your Domovoi might be upset again. 🔥 In Slavic lore, this household spirit guards home and hearth (& plays occasional pranks) until neglected. If no offerings are made he turns mischievous, even cruel. 🫣 Friend or foe? In Babushka, it’s up to you!

There will be a murder this Saturday! 🔪 Wait… that’s what a group of ravens is called, right? *google* There will be a CONSPIRACY this Saturday! 🐦‍⬛ Join our Halloween stream on Oct. 25 at 8PM CET! Live on Twitch at “kahznmakesgames” with spooky games, fun chats & art so bad it’s scary. 👻

Hi #ScreenshotSaturday, today we were productive and worked on a little art template to streamline the setup of our farm plants in our game #Babushka!

📸 Some impressions from our first #showcase We have been to #IndieGameFest 2025 and had a blast! Tons of great feedback, lovely chats, and a weekend full of activities. Huge thanks to the INDIE Hub Team & all the amazing devs! ✨ Not all ravens in the pics, but all in spirit. 🖤 #IndieDev #GameDev

We are showcasing for the first time @indiegamefest.bsky.social and we'll still be here tomorrow, so come around, playtest and choose a lovely keychain! #babushkagame #samowar #indiegame

"But I would walk 500 miles And I would walk 500 more Just to be the gran who walks a thousand miles To #showcase at your door" 👵🎮 We are at #IndieGameFest in Cologne tomorrow! Tickets available here: indiegamefest.de/tickets Come and check out our #indiegame Babuschka! #gamedev #indiedev

Merrily working on our demo when it hit us: #IndieGameFest is in LESS than a week?! 😱 Cue panic & pickles 🥒 #CrunchTime #ButOnlyPickles Now we’re back at it with full force & slightly panicked confidence Can’t wait for you to try Babushka at IGF! See you there! 👋 #indiedev #gamedev #BabushkaGame

We’re exhibiting for the very first time 🎉 Come and play our early #prototype of our action-packed 2D farming adventure Babushka at #IndieGameFest on July 11–12 in Cologne🪆🎮 Looking forward to great chats and valuable feedback. Will you be there? Come say hi! 👋 #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev

New logo – now cozier and cuter! 🐣✨ Our little raven hatched from a quick sketch and now proudly represents our studio. Cozy, weird & a bit spooky – just like the games we want to make! 💜 Check it out: cozyraveninteractive.com Our raven's missing a name though. Any ideas? 💬 #indiedev #cozygames

This week’s WIP is all about ✨animation✨! Here’s our main character Vesna doing chores and picking up items. We started with Blender → Godot image sequences, but we're learning Godot's 2D rigging for better, more flexible animations. Stay tuned! #godot #gamedev #blender #babushkagame

Btw. we have a narrative trailer for #Babushka🪆 Check it out if you want a little taste of Vesna's adventures. Give us a follow to stay up to date and find out what Vesna’s got up her sleeve! We’d be happy if you join us on our journey in creating Babushka. #indiedev #indiegame #slavicfolklore

Dear #PitchYaGame, our (early build) Babushka is a cozy 2D farming adventure set in a Slavic forest, inspired by Chernobyl's settlers. You’re a young 60+ granny with superpowers! 🌾Farm 💪Survive 🥒Pickle stuff 🪄Secretly learn magic 👹Don't anger forest spirits/other babushkas! Follow us for more!