Highlights from the UploadVR Showcase
We are very excited to help some of our label studios announce major milestones for their upcoming VR and MR games. These games make us optimistic about the future of immersive gaming. We know when you get the chance to play these novel experiences, you’ll see why.
Maestro, the full-length VR rhythm conducting game is coming to Quest 2, Quest 3 and SteamVR later this year.
After the success of their free demo Maestro: The Masterclass, development team Double Jack and VR label Creature is turning the project into a full-length game, revealed today with a new announcement trailer. Maestro is a VR rhythm conducting game that transports the player to the Paris Classical/Orchestral music scene. It’s slated to launch on Quest 2, Quest 3 and SteamVR later this year.
Maestro is the first of three projects to receive funding from the SideQuest x Creature $1,000,000 Indie VR Fund, which was launched in August 2023 to support promising independent developers.
Thrasher, the mind-melting arcade action odyssey, is coming to Steam VR this December.
THRASHER, the mind-melting arcade action odyssey from Brian Gibson (composer and artist for Thumper and bassist for the band Lightning Bolt) and Mike Mandel (Rock Band VR, Fantasia: Music Evolved) has a SteamVR release window!
The game is coming to Steam VR this December.
From the artist & composer behind the cult hit THUMPER comes THRASHER, a mind-melting arcade action odyssey and visceral audiovisual experience. With the wave of your hand, guide a magnificent space eel through breathtaking and unsettling landscapes. Swoop, dash and thrash to defeat wild bosses in the ultimate race for survival.
THRASHER is slated to release on Meta Quest and Apple Vision Pro on July 25th with PCVR and flatscreen versions to follow sometime after.
Pre-order Thrasher now for the Meta Quest or Apple Vision Pro!
You can also wishlist on Steam for the December release.
Laser Dance, an upcoming game from Thomas van Bouwel, has a new mixed reality teaser.
From Cubism creator Thomas Van Bouwel and presented by Creature, the new VR-focused label from industry veteran Doug North Cook, comes Laser Dance, a mixed reality game that turns your living room into a laser obstacle course. Announced at Meta Connect 2023, Laser Dance will come to Quest 2, 3 and Quest Pro devices later this year.
A new teaser was released today during the UploadVR showcase to celebrate the Quest store page going live.
Laser Dance is a mixed-reality game that turns your living room into a laser obstacle course. Dance, dodge, and crawl your way to victory in this intuitive party game, perfect for both newcomers and seasoned gamers!
Players move between two buttons on opposite ends of their living room, traversing a sequence of laser patterns which adapt to the room’s size and layout. Different laser patterns will have them move their bodies in different ways as they make their way to the finish line.
Starship Home, the Quest 3-exclusive mixed reality game from our own studio, has a new trailer that was feature in today’s UploadVR showcase.
VR studio and label Creature have released a full game reveal trailer and opened pre-orders for Starship Home, a plant-filled mixed-reality adventure through the stars! It is the first game developed by the Creature team and is a Quest 3 exclusive. The team is planning a 2024 release date.
Turn your home into a starship… then turn your starship into a home! Starship Home is a Mixed Reality game where you can turn your living room into an interactive spaceship.
Through strategically placing virtual windows, control panels, and other components, players will transform their physical environment (viewed through the passthrough cameras) into a starship ready to launch into the stars. Travel from planet to planet collecting plant clippings, and decorate your home with weird and wonderful alien foliage. Plants aren’t just for decoration – they’ll allow you to unlock interactive ‘dreams’ that show off mixed reality to its full potential!
Players will travel through hyperspace between planets, gather alien plants needing care, and receive transmissions from friendly aliens, all while unravelling the mystery of a sinister blight that threatens plant life across the galaxy.
Pre-order Starship Home now on the Meta Quest to get a 10% discount before launch.
