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Windows MR: Danger Goat im Microsoft Store veröffentlicht

Das VR-Rätselspiel Danger Goat vom britischen Entwicklerstudio nDreams war bisher nur für Google Daydream als Mobile-Titel erhältlich. Nun veröffentlichten die Entwickler eine PC-Adaption des absurd komödiantischen VR-Spiels für Windows MR im Microsoft Store. Mit einer Kombination aus dynamischen Rätseln, Plattformer sowie speziellen Comicstil bietet der VR-Titel rund um das Geleit einer Ziege eine unterhaltsame Abwechslung zu ähnlichen Genretiteln.

Danger Goat – In Goat wie trust

In Danger Goat ist es eure Aufgabe, eine Ziege durch eine Comic-Welt voll tödlicher Fallen und Gefahren zu manövrieren. Das Ziel ist, sie zu eurem Raumschiff zu geleiten, um sie letztlich in Sicherheit zu bringen. Doch dafür müsst ihr zunächst durch 28 verschiedene Level ziehen. Euch erwarten diverse Umgebungen wie verwilderten Wälder oder verschneite Bergen. Dort haben euch die Agenten der Area 51 jede Menge Hindernisse in den Weg gelegt, um euch von eurem Weg abzubringen. Von explosiven Raketen über Teslaspulen bis hin zu Schrumpfstrahlen hat die Regierung keinerlei Kosten gescheut, um euch aufzuhalten.

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Damit ihr diesen gefährlichen Fallen entgeht, müsst ihr die Spielwelt manipulieren, um neue Wege zu erschaffen oder die Fallen zu entschärfen. Durch das Umstoßen von Monolithen erhaltet ihr beispielsweise einen neuen Pfad auf eine Anhöhe, um die Ziege ins nächste Level zu katapultieren. Die Steuerung durch die Motion Controller funktioniert dabei intuitiv. Mit einer Mischung aus Plattformer, dynamischen Rätseln und jeder Menge absurden Humor bringt der VR-Titel durchaus Spielspaß für zwischendurch.

Das Rätselspiel rund um die Action-Ziege erhielt bisher noch keine PC-Adaption für Oculus Rift oder HTC Vive, umso überraschender ist die Veröffentlichung auf der Windows-MR-Plattform. Danger Goat ist für 5,99 Euro für Windows-MR-Brillen im Microsoft Store erhältlich.

(Quellen: nDreams – Danger Goat | Upload VR | Video: nDreams VR Youtube)

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nDreams’ VR Puzzle Platformer Danger Goat Leaps onto Windows Mixed Reality

Ever since Microsoft launched its Windows Mixed Reality headsets in October the platform has seen a steady stream of titles arrive. The latest comes from British virtual reality (VR) videogame developer nDreams, with the studio porting its puzzle platformer Danger Goat. 

Originally released for Google Daydream last year, Danger Goat requires you to guide an intrepid goat to safety through a world of cartoon carnage, featuring all manner of obstacles and traps. Built from the ground up as a showcase for VR by combining tactile, dynamic puzzles with intuitive motion controls, you tilt the motion controllers to manipulate the world, knocking down monoliths, sabotage traps and create new paths to guide, slide and catapult Danger Goat to safety.

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The path to freedom will not be straightforward as deadly, over-engineered contraptions have been set to dispatch Danger Goat in the most hilariously brutal ways imaginable. Players will need to avoid an arsenal of traps, from missiles and shrink rays to crazy killer robots, all designed to zap, splat and explode the goat in anarchically inventive ways.

Featuring a comedic take on the puzzle genre, with a bold art style and inspiration taken from old school spy capers, Danger Goat has 28 levels to master, covering a wide range of themes. From wild forests and snowy mountains to the farthest reaches of outer space, players will need to grasp the unique features of the Windows Mixed Reality controller to achieve success.

VRFocus reviewed Danger Goat when it launched for Daydream, giving it 4 stars: “the careful exposition of puzzles and increasing challenge will make it difficult for copy-cats to exceed the quality of the gameplay here. nDreams’ growing experience as a VR developer shows in Danger Goat”

Danger Goat is now available to download for Windows Mixed Reality headsets on the Microsoft Store, priced at $5.99 USD/ €5.99 EUR/ £4.99 GBP.

