Category: Ludicrous Speed

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Competition: Move Fast To Enter This Ludicrous Speed Prize Draw

The end of the week is here once again, and that of course means (now that E3 is out of the way for another year) that it’s competition time here on VRFocus. This time you’ll be wanting to probably stretch your muscles in advance because the virtual reality (VR) videogame we’re offering codes for is a pretty hectic one.

We’ve teamed up with developers Manic Machine to give you the chance to win one of five Steam codes for their VR title Ludicrous Speed. In Ludicrous Speed, currently in Early Access and available to Oculus Rift and HTC Vive life is a race – and it’s a race to survive! Using your well-acquired gaming skills you’ll utilise running, jumping and grinding on walls to traverse the neon-filled world. All while collecting rings, dodging the numerous hazards and listening to high-tempo music. Think Sprint Vector meets the special stage from Sonic The Hedgehog 2 – except it’s an utter deathtrap.

Gotta go fast, indeed…

“Ludicrous Speed is an arcade-style infinite runner that employs a dynamic physical movement system along with parallel trackpad or thumbstick-based controls, allowing you to discover your own natural style of moving and propel yourself through its infinitely-generated track – collecting rings, dodging hazards, and setting new records.”

As regular readers will expect with one of our prize draws here at VRFocus, entry is made via interaction our social media accounts. So, if you are a follower of us on Twitter? Boom, you’ll get an entry (once the system checks you are indeed following us). Visit us on Facebook? Yup, that’s another. Of course you should totally us on there as well since I mention it. .  All you need to do is interact with the Gleam app below. It’s pretty simple.

The competition will be open a week. Beginning today and ending at midnight UK time on June 29th, 2018. The draw will be made shortly thereafter..

You can find the app below. Best of luck.

Competition: Win A Code For Ludicrous Speed

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Running At Ludicrous Speed On Steam Early Access

The idea of running at extremely high speeds to collect golden rings might sound suspiciously familiar, but this virtual reality (VR) endless runner is not quite what it initially sounds like. Instead, it is an intense, trippy journey that reacts to the music you have playing.

Players of Ludicrous Speed are invited to run through a surreal neon world that reacts to the music you are listening to whether that’s the in-game tunes or your own personal music library, with the environment responding in sync as you run, jump and wall-grind.

Players have a choice of using the trackpad controls to direct movement, or swinging arms in a skating motion to control your running speed in a way that is more physically active. Running, jumping, wall jumps and wall-grinds are all available to perform to make sure you keep on running.

The developers at Manic Machine have attempted to create an infinite runner that lets users keep going, even if all your lives are lost, the gameplay will seamlessly flow into the next run, letting players keep the flow of gameplay and watch the high-score tick up.

The development team are hoping that the time Ludicrous Speed spends in early access will help them gather feedback from the community to improve the title before its planned release at the end of 2018.

There are plans to introduce more hazard layouts, additional art, support for Steam achievements and some toggle options that allows users to customise the core gameplay experience. While the title is in a playable state, the way levels react to the music is still in a relatively early phase of development.

Ludicrous Speed is available on Steam Early Access for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, with plans to add Windows Mixed Reality support at a later date. The title is priced at £5.99 (GBP) and further information can be found on the Steam store page.

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