By Jim Rossignol on December 9th, 2011 at 2:13 pm.
Gosh, did we really not post anything about super-stylish indie puzzler Q.U.B.E. since Lewie’s interview a while back? It looks like we did not. And it’s a game worth keeping an eye on, I think, not just because it’s a neat idea for a first-person game, but also because it’s the first title from the Indie Fund, that cabal of clever indies who have got together to back innovative projects. Q.U.B.E. will be their first game, and it’s an intriguing prospect: a first-person puzzle of escalating complexity, based on the properties of a selection of coloured cubes. You can take a look at the official trailer below for a bit of an illustration of what that means, and remember that the game is out December 16th on Steam.
09/12/2011 at 14:19 Lewie Procter says:
Played this at Gamecity. It’s a bit brilliant.
09/12/2011 at 19:56 Syra says:
While it looks very pretty and stylised, that trailer doesn’t actually show anything happening at all. The blocks, they move with magic hands. Cool, but what are the puzzles like? The only thing that alludes to a puzzle is the red one with the wire touching the other red one.
Is it portal levels of clever and cool or is it a gimmicky cash in on the same aesthetic?
09/12/2011 at 14:20 Network Crayon says:
I have a pair of gloves like that.
09/12/2011 at 14:36 qptain Nemo says:
I have a pair of pants like that.
09/12/2011 at 17:30 matty_gibbon says:
I have a pair of pants like gloves.
09/12/2011 at 19:57 Syra says:
I have a pair of hats like pants
09/12/2011 at 14:22 Balobam says:
Just because of how they spell it, I pronounce it as COOB and think of this everytime I read something about it – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aGDCE6Nrz0
09/12/2011 at 14:24 Duckee says:
Is this a Portal spin off, or is it merely just inspired by it?
09/12/2011 at 14:57 Grimm says:
It looks more like a Vincenzo Natali’s Cube spin-off. You know, the Canadian indie film?
09/12/2011 at 15:20 DrGonzo says:
That it does. But then Portal has a Cube vibe about it too. Hadn’t linked the two until took read your post though!
09/12/2011 at 15:24 MichaelPalin says:
No, this is from Quadrature Science. They are not as well known as Aperture or Black Mesa, but they have some research projects that can give them a big boost on the field of world domination technologies.
09/12/2011 at 14:25 EvilMonk3y says:
Visually it looks lovely with some great use of colour in combination with the sterile ‘testing’ environments. It looks like some sort of Mirrors Edge and Portal hybrid.
I know it is the easy comparison to make but there is certainly an overall Portal 2 vibe going on in the trailer (does anyone know if this is built in Source?).
Will be keeping an eye on this.
09/12/2011 at 14:33 Lewie Procter says:
UDK.
09/12/2011 at 14:26 Vexing Vision says:
That does look rather interesting.
I’ll wait for the price point though.
09/12/2011 at 18:31 Just Endless says:
almost positive they’ve said $10.
09/12/2011 at 14:26 sinister agent says:
As I am just a stupid game playing person, they should rename this, or I will obviously go out and accidentally buy a shoe shop.
09/12/2011 at 14:33 inertia says:
Queueueueueing is even more difficult to get right than banananana.
09/12/2011 at 14:52 Lambchops says:
Quick understanding of block extrusion?
More like Queasily Undertaking Brain Explosion am I right?
Looks like it could be interesting I’ll definitely keep an eye on it.
09/12/2011 at 16:31 Jigowatt says:
More like Quite Unnecessary Backronym Employment…
10/12/2011 at 01:26 seventhrib says:
I have to say that the Quip Upwards, Best Ever. ahhh i’m not as good at this as him.
09/12/2011 at 15:02 Wang Tang says:
Looks entirely fabulobulous.
09/12/2011 at 15:08 ZIGS says:
But will it be better than this?
http://youtu.be/4aGDCE6Nrz0
09/12/2011 at 16:42 Highstorm says:
I believe this is something of an origin story for CUBE!
09/12/2011 at 15:15 CaspianRoach says:
This looks complicated. Monkey brain not comprehend, monkey brain silly.
09/12/2011 at 15:17 pblackburn says:
Very excited about this
09/12/2011 at 15:28 MichaelPalin says:
Arghghghhhg, Steam exclusive, wharhghghhg!
It would be nice if, as an indie fund, they also build up some infrastructure to sell the games DRM free and with as lower a cut as possible for intermediaries. You know, like the Humble Indie Infrastructure or something.
09/12/2011 at 15:56 Amnesiac says:
That looks more like Portal than Portal 2 did.
Looks like fun
09/12/2011 at 17:33 gwathdring says:
Oooh … I hope it tickles the brain as much as the trailer implies.
10/12/2011 at 22:24 foofly says:
I went to uni with the guys that made this. There are some very clever puzzles in it. Well worth getting when it comes out.