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Press release:
30 NOV 2020.
Indie games developer Spare Parts Oasis and video game publisher Armor Games Studios are proud to reveal “A Rogue Escape“, an enigmatic VR adventure game coming to PC via Steam in 2021.

To celebrate, a brand-new reveal teaser has been released to offer a glimpse into the game’s alien steampunk setting, and signups for a closed beta have been opened.

A reimagining of 2019’s IndieCade nominated rogue-lite puzzle game Nauticrawl, A Rogue Escape sees players attempting to commandeer a giant mech to flee a hostile planet, lorded over by an elite ruling class.

The catch? The gargantuan machine is a tightly-packed array of switches, buttons, screens and levers. The only chance of escape is to figure out the function of each and use them wisely to pilot this lumbering beast off of the wretched planet.

Using clues left behind by former operators, players will navigate five distinct control centres, mastering mechanics and solving puzzles to progress through A Rogue Escape’s tense story.

A Rogue Escape builds on the tense escape room feel of Spare Parts Oasis’ first title Nauticrawl, offering a truly genre-busting challenge. The team partnered with VR development studio, Sylphe Labs, to reimagine Nauticrawl’s titular vehicle as a completely 3D inhabitable space. The game can be enjoyed standing or sitting, with little spare room required to play.

Spare Parts Oasis’ Andrea Interguglielmi said “With A Rogue Escape, I had the rare chance to reimagine my indie game Nauticrawl, not just as a port on another platform. A complete reinvention of something that now seems like it was always meant to be experienced in VR.”

A Rogue Escape will launch on the Oculus Store and via SteamVR in 2021, with compatibility for Oculus Rift S, Oculus Quest 1 & 2, HTC Vive, and Valve Index.

About A Rogue Escape
Your plan is simple – steal a nauticrawl, evade capture, and make a break for freedom. There’s just one problem… you don’t know how to move this hunk of metal. Take command of a 4-story crawling mech known as a nauticrawl. Clues left by previous pilots will get you started, but you’ll have to fill in the gaps. Pull levers, flip switches, and experiment with everything. But beware, getting it moving is just the first hurdle…

Features:
– Feel what it’s like to pilot a colossal steampunk mech
– Test your intuition by mastering 5 distinct control centers
– Wheel and deal with merchants of ill repute
– Discover field notes from fallen pilots and previous fugitives who tell your story
– In-game adjustable floor for players of all heights
Designed to be playable standing or sitting, requires little space to move around.
– Playable in 10 languages

About Spare Parts Oasis
Andrea Interguglielmi is an Italian game designer who has been making games since the early 2000s, which included designing adventure games for the GameBoy Color. After a detour working as a Hollywood effects artist, he’s now back making games, armed with experience from his time in the film industry. Andrea’s passion is bringing new and unique experiences to the games industry that he and his younger self would love to play. Follow him at @andreintg on Twitter.

About Sylphe Labs
Sylphe Labs is an indie game company based in Sicily, founded in early 2010 by Luca Alba, Paolo Gallo and Filippo M. Vela. The team has been making games since the era of the Game Boy Color and Amiga, collecting a broad set of skills in 3d graphics and VFX for b2b application, advertisement and tv productions along the way. For the past ten years, along with traditional game development, they’ve been focusing their talents on VR content creation for entertainment and professional use. They love to develop their projects from concept to the release, merging art and technology to follow their passion: creating innovative games. https://www.sylphelabs.com/

About Armor Games Studios
From its roots as a popular portal for online gaming, Armor Games Studios is a publisher that aims to work directly with and help foster talented indie developers to create unique and engaging games of all types for all platforms. For more information, visit www.armorgamesstudios.com, and follow the company on Twitter @ArmorGameStudio.