Cykyria

Factsheet

Developer:
Cykyria
Based in Germany

Release date:
January 2nd, 2021

Platforms:
Steam
Oculus App Lab
Sidequest
Viveport

Website:
questforrunia.com

Regular Price:

Description

Quest for Runia is a relaxing VR puzzle shooter. The gameplay is based on a mix of classic Match-3 and well-known bubbleshooters. Each level is a three dimensional structure, built of cubes of different color. They resemble objects, like e.g. a fish, but also geometric interesting and hard to solve mazes. The player has to cast a new cube into the structure from the magic wand. If it creates a chain of three or more cubes of the same color, the cubes will pop. In Runia there is no time limit, but there are a fixed number of shots to clear the 3D barriers. The aim is to find the most effective way to solve the puzzle by destroying as many cubes as possible with one shot and clear the entire barriers. In Quest for Runia the player explores one of the most beautiful, spectacular and calming places in the universe - with gushing waterfalls, buzzing airships and glittering diamonds. Everything could be perfect, if there wasn’t that mean little wizard Karos, who has enchanted Runia. Karos needs Runia's beauty - its magic crystals - for his evil magic powers and wants to destroy Runia. Numerous enchanted barriers block the way to the Castle of Karos. The player has to save Runias beauty and free it from Karos and his evil magic by breaking all the barriers. The player will face very tricky levels, don't be fooled by the easy start...

History

Development of Quest for Runia started late 2018 with the goal to create a mesmerizing seated VR experience for the Oculus Go. Work on the game was interrupted several times by other VR entertainment projects for business customers for events and trade fairs. The pandemic gave us the chance to develop the game full-time. The surprising sunsetting of the Oculus Go, soon followed by the recent discontinuation of the Oculus Quest, was unexpected. We improved the concept and added player-suggested feedback and features. We have re-designed the game from the Oculus Go's 3-DOF one-handed user experience to a two-handed 6-DOF seated VR play. The game is equally suitable for both right- and left-handed players.

Features

• Relaxing seated VR gameplay
• 9 languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese
• 165 levels with growing difficulty and boss levels
• Steam Achievements
• Oculus App Lab Achievements
• Seven beautiful environments
• Special cubes with fun mechanics, e.g.:
• Bomb, which removes all cubes in the explosion radius
• Lightning bolt, which removes all cubes in one direction
• Slime cube, which will spread slime to neighboring cubes
• and many more!

Quest for Runia Credits

Benedikt Engelhard
Producer, Lead Developer

Doris Conrad
Game Design

Magdalena Bienefeld
Developer, Technical Artist

Manuel Ermer
Developer, Technical Artist

Lisa Graf
3D Artist, Designer

Contact

info@cykyria.com

Press Inquiries
press@cykyria.com