FOR RELEASE ON: MONDAY, MARCH 18, 2024
VANCOUVER, B.C. – Vaudeville Sound Group, a leading global sound design, production, and post-production group, today announced that it has provided Creature, a leading independent game studio, with the sound design for its new mixed reality game, ‘Starship Home,’ coming soon exclusively to the Meta Quest 3.
‘Starship Home’ enables players to traverse the galaxy through an interplanetary expedition to collect, nurture and befriend plants from around the galaxy and solve the mystery of an interstellar crisis – a sinister blight that threatens plant life across the galaxy. The surreal environments deliver a unique adventure that combines reality and fantasy in a familiar sci-fi setting.
Vaudeville’s immersive sound design enhanced the narrative flow of ‘Starship Home.’ Vaudeville is one of the leading designers of immersive audio, having created the first at scale native 3D sound library, for Shutterstock; the first immersive audiobook, for Penguin Random House; the first immersive audio podcasts, and award-winning immersive sound for VR. The company is one of the leading sound designers and creative pioneers for ambisonics, the full-sphere surround sound format.
“The imaginative narrative of ‘Starship Home’ demands a playful and immersive audio design, and we were thrilled to have such a stellar MR environment in which to work,” said Mirko Vogel, Managing Partner / Head of immersive design & development. “The vision of Starship Home and Creature points to its role in the vanguard of MR game studios and we are thrilled to be part of this project with them.”
Key features of ‘Starship Home’ include:
● Interactive Setup: Create a personalized starship environment in your own home
● Plant Nurturing: Heal a variety of alien plants by providing specialized car
● Hyperspace Travel: Experience thrilling jumps to various planets
● Dream Sequences: Enter the dream life of alien plants as you explore the magic of mixed reality
● Planet Exploration: Discover planets with distinctive environments and plant life
● Star Chart Navigation: Explore the galaxy using an interactive star chart
● Narrative-Driven: Follow a captivating story to uncover mysteries
ABOUT VAUDEVILLE SOUND
Vaudeville Sound Group is a leading global creative sound design and mixing firm for broadcast, streaming platforms, XR, gaming and events. The company has one of the leading immersive and spatial sound production and development units and has pioneered the development of in-house audio post-production studios, providing full management, supervision, staffing for all types of audio projects. Vaudeville’s award-winning talent works across its studios in the UK, USA, and Canada. The company has won many awards and nominations, including BAFTA, Emmy’s, CASS, LIA, Clio, RTS, British Arrows, Cannes Lions, New York Festival, D&AD, and many others. For more information, visit www.vaudeville.tv.
ABOUT CREATURE
Founded in 2023, Creature is a VR-focused video game studio and label committed to revolutionizing the gaming industry through innovation and creativity. With a talented team of industry veterans and a portfolio of groundbreaking projects (THRASHER, Laser Dance, Cubism, Budget Cuts and The Light Brigade), Creature aims to build the future of play. In addition to its upcoming launch of the new mixed reality game Starship Home, Creature offers business development services to other independent studios, empowering them to succeed in a competitive market.
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