Salakapakka – Speakeasy, a VR prohibition era experience
Salakapakka – Finnish for speakeasy – is a Samsung Gear VR game fully designed, developed and produced by 3rd year students from Metropolia University of Applied Sciences. With a 10-week production cycle we set out to create a game for Yle that would be both fun and an interesting peek at life in prohibition era, 1920s Finland.
Don a pair of VR goggles, take the role of a detective and step into an inconspicuous café that surely has nothing to hide…Or does it?
Alvari Juhola
Project Manager
Environment Artist
Gameplay Designer
Milla Rosi
Art Director
Character Artist
Level Designer
Kuura Korkiakoski
Character Team Leader
Character Artist
Eemeli Loukola
Environment Team Leader
Environment Artist
Level Designer
Sami Gerasimoff
Gameplay Designer
Environment Artist
Trailer music
Johanna Hongisto
Gameplay Designer
Environment Artist
Taryn Baker
Character Animation
Environment Artist
Andrei Haataja
Character Animation
UI design
Marketing
Linnea Viljamaa
Character Animation
Character Artist
Jenni Vistiaho
Character Animation
Environment Artist
Programming
Emil Dewald
Otso Jylhä
Sound Design
Iain Macintosh
Voice Acting
Olli Tamminen
Paula Peltola
Maiju Tuovila
Jaakko Kuusela
Noora Kärki
Pirjo Eskolin
Supervising Teacher
Kristian Simolin
Special Thanks
Seija Aunila
Airi Saastamoinen
Jasmina Kauta
Antti Laiho
Järvenpää Theater
Helpdesk/Marko Mård
Metropolia Digipaino