VRFocus will continue its coverage of nDreams and Danger Goat, reporting back with the latest updates.

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nDreams Bring Some Festive Cheer to Danger Goat on Daydream View

If you’re still not into the Christmas spirit with less than a week to go than how about some festive cheer courtesy of British virtual reality (VR) studio nDreams. Today the team announced an Xmas update for their puzzle adventure title Danger Goat for Google’s new head-mounted display (HMD), Daydream View.

The Christmas update doesn’t add any new features or improvements to Danger Goat, it’s simply a festive redressing of the videogame with the titular character sporting a Santa hat and red nose, while the environment becomes gently covered in a light smattering of snow. If that wasn’t enough, the main menu comes decked out with presents and a Christmas tree, there’s some festive tunes playing, and the helpbot is in a seasonal mood.

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Danger Goat is a comedic take on the puzzle genre, with a bold art style and inspiration taken from old school spy capers. It features 28 levels to master, covering a wide range of environments. From wild forests and snowy mountains to the farthest reaches of outer space, players will need to grasp the unique features of the Daydream controller to knock down monoliths and sabotage traps to create that route through.

Developed exclusively for Daydream View, it launched the same day as the headset. The videogame is available for $5.99 USD / € 5.49 EUR / £4.99 GBP on the Google Play store. Checkout the VRFocus review of Danger Goat, and check back for any further updates.

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Review: Danger Goat

nDreams hasn’t shied away from mobile virtual reality (VR), with two titles currently available for Gear VR and Google Cardboard. It comes as no surprise then, that the UK studio is ready with a new IP at the launch of Google Daydream: Danger Goat. A puzzle videogame that makes keen use of the Google Daydream’s unique controller, Danger Goat isn’t the VR videogame you’ve been asking for, but it is a welcome addition to the Google Daydream catalogue.

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The immediate introduction to Danger Goat is one that centres on humour. Just as with nDreams’ appealing Starship Troopers influenced marketing campaign for Samsung Gear VR launch title Gunner, so too does Danger Goat benefit from some inspired presentation. The recently rebooted Danger Mouse could be seen as the inspiration here, but the theme tune and short video deserve praise however close to existing Britishisms they come.

As for the videogame itself? Danger Goat is a puzzle experience that lies somewhere between ilomilo and classic board game Mouse Trap. The player is presented with a 3D map – starting small but quickly growing in size – filled with obstacles. They have indirect control over the titular goat as they attempt to guide it from checkpoint-to-checkpoint without falling victim to the various traps.

Beginning simply enough, the player is taught the rules of object interaction; clicking on a precarious rock and rotating the angle of the controller so as to cause it to fall, either removing an obstacle or creating a new path. It’s simple challenges such as this that fill the majority of the experience in Danger Goat, but the complexity comes in the choice of multiple routes with different outcomes based on decisions made early in each level.

Once the challenge increases it’s wise to survey each map before beginning. Simply placing a thumb upon the controller’s touchpad and swiping in the opposite direction will rotate the angle at which the player views the map, thus giving the opportunity to see all of the obstacles that lie ahead and plan accordingly. However, mistakes can still be made, and achieving a three-star finish (with one star removed for each unfortunate end to the goat) is not as easy as it may initially seem.

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The puzzling gameplay of Danger Goat is an enjoyable experience, but it’s actually the visual design that is the videogame’s greatest strength. The map design and obstacles given a brightly coloured, cartoonish appearance allow for quick and accurate interpretation of each challenge. The goat is well animated to convey a sense of disbelief at your mistakes (of which, there will be many) and the growing scale of each level will often instigate an exasperation as you begin to plan your advance.

As with nDreams’ other mobile titles, Gunner and Perfect Beach, Danger Goat is likely to be imitating within the VR space. However, the careful exposition of puzzles and increasing challenge will make it difficult for copy-cats to exceed the quality of the gameplay here. nDreams’ growing experience as a VR developer shows in Danger Goat, even if the videogame misses a few notes in longevity and accessibility.

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‘Danger Goat’ Review: Daydream Launch Title Plays It A Little Too Safe

‘Danger Goat’ Review: Daydream Launch Title Plays It A Little Too Safe

Danger Goat revels in the death animation. It wants to make you laugh and cry as your poor protagonist is electrocuted, crushed, blown up, and flung off of the side of mountains. As you can see in the game’s intro video below, developer nDreams has taken a lot of pride in coming up with creative ways to kill the cartoon critter, no doubt influenced by slapstick hit, Goat Simulator.

