• Who are we?

    Pocketwatch Games makes hand-crafted video games about animals and the environment.

    You can download demos of our tycoon games from this site, or you can buy the full versions and get playing instantly! Our payment handling is safe and secure (all transactions are handled by a large and reputable payment processing company), and we offer complete refunds if you are not happy with your purchase.

    Try our games out, you'll be surprised at how thought-provoking and entertaining a video game can be!

    -Andy Schatz
    Founder, Pocketwatch Games

Pocketwatch Games is proud to be a corporate sponsor of

The WILD Foundation - Protecting animals and wilderness around the world

4% of revenue donated in 2007 5% of revenue donated in 2008

People at Pocketwatch

Andy Schatz – Owner

Andy was the sole programmer, designer, and producer on the company’s first two titles, Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa and Venture Arctic.  Venture Africa was built in 10 months on a budget of $8,000 and has sold over 90,000 copies worldwide, while Venture Arctic is receiving tremendous critical acclaim and continues to sell in stores across the United States.  Andy also served as the Executive Producer of the kid’s eco-themed website, Green.com.

As a leader in the world of “indie games”, Andy hosted the 2007 and 2008 Independent Games Festival awards ceremonies, which were attended by thousands and broadcast to 21 million viewers on the internet.

Andy has been published in Game Developer Magazine and Gamasutra.com. His design and development skills have been specifically praised in Game Developer Magazine post-mortems, Gamasutra’s Media Consumption column, BusinessWeek Online, and more. He was a keynote speaker for the Game Career Seminar at E-for-All in 2008 and at the Austin Game Developers Conference in 2007.

Prior to Pocketwatch Games, Andy worked as a Designer, an Artificial Intelligence Engineer, a Lead Programmer, and a Development Director. Among other things, he wrote the first Xbox Live code to ship to the public (Whacked!) and the first implementation of EA’s multiplatform internet layer (Goldeneye: Rogue Agent). He graduated from Amherst College with a degree in Computer Science and Fine Arts.

Dylan Marquez – Artist

Dylan is a graduate of The Art Institute of California, San Diego, and has an undergraduate degree in Digital Design and Production from College of the Desert.  Dylan is a jack-of-all-trades, and is currently contributing art to Venture Dinosauria.

John Seguin – Audio Director

John has provided music and sound effects for each of the Venture games. John runs Seguin Sound from Lawrence, Kansas. Visit his site to hear his other work at www.seguinsound.com.

Liberum Donum

The fine folks at Liberum Donum are currently providing graphic design and illustration services for Pocketwatch’s upcoming game. View their other work at www.liberumdonum.com.

Nate Clowar – Character Artist

Nate modeled the 3D animals for Venture Africa and Venture Arctic.  Nate’s past work includes Myst III, Dance Dance Revolution, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and more. Nate contributes to Pocketwatch from his paradise bungalow in Hawaii.  You can see more of his work at www.clowar.com.

The Rest of the Team

A number of other people have contributed to Pocketwatch Games in the past. In particular, Donnie Bugden and Adam deGrandis were a major contributors to Venture Arctic, Nicole Anguish, Ken McAll, Greg Lemen, all contributed art to Venture Africa. Artie Moffa wrote the brilliant limericks included in Venture Africa.