Rose Metropolis Video games revealed a primary have a look at Lovesick, its upcoming VR recreation a couple of band getting ready to breaking apart when a supernatural occasion throws them right into a bizarre alternate dimension.
Try the atmospheric trailer for Lovesick right here:
Set in 1999, Lovesick focuses on the 4 members of a struggling band known as The New Agenda who encounter an occasion known as “the Suggestions” which launches them into an alternate actuality. Taking part in because the band’s bassist Sam, you’ll try to rescue your bandmates from a “surreal mindscape reflecting the reminiscences, fears, and ambitions of the particular person trapped inside.”
The sport, revealed formally within the UploadVR Summer time Showcase, guarantees psychic skills to unlock and use in serving to clear up puzzles that join to every member of the band, with the trailer showcasing its vibe of “eerie and imaginative areas” as devs could have you journey by escape room-style.
“Earlier than stepping into gamedev, most of us on the crew grew up taking part in in bands. I spent my complete 20s within the music business, recording albums, touring, and later working at a report label,” mentioned Director Corey Warning, in a ready assertion. “We’re uniquely set as much as inform this story. It was impressed by the existential nowhere that comes from being on the street continually and discovering and sharing your voice. The egos, the strain, the camaraderie — it’s all right here.”
We’re curious to see and listen to extra concerning the undertaking, with builders saying the musical influences are pulled from the ‘90 post-punk scene with a rating and songs by Graham Nesbitt.
“Corey and I had a blast growing the sound of The New Agenda and referencing the punk, indie rock, and emo music from the flip of the century,” mentioned Nesbitt, in a ready assertion. “That’s a part of what’s particular about LOVESICK. Most of what you hear so far as the world of sound within the recreation comes from the characters and the devices they play. In a method, it’s an extension of all of their voices and the way it all matches into the music from this particular second in time.”
You may be taught extra about Lovesick on its Quest store page, with a Steam launch deliberate as properly.