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Carve Jr
Hit the slopes like never before in the all new Carve Jr !
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Description
Hit the slopes like never before in the all new Carve Jr ! This pint sized prequel packs a punch! Use the crank to perform pinpoint accurate, death defying, nonstop gnar action. Chain tricks together to fight your way up the leaderboard and prove your salt. Just don’t let those pesky trees, rocks, and narc skiers be a buzzkill! Steer and flip your boarder with the Crank! Original soundtrack that pushes the limits of the playdate! Perform classic tricks like grabs, grinds, and more! Prequel to Carve Snowboarding on the Meta Quest! All the snark from commentator Carve Edgerton!
- Crank: Required
- Tilt: Not used
- Microphone: Not used
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Credits
CARVE JR. TEAM • Director & Programmer - Giles Goddard • Producer - Kinsey Burke • Producer - Mark Lentz • Level Design & Composer - Charlie March • Art & Design - Peter Traylor • Animator - Hero Liao • Business Development - Kensaku Nakata • Voice Actor - Michael Swaim CHUHAI LABS • Zach Aikman • Liam Edwards • Sean Fisher • Tom Hart • Mihoko Terao • Denver Thomas • Rhodri Broadbent
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This game uses the D-Pad to perform tricks. jump, and crouch, and the crank to steer and spin. It requires a fair amount of precision with the crank.
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Playthroughs 1 video
Gameplay and impressions 1 video
Trailers 2 videos
Roundups 1 video
playthrough
Playthroughs / Tiny Yellow Machine
Unwrapping Playdate Catalog's New Game CARVE JR. - First Impressions!
gameplay
Gameplay and impressions / Destination Playdate
Carve Jr. - Playdate gameplay + impressions
trailer
Trailers / Chuhai Labs
Carve Jr Official Playdate Game Trailer!
trailer
Trailers / Tiny Yellow Machine
Chuhai Labs with Mark Lentz and Giles Goddard - Carve Jr. and Space Kitsune Reveal! | Playdate Show
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Roundups / y.playdate.channel
【Playdate】Made in Japanのゲーム特集【"Crank and Shoot!!" "Angel Pop" "Carve Jr." "kicooya"】
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Kelleher Bros.
Playdate game reviews: Round 3
Lucas Kelleher
2026-07-01
From Chuhai Labs , makers of Playdate Season 1 game Whitewater Wipeout , comes another crank-controlled extreme sports title. But this time, it’s a lot cooler… Carve Jr. is a downhill snowboarding game played with the crank. The founder of Chuhai Labs, Giles Goddard , was a key programmer at Nintend
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CarveJR Leaderboard
- 1 Kurtudine 2,247,700
- 2 Treyerd 2,136,000
- 3 GOONIA 2,054,300
- 4 POPIN 1,785,500
- 5 squirrelboy1225 1,615,200
- 6 Quackers 1,600,300
- 7 tylrmorgn 1,586,800
- 8 1543403677843910 1,578,300
- 9 fefegames 1,576,400
- 10 aelphar 1,515,400
Age note: We think this game is appropriate for everyone.
AI: This game's developer created it without the use of generative AI.