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Marble Mountain Will Be An HTC Vive Launch Title On April 5th | #VR #VirtualReality #IndieGame

Lightning Rock’s platform-adventure game Marble Mountain will be a launch title for the virtual reality headset, the Vive from HTC. I was a little worried that most of all the launch titles for the HTC Vive were going to be crappy games and suck pretty bad, but at least Lightning Rock will have Marble Mountainavailable for gamers who actually want to play a fun game with their new virtual reality…

Players guide their marble on an epic journey to the top of a mountain, navigating treacherous environments and overcoming challenges, all while trying to balance at precarious heights and keep their marble in one piece.

Marble Mountain features cinematic set-pieces, including avoiding massive boulders, fleeing oncoming avalanches and tumbling down titanic waterfalls, providing an immersive adventure. Competitive players can battle for the top spot on the leaderboards in speed runs.

Marble Mountain‘s 25 distinct levels, each with their own theme and hazards, require exploration, puzzle-solving and quick thinking.  Players traverse increasingly difficult environments including rolling green hills, spooky graveyards, ancient temples, unforgiving volcanoes, dry deserts, sky-high mountaintops, snow-capped summits and dangerous cliffs.

“Our goal is to provide a thrilling adventure that pays homage to some of our favorite games and movies,” Shannon Pickles, producer, Lightning Rock said. “Marble Mountain combines the retro gameplay of Marble Madness and Super Monkey Ball with the cinematic experience of Indiana Jones to deliver an exciting adventure.”

Like all great stories starring marbles, Marble Mountain starts off in a village of marbles, with our protagonist leaving behind his friends and family in search of treasure at the top of a mountain.

More information about Marble Mountain can be found at lightningrock.com/marblemountain.

About Lightning Rock

Lightning Rock is a Canberra, Australia based indie studio focused on creating high-quality polished games inspired by retro classics for the PC market, specializing in virtual reality experiences.

The team combines their lifelong passion and love for gaming with the skills developed in their previous professional lives to deliver quality games that offer a challenging and enjoyable experience. Examples of this are level designers that leverage their expertise in civil engineering, and coders that draw on their experience programming air traffic management systems.

To learn more about Lightning Rock please visit http://www.lightningrock.com/.

Marble Mountain Coming To #VR Devices, PC, #Linux In Q2 2016 | #PAX #IndieGame

Lightning Rock announced that they have a 3D strategic puzzle game in the works called Marble Mountain and the game is in development and set to arrive on the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and other 3D compatible devices for PC, Mac and Linux in the second quarter of 2016. (more…)