But here’s the problem: up until the final three of the 28 total levels, I only saw one of those animations for myself. For a game all about silly deaths, Danger Goat plays it a little too safe.

nDreams’ Daydream debut is a third-person puzzle game in which you guide a goat up a mountain, avoiding increasingly tricky traps across each of its 28 levels. You use the Daydream controller as a pointer on diorama-sized maps, navigating around dangerous paths and tilting the world to topple boulders that either crush traps or open up new avenues.

At surface level, it makes for harmless puzzling fun. Danger Goat is an early example of how intuitive the Daydream controller really is, allowing for an accessible point and click experience that anyone could get to grips with, even if it’s necessary to recenter your view after every level. The worlds are colorful and inviting, too, though this is one mobile VR experience in which I really missed positional tracking, as I couldn’t lean down further into these worlds and at times the camera didn’t get close enough to the action.

In fact, generally speaking, there really isn’t any reason for Danger Goat to be in VR. It could have just as easily been a standard mobile game, although it obviously would have a harder time competing in that space rather than the relatively light Daydream store. It’s nice to be able to look down and see the world beneath you, but without the ability to truly lean in and get up close, you might as well be playing on any other device.

For the most part, Danger Goat‘s traps will involve you accidentally walking onto a marked tile and subsequently watching your goat get obliterated.  Later levels introduce a few other concepts like switches that activate gates and weapons, or rivers that carry you downstream, but the basic threats don’t really change until the final seven challenges. You’ll quickly learn that many of the traps laid out in a level are nothing more than red herrings. They’re there to trick you into tossing a boulder on them to crush them, when really you needed the rock to cross a canyon. Slip up and you’ll have to start the level from scratch if you want a three star rating.

But with Danger Goat‘s love of deception established so early on, you’ll find you never really fall for the perils it lays down in its first 25 levels or so.  Every time I saw a trap in front of me I’d scan the environment and quickly find a way round it. That’s what you’re meant to do, of course, but I was going through levels with such ease I started to wonder what the point in it was.

What makes this even more frustrating is that the final three levels bring together the game’s mechanics for some truly challenging trials. They genuinely stumped me for some time and had me going round in circles and I really enjoyed systematically solving them. If the game had reached this point, say, halfway in and not spent so much time coddling the player this would be a very different review.

Final Score: 6/10 – Decent

This is a likable, spritely launch title for Daydream View that suggests nDreams has far more to offer than its murky thriller, The Assembly. With a heavier emphasis of challenge, Danger Goat could have been one of the platform’s best games.

Read our Game Review Guidelines for more information on how we arrived at this score.

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A Guide to the Best Games for Google Daydream View

Google Daydream View has launched with only a small selection of videogame titles available from day one, but with prices ranging from free to £9.99 GBP, you’ll want to make sure you get your money’s worth. VRFocus has played each and every one of the videogame titles available to download via the Daydream app, so read on for our recommendations of the best videogames to play now.

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EarthShape

A Google Daydream exclusive title, EarthShape has been developed by Bithell Games of Volume and Thomas Was Alone fame. Volume is of course set to receive its own virtual reality (VR) tie-in in the form of Volume: Coda, but Bithell Games’ first entry into the new medium is an odd puzzle title narrated by Sue Perkins.

Priced at £4.79 and featuring both a campaign and an endless gameplay mode, EarthShape is a worthwhile investment that may not make use of all the unique capabilities of VR, but is enjoyable and makes good use of the Google Daydream’s 3DOF controller.

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Hunters Gate

Another Google Daydream exclusive and arguably the most traditional videogame experience currently available on the VR format, Hunters Gate lies somewhere between Diablo and Robotron. It’s an arcade shooter featuring two playable characters – and also, co-operative gameplay for two players – and with progression the player can unlock new weapons, spells and skills to take on their foes.

Sadly, the co-operative gameplay is limited to local wi-fi connections only, which does put a bit of a dampener on things, but even without online options Hunters Gate packs a solid amount of hours into its action-orientated package.

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Danger Goat

The third and final Google Daydream exclusive on VRFocus’ list, Danger Goat has been developed by UK VR specialist studio nDreams. The amusing premise (and associated marketing) belies a somewhat devilish puzzle videogame in which the player must guide a runaway goat through hundreds of traps, catapult the goat long distances and cause general mayhem as they attempt to reach safety in each level.

Danger Goat is available to download for Google Daydream now, priced at £4.99. nDreams has already stated that more Google Daydream videogames are in the works at the studio, but further titles are yet to be announced.

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Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

The most expensive videogame title currently available for Google Daydream View, Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes will be familiar to anyone who’s been paying attention to the VR scene over the last year. One player wears the head-mounted display (HMD) while another uses the freely printable manual. The first player has the view of a bomb, including any exposed cables and buttons, while the second player has to interpret this clues in order to find a guide to diffuse the bomb within the manual.

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes has already launched on a number of different formats, and if you’ve already purchased a VR edition of the videogame there’s little difference here. However, if you’re new to VR with Google Daydream View, Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is an easy recommendation, despite the high price tag.

 

VRFocus will be bringing you more details on these in the coming days, including detailed reviews, but be sure to check out our guide to the best apps for Google Daydream in the meantime!

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Daydream View Launches, 12 Videogames Currently Available for UK Consumers

Today’s the day, Google finally launches its next virtual reality (VR) headset into the world, Daydream View. In a section of the VR market dominated by Samsung Gear VR for the last year, Daydream View is the first serious competition. Daydream View currently only works with Google’s latest smartphone Pixel, and if you’ve already got yours then you’ll be wanting to fill it with content, and for UK customers at least there’s 12 videogames to choose from at present.

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The titles range from being completely free up to a maximum of £10 GBP, they are:

  1. Wonder Glade – Free (in-app purchases) – Resolution Studios
  2. Hunters Gate – £4.99 – Climax Studios
  3. Mekorama – £3.79 – Martin Magni
  4. Claro – £4.89 – Super Bright
  5. EarthShape – £4.79 – Bithell
  6. Polyrunner VR – Free – LucidSight
  7. VR Karts Sprint – Free – Viewpoint Games
  8. Danger Goat – £4.99 – nDreams
  9. Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes – £9.99 – Steelcrate Games
  10. Twilight Pioneers – Free – Netease
  11. Daydream Blue – £4.79 – RalphVR
  12. Action Bowling – £3.19 – Tribal City

While this list may seem short do bear in mind however that the Daydream service has just launched and some titles will take longer to arrive. Below is a list of all the other videogames expected to arrive today.

  1. Archer E Bowman – VoidAlpha
  2. Arcslinger – Big Red Button
  3. Baskhead – VRLines
  4. Classroom Aquatic – Sunken Places
  5. Evil Robot Traffic Jam – Element Games
  6. Frostbound – Schell Games
  7. Gunjack 2: End of Shift – CCP Games
  8. Home Run Derby – MLB
  9. Layers of Fear – Aspyr
  10. Moatboat – Moatboat
  11. Need for Speed: No Limits VR – EA
  12. Sisters – Otherworld
  13. Untethered – Numinous
  14. Wands – Nux Studios

VRFocus will continue its coverage of Daydream View, reporting back with any further updates.

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10 Daydream Apps Launch Today, 40 More Coming By Year’s End

Alongside the official reveal of the Google Pixel phone last month, Google announced Daydream View, a VR headset and controller combo designed for use with the company’s first Daydream-ready phone. Now available on the Google Store, Verizon and Best Buy, Daydream View is coming in with 10 apps and 41 more planned for release by the year’s end.

Starting today, you’ll be able to download some of the basic Google apps including YouTube (with 360 video support), Street View​, Play Movies virtual cinema​, Google Photos, and the Google Arts & Culture museum app—all of them free, and all of them designed specifically to work in VR.

