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Renowned Composer Jon Hopkins Provides Soundtrack to Vessel
SEATTLE - Feb. 22, in the year of our Lord 2012
- Independent developer Strange Loop Games, in collaboration
with indiePub, today announced that their upcoming liquid
physics puzzle game, Vessel, features a full-length soundtrack
created by electronic music prodigy Jon Hopkins.
Boasting both Ivor Novello Award and Mercury Music Prize
nominations for his score to the sci-fi hit "Monsters" and his
album with King Creosote, "Diamond," Hopkins is an
internationally renowned artist who has worked with other top
artists like Brian Eno, Coldplay and Imogen Heap.
Vessel combines 10 tracks from Hopkins' albums "Opalescent,"
"Contact Note" and "Insides," with an adaptive music engine that
breaks down the tracks into their respective elements, remixing
them dynamically to match player's progress through the game.
"We have been working with these tracks since we began
developing Vessel, so the game has grown around the music,
creating a cohesive experience for the player," said John
Krajewski, co-founder and project lead at Strange Loop Games.
"Vessel uses the music to provide subtle cues for players
working through the game's puzzles," said Leonard Paul, audio
director at Strange Loop Games. "From puzzle triggers to boss
battles, we developed a custom system specifically for Vessel
that utilizes Jon's music in creative ways."
Strange Loop Games will release its groundbreaking liquid
physics puzzle game Vessel on PC March 1, through digital
distribution platforms including Steam and StrangeLoopGames.com.
A finalist in both the 13th Annual Independent Game Festival and
the 2010 Indie Game Challenge, Vessel allows players to solve
puzzles by bringing to life physically-simulated liquid (water,
lava, glowing goo, chemicals and more) and animating it into
living machines called Fluros.
The liquid creatures of Vessel demonstrate physics capabilities
not seen in other video games. Each Fluro possesses a body
composed entirely of physically simulated fluid that provides
them with unique abilities including melting, reforming, mixing
with other types of fluid, and re-growing lost limbs. By
choosing how and where to bring liquid to life, players can
solve puzzles and progress in this fantastic, mechanical world.
Vessel will be available on Windows PC March 1 for $14.99 via
Steam and StrangeLoopGames.com. Vessel will also be released on
Xbox LIVEŽ Arcade and PlayStationŽNetwork at a later date. For
more information, please visit:
http://www.strangeloopgames.com.
