Thomas Van Bouwel

Factsheet

Developer:
Thomas Van Bouwel
Based in Brussels, Belgium

Release date:
September 17th, 2020

Platforms:
Oculus Quest
Oculus Rift
SteamVR

Website:
cubism-vr.com

Regular Price:

Description

Challenge your mind in Cubism, a deceptively simple puzzle game where you assemble increasingly complex shapes out of colorfull blocks.
Immerse yourself in a zen environment as you reason your way through 60 puzzles which will put your spatial thinking skills to the test.

Design

Inspired by classic solid dissection puzzles like the Soma cube or the Bedlam cube, the gameplay perfectly fits the VR medium as tracked headsets and controllers provide the spatial insight and hand-dexterity to solve these complex spatial puzzles.
The game's aesthetic was also heavily inspired by minimal mobile games like Mini Metro, Monument Valley and Hitman Go, and aims to explore what a similar minimal design can look like in a VR game.

Cubism was designed to be as pick-up-and-play as possible. Within the first 10-30 seconds of launching the game, players learn the core mechanics and are solving their first puzzle, making it a great game for newcomers to VR.

History

Cubism started as a weekend prototype in 2017 by VR developer Thomas Van Bouwel. After a positive reception to the concept by early testers and the online VR community, Thomas started developing the game in his spare time.

A first trailer and demo was released on Steam and Itch.io in early 2018, and a short demo with experimental hand-tracking support was released on SideQuest in late 2019. Feedback from these demo's, along with in-person testing during various events, helped refine the gameplay to ensure the game was fun and accessible regardless of a player's familiarity with VR.

The game released on Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift and SteamVR on September 17th 2020, with cross-buy support for Quest and Rift.
On Quest, the game didn't launching with hand-tracking support, although an improved version of hand-tracking input is planned in a future release along with other updates.

Features

• 60 puzzles with difficulties ranging form easy to expert
• A zen, minimal design to immerse yourself in while puzzeling
• A light and dark color theme
• A versatile spectator camera (Rift and Steam only)

Cubism Credits

Thomas Van Bouwel
Lead Developer

Sahlia Wong
Pianist

Contact

Inquiries
thomas@cubism-vr.com

Twitter (developer)
http://twitter.com/tovanbo

Twitter (game)
http://twitter.com/cubismvr