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Catland Adds VR Support to The Spy Who Shrunk Me, Announces Taphouse 2 from Summer 2019

Finnish indie developer Catland has made two big announcements today. The first is the long-awaited rollout of virtual reality (VR) support for The Spy Who Shrunk Me. The second is confirmation of a sequel to Taphouse VR, with Taphouse 2: The Taphousening.

The Spy Who Shrunk Me VR

The Spy Who Shrunk Me VR has been promised ever since Catland first announced the title during 2018. Initially planned for a March release, the VR version was put on hold due to an update called ‘Technological Difficulties’ last month. The Spy Who Shrunk Me VR is a free update for those who already own the original version of the videogame.

You can play the entire experience in VR, supported on HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Windows Mixed Reality headsets. It’ll be updated alongside the standard version, with new mission “A Quaternion Identity” coming next month, as well as further VR improvements.

“The goal of Catland is to make hilarious videogames that embrace insanity. If we can make you think ‘what the hell are we playing right now’, we have succeeded at that. We are delighted to finally ship The Spy Who Shrunk Me to VR – the game feels entirely different in VR due to the amazing feeling of scale through the use of the shrink ray,” said Tomi Toikka, Founder, CEO & Creative Director of Catland in a statement.

In addition to The Spy Who Shrunk Me VR, Catland is also working on Taphouse 2: The Taphousening for PC and VR headsets. The original Taphouse VR was a fantasy bar tending simulator serving dwarves. The sequel will expand upon this premise by adding pint-sized goblins and snobby elves, 5 new taverns, and new tavern games.

Taphouse 2: The Taphousening has been requested the most from our fans and we are delighted to tell you it is indeed in production. New taverns, new customers, more crazy drinks and even crazier drunks are all in. This time you can also enjoy the game on the PC without a VR headset,” Toikka adds.

The Spy Who Shrunk Me is available on Steam for £11.99 GBP. Taphouse 2: The Taphousening is set for a summer release with a $5.99 USD price tag. For further updates, keep reading VRFocus.

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Fantasy Bartending Simulator Title Taphouse VR Is Now Available

Sometimes the fantasy setting can be a be overwhelming. What with all the dragons that need killing and the dungeons that need exploring. Some players might want to take a more relaxing path of setting up shop and running a business to take that hard earned gold from the adventuring types. Thanks to virtual reality (VR) and developer Catland, players can experience just that by running their very own fantasy bar and serving a host of different drinks to the dwarves who are in need of a delicious refreshment in Taphouse VR.

First announced back in September 2017, the title allows players the chance to step behind the bar and keep their customers happy by supplying them with all manner of drinks. Of course, what bar would be complete without the odd fight now and again so get ready to have to deal with some of that because dwarves and drink are an interesting mix. Should the work become to much don’t worry because you can always play some of the slot machines yourself and even take your frustrating out on some patrons by throwing them out, should you wish.

Players will need to make use of the motion controllers to carefully pour the drinks into the glasses, operate the taps and send away customers if they are a bit on the worse side. The orders that come in however will not always be a simple task as there is a wide variety of drinks available to serve along with recipes to be completed to create the ultimate drink that will make even the strongest of dwarves fall down hard.

Be fast, efficient and careful when serving to earn extra gold and should you want to put on a show them learn some ticks to keep the patrons happy at the bar. Their intelligent drunkard AI will not only see them coming to the bar to order the next round but also ensure they use the slot machines, drink to their pass out and even start a fight now and again. You’ll really need to keep an eye on them if you want to be able to make it through the shift without any major problems.

Taphouse VR is available now on Steam as a free to play title with support for Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Windows Mixed Reality headsets with an optional £1.69 (GBP) fidget spinner DLC available. For more on the title in the future, keep reading VRFocus.

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Serve Drinks To Ripped And Beardy Dwarves In Taphouse VR

Taphouse VR

Bar simulators have a long and storied history in video games, going back to 1983’s Tapper. Taphouse VR, from Catland Studios in Finland, follows in that tradition. The elevator pitch from the developers describes their HTC Vive title like this: “It’s kind of like My Summer Car had a baby with Job Simulator- My Summer Bar, if you will.”

The game’s trailer depicts disembodied hands serving beer and cocktails to muscle strapped dwarves with 19th-century facial hair. Based on the Job Simulator and My Summer Car inspiration, we imagine the game is brimming with sharp wit. “If you want to experience a horrible approximation of night life after 1 AM in a local drinking hole, boy do we have a game for you,” say the developers. Thankfully, game trailers aren’t quite as a bad as movie trailers when it comes to giving away all the good jokes, so it’ll all seem fresh on October 17th when Taphouse VR hits Steam Early Access.

What are your favorite drinking themed video games? We’ll give our vote to the drink serving mini-game in Chrono Trigger. Or, better yet, what are the best video game themed drinking games?

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