Launch day is just around the corner. But in the meantime we have had some amazing previews done by VR websites and youtubers alike. They played the first 30 minutes of Red Matter and we couldn’t be happier with the positive response! Here are some links about what they have to say: “From this first early glimpse at Red Matter the title certainly looks like it’s going to gain a few fans. The controls, to the visuals are all superb, giving Red Matter that AAA feel right from the start. So long as this single-player experience has a decent run …
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Welcome to Volgravia
Red Matter is set in a dystopian near future where the world is divided in two large main factions: the Atlantic Union and the People’s Republic of Volgravia These two superpowers have profound economic and political differences. The tension between both of them is a state of geopolitical tension, a Cold War. We really wanted to distance ourselves from actual History and invent a dystopian fantasy with two completely make-believe factions. This would allow us to manipulate and create characters and plots that will surprise players. Just like in games such as Papers, Please, we leverage historical and visual references …
Matter of time. Release date announcement
We are excited to announce that Red Matter is scheduled for commercial release on May 24th and will be available for pre-order on the Oculus Store. You can check our brand new trailer: And here are a few links about the coverage of our lauch! “Soviet Retrofuture Adventure ‘Red Matter’ to Launch This Month on Rift” Road to VR “Sci-Fi Cold War Adventure Red Matter Gets Rift Release Date” Upload VR “Vertical Robot Reveal May Launch Date For Red Matter” VR Focus “Red Matter visita un mundo orwelliano retro-futurista en VR” Game Reactor “La aventura narrativa de la española Vertical Robot, …
Experience Red Matter first-hand at 360VR Barcelona
We are excited to announce that Red Matter will be playable on April 27-28 at the Mercado 360VR in Barcelona. Vertical Robot’s Game Director Tatiana Delgado will be there to give a talk about Red Matter’s design and story processes as well as hurdles encountered, lessons learned and solutions discovered throughout the game’s development. For further details on this event, the speakers and other games and experiences, visit their website! We hope to see you there!
Red Matter: our new story-driven puzzle adventure game is dropping soon!
We’ve been hard at work ever since our reveal at the latest OC4 (Oculus Connect 4) and we’re happy to announce that we’re approaching the final stretch of our upcoming game, Red Matter. We’re super stoked! For all you new arrivals, Red Matter is a VR puzzle adventure game with a strong focus on narrative elements set in an alternate future centered around an ongoing Cold War between two superpowers: the Atlantic Union and the People’s Republic of Volgravia. We’ll be sharing news as well as details on gameplay, the game’s setting and art direction and also some developer stories …
Welcome!
Welcome to the Red Matter development blog. We are preparing some interesting stuff… Stay tuned! Vertical Robot Team