Buy Observatory: A VR Variety Pack PC key

Observatory: A VR Variety Pack contains four VR experiences: a music video, a downhill racer, a microscopic spacejet game and an island puzzle game. The pack also includes a short eBook with additional backstory. Its overall narrative is related to two previous games, whose names are not given here.

Phantasmagoria

This experience is a real-time music video for “Phantasmagoria,” a song by Icky Blossoms from their album Mask. It adapts the band’s description of a surreal space-traveling sequence into a real-time cutscene. A 360-degree panorama version is also available.

Hamster Slide

In this downhill racer, you try to spend as much time in the air as possible. You can boost and glide while airborne to skip large sections of tracks, provided you still reach every checkpoint. A new track is procedurally generated each day, with live high scores and automatic replay sharing. Although the races are not live multiplayer, you can see other players racing by.

Antibody

Antibody is a spooky spacejet-style game about microscopic submarines acting as medicine. At the start of each round, you sneak through an infected area as a scout and identify threats. When reinforcements arrive, spotting more targets earns you more friendly units, and both sides enter an asymmetrical dogfight.

The Island

This island puzzle game centers on interactions with strange, physics-based animals. It is designed as both a short, satisfying sequence of puzzles and a setting for relaxation and sandbox play.

Controls and display

The experiences are designed to work with a standard gamepad, and can also be played with a keyboard and mouse. They work on a normal screen as well as in a headset. Motion-controller support is planned for parts of the pack; The Island is highlighted as especially suited to motion controls because it focuses on close-up interactions. The other games support wand controllers for convenience, but are not expected to depend on motion input for gameplay.