Bounce

Crashes Steam VR on startup with my HP Reverb G2.

First VR puzzel game I actually enjoyed for longer than 20 minutes.

Great puzzler!

Loved playing this chilled game but sadly wmr controllers look as if they are doubled up and overlay themselg.and do not work

A very polished and well executed physics puzzle that makes great use of the VR platform. Gameplay consists of getting a ball from one point to another using a variety of ramps, tubes, conveyor belts, and other stuff. I enjoyed these type of games on the flat screen, but it’s way better (tougher and more interesting) in VR 3D. I’m just over half an hour in, and made it through ten levels. It’s fifty levels total, and they appear to be getting more complex as I play, so I bet there’ll be a couple hours of content here. It looks great, runs smooth and stable, and is fun and challenging. Great stuff! Thumbs: UP!

I completed 16 of the 50 puzzles in my first sitting and had a wonderful time. I always know I'm onto something special when I smile the whole time I'm playing (and I am horribly depressed, so this game performed a minor miracle). I love puzzle games like this: physical, practical, immediate, rather than esoteric "puzzles that god made when drunk and in a whimsical mood" type stuff that leaves me baffled and frustrated. The goal of each room is simple (but not at all!): get the little robot ball from where he emerges to the exit point. Each room gives you a selection of bounce pads, tubes, boost rings etc., that you can place anywhere to create a marble madness style course. You get ranked on your designs, with more stars awarded for using fewer pieces (and possibly other criteria I don’t understand – I wasn’t always sure why I scored highly or poorly). I usually ended up using most of my pieces and creating inelegant courses but I didn’t care because I was enjoying myself. Your robot ball will bounce, boost, shoot over obstacles, get pulled by tractor beans, and ricochet round corners. It's so satisfying and playful, no matter how messy and makeshift your constructions. The physics are solid, natural and reliable, and I didn't give them a second thought, which is just as it should be. You only notice physics in games if they’re wrong or glitchy. The music is catchy too. Thanks to VR you’ll be viewing your arrangements from all angles, tweaking and perfecting; you’ll feel very present and rooted in this world and have a sense of the solidity of your constructions. Yes, it would work as a flatscreen first person game, but the child in you will appreciate the mansize Mouse Traps (look it up if you’re not as old as me. It’s a board game from the Jurassic period). Anyway, I loved it. I am also a fan of the Talos Principal, The Swapper, Clank’s puzzle bits in Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time, and both Portal games, so that might give you an idea of the sort of puzzle game fan I am and whether Bounce might be for you. It's fantastically priced too. (I played on the Oculus Rift, front facing only with limited space. I had no problem playing because the game has a directional teleport system and click turning. It also has crouch, which was great because my tracking loses me if I bend too low)

Simple but fun. Grab it on a sale as there isn't much content.