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Unity Games announces Rube Works
San Francisco – October 16th, in the year of our Lord
2013 - Unity Games is pleased to announce a publishing
agreement with developer Electric Eggplant to publish "Rube
Works: The Official Rube Goldberg Invention Game" for iOS and
Android this November. Based on comically complex machines by
American Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist, humorist and
inventor, Rube Goldberg, "Rube Works" challenges players to
complete everyday tasks in traditional Rube Goldberg style by
connecting familiar objects and animals to build a comical chain
reaction.
The first officially licensed Rube Goldberg game, "Rube Works"
features Rube’s cartoons, contraptions, and irreverent humor and
animates his iconic invention cartoons in a way never seen
before. "Rube Works" combines the puzzle genre with slapstick
humor and creative problem solving. Imagine the goal is to carve
a turkey -- and you have a penguin, a bucket, a rooster, a box
of sand, a sea sponge, a seesaw and an ice cream maker to
complete the task. Then imagine connecting these objects
together with string and pulleys along with the laws of gravity
and cartoon physics to create a Rube Goldberg machine and
proceed to the next level.
"Electric Eggplant has a strong background in books, games and
apps, and we are excited to partner with them to publish one of
our first games under the Unity Games label," said Oren Tversky,
VP of Unity Games. "We believe that 'Rube Works' captures the
humor and nostalgia of Rube Goldberg’s work and know that fans
of both Goldberg and of physics puzzle titles will enjoy the
game."
"From the elaborate contraptions of the Wallace & Gromit stop
motion films to the classic board game Mouse Trap, the cultural
influence of Rube Goldberg’s amazing cartoons, has been
immense," said David Fox, Co- Founder and CEO of Electric
Eggplant. "For 'Rube Works, The Official Rube Goldberg Invention
Mobile Game’, we have meticulously drawn upon Rube’s archive,
recreating and modernizing his funniest and wackiest
contraptions for mobile and tablet gamers."
Developed by Electric Eggplant in partnership with Kalani Games
and the Heirs of Rube Goldberg and published by Unity Games,
Rube Works will be available on the App Store for iOS and on
Google Play for Android in November.