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Press release:
Paris, September 26, 2024.
ARTE, RTBF, Ram Ram Games and Business Goose are today very proud and happy to announce that “30 BIRDS“, an adventure game inspired by Persian mythology, will be released at the end of 2024 on Nintendo Switch and PC/Mac via Steam.

30 BIRDS is a poetic and light-hearted game that combines an oriental fairy tale with a thrilling investigation.

Zig, a young woman and mysterious detective, wanders through a mystical world of spinning lanterns to find the thirty birds that will enable her to save Simurgh, the missing patron goddess. Along the way, Zig encounters curious characters and colourful challenges.

In this mesmerising journey, the player takes on the role of Zig as she navigates through breathtaking landscapes and solves fun and complex puzzles in an attempt to unravel the mystery of Simurgh’s disappearance.

The stunning artistic direction of 30 BIRDS was inspired by a trip to Istanbul during which the two creators, Coline Sauvand and Laurent Toulouse, discovered Persian miniatures, a 15th-century Persian pictorial tradition.

After producing a book in 2014, ‘Le Carnet d’Istanbul’, featuring a story, sketches and revisited Persian miniatures, they wanted to transcribe their experience and use their illustrations to create a video game.

The hand-painted sets in 30 BIRDS create a captivating, enchanted world where 2D and 3D complement each other in a unique way to the rhythm of the electro soundtrack.

30 BIRDS will be participating in the Steam Next Fest from 14 to 21 October, 2024. A brand new demo of the game will be available for the event.

About ARTE
Founded in 1992, ARTE is a European public cultural television channel and digital network focusing on creation and innovation. Over the past ten years, ARTE has co-produced a number of interactive games such as Type:Rider, Homo Machina, Vectronom, Inua, How to Say Goodbye and To Hell with the Ugly. More information on the official website and the Twitter page of Arte Interactif.

About Ram Ram Games
Coline Sauvand, author and illustrator, and Laurent Toulouse, self-taught programmer and music producer, founded together Ram Ram Games to develop their first videogame: 30 Birds

About Business Goose
Business Goose is the result of passionate gamers and creatives meeting and bringing their love for video games to a higher level.
The two Belgian studios began working together in 2022, drawing on their diverse expertise and talents to jointly develop this unique universe that is 30 Birds.

About RTBF iXPé
RTBF iXPé is the public service media in French-speaking Belgium dedicated to video games, esports and geek culture. Its aim is to inform, educate and entertain audiences about the topics and issues related to these themes.

RTBF is also committed to supporting Belgian video game development studios through the co-production of ambitious and inspiring projects. As part of this ongoing commitment, RTBF iXPé also aims to catalyse the development of video game-related themes in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation.