The Darkness Awaits As Blind Emerges Onto VR

Imagine waking up alone, in a mysterious and eerie mansion house, without your sight and with only echoes to guide you. This is the fate visited about Jean, the protagonist of newly released virtual reality (VR) mystery-thriller Blind.

Blind is the creation of developer Tiny Bull Studios along with independent publisher Fellow Traveller (previously known as Surprise Attack Games). Blind was created to offer players thought-provoking puzzles and challenging exploration of the unknown.

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As Jean, players awake in a strange room without sight and with a cloudy memory. The only guide they have is the strange and unsettling Warden. Navigating through the mysterious mansion involves using echolocation, which will reveal the outline of objects. Clever use of this ability is needed to solve puzzles and uncover the mystery of Jean’s past.

“Point of view is integral to the first-person gaming experience, since players need to feel like they’re accurately observing and living in the world around their character,” said Matteo Lana, CEO of Tiny Bull Studios. “A lot of first-person games can operate on an ‘out of sight, out of mind’ approach to the environment, but this wasn’t the case for Blind. Since the fundamental core of our game is based on redefining the player’s sight, we focused on creating an environment where players really get to engage with and keep tabs on their surroundings, becoming familiar with the mansion as they would with their own home.”

Blind is out new in digital format for the PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR) VR headsets. It can be bought from Steam, the Oculus Store or PlayStation Store for $24.99 (USD).

A physical retail release of Blind is being published by Perp Games, which will be available from 28th September, with a North American release to follow.

For future coverage of Blind and other upcoming VR titles, keep checking back with VRFocus.

VR Thriller Blind Reveals Release Date

Horror titles in virtual reality (VR) are terrifying enough when you can see where you are going, VR puzzle-thriller Blind ramps things up by taking away your ability to see and forcing you to navigate using echolocation. Players will soon be able to get the experience for themselves with the announcement of the release date for Blind.

Blind will be heading to HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR on 18th September, with a physical release to follow shortly after.

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The title was developed by Tiny Bull Studios and Fellow Traveller, and puts players in the midst of an eerie mansion, a twisted place full of mystery, where players must navigate using echo location to reveal outlines of objects.

Players take on the role of a young women who awakes alone in a strange room, confronted with the realisation that she has lost her sense of sight. Using echolocation, players need to solve various puzzles in order to reveal the mystery of the mansion and the secrets that the player character is carrying.

“Most VR titles use the medium to flood players’ senses, but we wanted to do something special and restrict the senses in a way,” says Matteo Lana, CEO of Tiny Bull Studios. “But even as Blind inhibits our standard perception of sight, the echolocation mechanic and fully-encompassing environment engage the player and enhance the puzzle gameplay in a way that only VR can.”

Blind will be available digitally for PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and OSVR from 18th September, priced at $24.99 (USD). A physical retail release is also being published by Perp Games, which will be available in EU territories from 28th September, with a North American release date to follow.

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Further information can be found on the Steam Store page. For future coverage of Blind and other upcoming VR titles, keep checking back with VRFocus.

Psychological VR Thriller ‘Blind’ to Launch on PSVR, Rift & Vive September 18th

Tiny Bull Studios and Fellow Traveller (ex-Surprise Attack Games), today announced that Blind, the long-awaited psychological thriller, is slated to launch globally on September 18th for PSVR, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and OSVR.

Blind puts you in the shoes of a young woman who has just awoken in a strange room to find she’s lost her vision—well, almost. Instead of seeing, she uses echolocation to reveal the curious world around her. Led by the disembodied narrator Warden, you navigate a sprawling mansion, solve puzzles and uncover the mystery behind it all.

Blind is said to feature around five to eight hours of gameplay.

Image courtesy Tiny Bull Studios

Initially conceived during the 2014 Global Game Jam, Blind has come a long way for the Turin, Italy-based Tiny Bull Studios. Evolving from a concept originally built for PC, dubbed Come See My House, the fledgling studio went on to rebuild the game from the ground-up for VR headsets. The concept won ‘Best Game’ of the 2014 Turin Game Jam, owing to its innovative echolocation mechanic.

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“Most VR titles use the medium to flood players’ senses, but we wanted to do something special and restrict the senses in a way,” says Matteo Lana, CEO of Tiny Bull Studios. “But even as Blind inhibits our standard perception of sight, the echolocation mechanic and fully encompassing environment engage the player and enhance the puzzle gameplay in a way that only VR can.”

Image courtesy Tiny Bull Studios

Blind will be available digitally on September 18th for $25 on PSN (PSVR), Oculus Store (Rift), and Steam (Vive, Rift, OSVR). A physical retail version, published by Perp Games will become available in Europe beginning September 28th, with a North American release date to follow.

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