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Motorbike could be the first ‘Angry Birds’ of VR

“Ever since I got my DK2 I have been voraciously devouring as many demos as I possibly can (although I am limited at the moment by my older MacBook) and have loved every second of it. But there is one game that has pulled me back slightly more than the rest so far, if only because its so easy to pick up and play for ten minutes; and that game is MotorBike”

After receiving our Development Kit a few weeks ago, we thought that Motorbike would generate great immersive experiences for the Rift head-mounted display.

At the beginning we placed the virtual camera on the riders head, but it turned out that all those sudden moves and accelerations induce disorientation and dizziness. Then we experimented with other ways to control the camera without good results, until we figured out a nice solution by miniaturizing the world and slowly translating the camera only on X and Y axes.

The result is wonderful. When playing with the Rift, you can rotate your head to check the world around you, and you can move closer of far away from the action in real time. In a few words, you feel that you are inside the game.

The guys at Rift Arcade posted a play session on YouTube. We just wish it would be another way to present the experience.

Kink generates random looped curves for you to trace over. You can start tracing from any portion of the curve. A black spot appears at the opposite portion and starts to follow the curve in the same direction you took. Avoid touching this dot or you will get kinked. If traced correctly a new curve is created with an increased level of difficulty.

The classic board game of all times, with gorgeous graphics, computer opponent, and intuitive interface.

Backgammon is a game of luck and strategy. Beautiful handcrafted board and pieces are showcased in a 3D view with rotation and zoom.

With Backgammon you can test your playing skills against the computer, or against friends or family on the same device.

A few months ago Amazon invited baKno to port Motorbike for the coming product. We received a development box along with the controller, and easy to follow instructions on how to configure, load and test our game code. In a few weeks we ported the game which is basically the console version running on a powerful Android device.

Motorbike is available on the Amazon Fire TV since day one. It runs smoothly at 1080p and requires the Amazon Fire Game Controller.

La physique de la moto n’est pas en reste, celle-ci étant de haute-qualité et c’est bien sûr grâce à cela que l’on plonge avec plaisir dans le jeu, à peine fut-il lancé. On ne se sent jamais lésé par le gameplay, par cette physique, on sait que si l’on rate c’est forcément de notre faute. Et l’on peut vous garantir que l’on s’en veut souvent. Même si le logiciel reste accessible, avec certaines pistes faciles et d’autres qu’il faudra étudier quelques fois, on en découvrira des ultra relevées, qui feront s’arracher les cheveux de bien des gamers. Mais ce côté die and retry fonctionne très bien, car l’on retente encore et encore, en se disant » Là il faut que j’accélère, là je dois me diriger ainsi, rah j’y étais presque… « . Les développeurs savent aussi bien jouer sur cette corde, que sur nos nerfs avec certains parcours abracadabrantesques.

This cool dreadlocks Pelican is called Rasty, your new buddy.

Rasty likes flying and swimming around the beautiful Caribbean sea, soaring the sky and flapping at the rhythm of reggae music.

Control Rasty on his journey, avoiding different obstacles and natural dangers, while keeping his energy and oxygen levels. Restore Rasty's energy with food, and collect as many coins as possible.

Rasty Pelican is available for Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android.