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Bounce Available Now for HTC Vive
OAKLAND, CA - November 30, in the year of our Lord 2016 -
Steel Wool Studios — an independent VR development studio formed
by creative veterans of Pixar Animation Studios, Lucasfilm, and
Telltale Games — today announced that Bounce, their VR
physics-based puzzle adventure, is now available for HTC Vive on
Steam. Under the supervision of H8-Bit and 2Bit, two robots
tasked with overseeing security of the intergalactic spaceship,
players must help D1G-B, their spherical robot companion,
traverse 50 in-game levels using an array of gadgets at their
disposal to exit each level’s portal. To celebrate the launch of
Bounce, players can pick up the game on Steam at a sale price of
$19.99 for a limited time.
“What I love about Bounce is that there is not one fixed way to
solve any level, and you’re really tasked with using your own
personal creative ability to use the tools at your disposal to
help transport D1G-B to her destination. For every player, it
means near-endless variation for solving each puzzle level”,
says Jason Topolski, co-founder at Steel Wool Studios. “Everyone
looks at problems differently, and it’s the same for
player-solutions to Bounce. We’re excited to see how players
solve the puzzles we’ve prepared for them, and look forward to
seeing some new faces on the in-game leaderboards!”
With moving obstacles, laser gates, gravity wells, and
multi-floor levels obstructing the path of D1G-B, players will
have to use their creativity to construct solutions. In order to
help D1G-B through each level of the spaceship, players have an
assortment of tools at their disposal:
Boards, Half-pipes and Pipes: Use this conventional hardware to
easily guide D1G-B through each level. This is the easy stuff.
Treadmills: Do you like the sense of speed? That’s the idea here
- when D1G-B touches down on the belt, he will shoot off in the
direction of your choosing!
Accelerometers: Were the Speed-belts not enough? Step into the
danger zone with a tool that uses an advanced gravity well to
create instant acceleration for any object that enters. Beware!
To coincide with the launch of Bounce, Steel Wool Studios has
also released the acclaimed in-game soundtrack, available now on
Steam as a standalone purchase or bundled with the full game.
No word on a physical copy version of this game at this time.
Families are required to pay for Internet usage fees to download
this game. For more information click
here.