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To that, Google is publishing 5 other apps built by third-party developers today:

  • Wonderglade​ (Resolution Games)— You’re magically teleported to an ever growing theme park where you can enjoy carnival-themed classic games. Using Daydream View’s controller, you can putt, tilt, spray, spin and laugh your way through all the levels. [Free with in-app purchases]
  • Mekorama​ (Martin Magni) — In this game, you’ll help a tiny robot stumble home through 50 puzzling mechanical dioramas. [$3.99 USD]
  • Star Chart VR​ (Escapist Games Ltd)— You’ll explore the solar system in a beautiful and accurate real-time space simulation, from the Sun to the smallest moons of Saturn and out to the coldest, darkest, farthest reaches of Pluto. [$4.99 USD]
  • Hunters Gate (Climax Studios)​ — The classic shooter has been reinvented for a completely new VR experience where you’ll blast your way through the town of Hunters Gate as either Forge (a lucky gunslinger) or Payne (a revenge driven mage) as you defend it from demon invasion. Unlock and upgrade powerful weapons, spells, and Hunter skills. Hunters Gate also offers co-op play over local Wi-Fi and hours of procedural content. [$5.99 USD]
  • Wall Street Journal ​— The Wall Street Journal VR app offers reporting and analysis combining breaking news, a real-time interactive market data visualization, and 360 interactive videos in an immersive virtual reality experience. [Free app]

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Coming Before Year’s End

An interesting mix of experiences, proprietary VR cinemas, and games are coming to the Daydream platform soon. If you have a Samsung Gear VR, you’ll see a number of familiar names below.

Note: We have access to the famous J.K. Rowling VR experience Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them on the review model Google provided us, but it’s unsure at this time if it will be launching today or in the days to follow. The list below was provided to us by Google.

Apps and Experiences

  • BBC
  • CNN VR
  • Fantastic Beasts
  • Hello Mars (UCCVR)
  • IdeaSpace (Wayfair)
  • Invasion! (Baobab)
  • NYT VR
  • Relax VR (Now Technologies Play)
  • The Rose and I (Penrose)
  • The Turning Forest (BBC)
  • Underworld (The Guardian)
  • VRtually There (USA Today)

Personal Cinemas

  • HBO Go
  • Hulu VR
  • Jaunt
  • NBA
  • NextVR
  • Netflix

Games

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New Screenshots for Daydream View Title Danger Goat Released

A few days ago British virtual reality (VR) developer nDreams released details for its next immersive title, Danger Goat for Daydream View. A completely different style of project from The Assembly which is available for Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and PlayStation VR, Danger Goat is a comedic puzzle adventure. The earlier reveal showcased a trailer and now we’ve got some new screenshots and images.

Inspired back classic spy capers, Danger Goat sees the intrepid four-legged animal looking for a safe route back to his spaceship, and its up to players to guide him there. Naturally this is no easy task and the videogame features 28 levels filled with all manner of obstacles and traps, from missiles and shrink rays to crazy killer robots.

As the images showcase, this is bold, highly cartoon style adventure that’s as much about strategy, avoiding those traps at all costs, and pure mayhem.

Danger Goat is exclusive to Daydream View, utilising the head-mounted display’s (HMD’s) controller to full effect, sabotaging traps and knocking down the stone towers to create routes through.

The title will be available on Daydream View’s launch day next Thursday, 10th November. VRFocus will continue its coverage of nDreams, reporting back with the latest updates.

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First Trailer Released for nDreams’ Daydream View Title Danger Goat

Google’s next virtual reality (VR) head-mounted display (HMD), Daydream View is scheduled to launch next week and developers have been revealing which titles owners can expect to see on day one. UK-based VR specialist nDreams (The Assembly) has announced its next videogame, Danger Goat will be a day one launch experience, and unveiled the first teaser trailer.

Danger Goat is a puzzle adventure where players have to guide their goat to safety through all manner of obstacles and traps. Using the Daydream controller the goat can run, slide and catapult through the levels, with missiles, shrink rays, crazy killer robots and more looking to stop players in their tracks.

An exclusive to the Daydream View platform, Danger Goat features 28 levels to master, covering a wide range of themes. From wild forests and snowy mountains to the farthest reaches of outer space, players will need to grasp the unique features of the Daydream controller to knock down monoliths and sabotage traps to create that route through.

As you’ll see from the trailer Danger Goat is a comedic take on the puzzle genre, with a bold art style and inspiration taken from old school spy capers.

Daydream View will launch next Thursday, 10th November for $79 USD/ £69 GBP, available through Google Store and various retailers in select countries. Currently only the Pixel smartphone has been confirmed to support the HMD, but Google does have several other smartphone partners who’ll be bringing out compatible devices in the near future.

For all the latest VR news on Daydream View, keep reading VRFocus.