But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. ~Matthew 19:26

Founded in 2003 by Laurene Wells, Heaven\'s Blessings Tiny Zoo is a startup company staffed entirely by volunteers who are creating family friendly games that are first and foremost fun to play, and which also have a Biblical foundation.  First inspired to create higher quality games for her own children, Laurene\'s goals for the company have expanded to reach a global market with single player, multiplayer and online games.  We are seeking to raise the bar on the quality and content of Christian games, because we know that if a game is fun people will play it.  

When a game is not fun, any educational value of the game is lost because people won\'t play it to begin with. So the fun factor is of high importance to us. Historical accuracy in our games is also highly valued, but in some instances we employ artistic license to make a game more fun for the vitality of the game.  When we quote the Bible, we try to use exact quotes as often as possible, because we believe that God speaks to us through His Word, and we don\'t need to embellish or change God\'s word to be more effective.  However we also do not believe in beating the player over the head with the Bible.  It is not our intention to have a scripture around every corner or a verse in every dialog.  We understand that our games are played by real people, often by Christians, and when people are playing games they primarily want to have fun and relax.  We hope that our games will be fun for both the Christian and the non-Christian alike, and that neither will feel threatened by the content of our games.  You can learn more about our company from our business website: www.tinyzoo.com

Visions is our flagship project, the formative project that has brought our team together.  Visions is a 3D graphics MMORPG set in the 2nd century Holy Land with quest and skill based gameplay.  When we achieve the final goals for the game design, players will have three quest tracks available to them: Professions, History, and Scriptures.  It is from the scripture quests that the game gets it\'s name, as some of the quests will take players to the Biblical time of the event through visions and dreams that they participate in to earn the reward.  Professions quests provide the day to day content of their daily living experience in the game world.  Players can pursue a variety of skills, such as Carpenter, Fisherman, Hunter, Mercenary, Athlete, Entertainer, Soldier, or Mason.  They use these skills to advance their character, interact with the world and complete quests. The History quests are intended to progress through a linear timeline that the players can experience.  Players that join at the beginning of the game will be able to experience events that players who join later will not experience - this will include the transition of Emperors, historical battles, and creation of monuments.  Visions is still in development.  We are seeking programmers, animators, artists, worldbuilders, musicians, and other specialists in the realm of game development to help us meet these goals and finish Visions.  If you are interested in joining our development team, please apply online at our website: www.visionsgame.com

Chariots is a racing game set loosly in ancient history.  It is a tiny fragment extracted from the Visions game design and reconstructed to work as a separate unique game in and of itself.  In Chariots players can race on foot, on horseback, or in a chariot.  Players start out as a footracer on the island of Cyprus.  Players must win races to earn their mounts and their chariots.  There are collection quests where players can earn special mounts and special vehicles.  One of these is a scripture quest where the player can earn a tiger mount in exchange for collecting all the scriptures from the island.  Chariots is available for purchase now.  We created a special Christmas maze demo in 2007, which is now available in the full game as an alternate playable zone.  The primary gameplay is focused on the island of Cyprus in the 13 city-kingdoms each of which are hosting one or more events in the on-going festival of races.  There are historically accurate labyrinths, challenging mazes, relays, land races and marathons of course, hippodrome races, and even a barrel race.  Players can choose a male or female character.  With 16 mounts and 15 vehicles, the game has something for everyone.  Learn more about Chariots from our website: www.chariotsgame.com

We are still functioning with an entirely volunteer team.  We face daily challenges on all levels, and welcome your prayers.  We are not looking for new game ideas, we already have more game ideas than we have the time or staff to accomplish as it is.  We are however looking for more help! If you or someone you know is interested in helping advance our project we welcome additional assistance.  Please contact Laurene Wells or fill out our volunteer application online.  Thank you for your time and attention.

God bless you,

-The HBTZ Team

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Heaven's Blessings Tiny Zoo
1507 Coffey Lane
Newberg OR 97132
Phone: 503-537-2552
tinyzoo@yahoo.com