Most loved and best selling VR city creator adds hand tracking support, offering a whole new way to play
June 30, 2022
[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Game Developer and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press]
Author: nDreams
Little Cities, the made-for-VR city creator, has today released its ‘Big Hands in Little Cities’ update, where players can get hands-on with cutting-edge Hand Tracking 2.0 support. This first (and free!) content update means intrepid players can discover a new, relaxing way to play that puts city creation literally at their fingertips.
Players can explore their mini metropolis with a range of simple hand gestures, with intuitive movements for navigation, zooming in and out and effortlessly crafting homes, shops and services. Plus, popping bubbles on the menu system feels even more satisfying!
“We’ve always been excited by the many ways that VR allows us to innovate and create immersive game design,” said James Howard, co-founder of developer Purple Yonder. “Naturally, we were very excited to start working on bringing hand tracking to Little Cities and we’re proud of the way that we’ve integrated it so that, whether you want to create your city with your hands or using the Quest Touch controllers, you get the same cozy, accessible and fun city creation experience.”
Join us in celebrating Big Hands in Little Cities’ release with our latest trailer: Little Cities | Hand Tracking Update Trailer | Meta Quest VR + Press Kit
With this innovative update in players’ hands, the Purple Yonder team can’t wait to hear feedback from the community as they experience Hand Tracking 2.0.
Little Cities’ next content update, Pretty Little Cities, will bring fresh cosmetics to make your creations feel truly unique! Since launch, Purple Yonder have been overwhelmed and inspired by the number of suggestions from the Little Cities community and are super keen to include some of them in the next update. To accommodate this, maintain high quality and keep things sustainable for Purple Yonder’s two-person team, we’ve opted to turn it into a more substantial update in September.
To stay up to date with Little Cities and future post-launch content, be sure to follow Purple Yonder on Twitter and nDreams on Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube and Instagram to be the first to know about upcoming announcements.
About Little Cities
Developed by UK indie studio Purple Yonder and published by award-winning VR studio nDreams, Little Cities has become the most loved VR city creator since its release on Quest and Quest 2 last month. The game has an average user rating of 4.6 on the Quest Store, making it one of the highest rated games in Quest history, plus a current score of 80 on vrgamecritic, with critics particularly praising the game’s UI, accessibility and VR-first design.
About nDreams Ltd.
nDreams Ltd. (www.ndreams.com) is a world-leading VR game developer and publisher, combining innovation with excellence. We are the team behind the award-winning Phantom: Covert Ops, the free-roam VR arcade smash Far Cry: Dive Into Insanity and Fracked.
Early in 2021 we announced our Third-Party Publishing arm, focused on looking for externally developed projects that, alongside our internally developed titles, push the boundaries of VR.
Contact us at: [email protected]
About Purple Yonder
Purple Yonder (www.purpleyonder.com) is a new VR studio, based in Cambridgeshire, UK. Founded by husband and wife team, James and Kelly Howard, Little Cities is Purple Yonder's debut game. The studio is committed to creating captivating VR experiences, using their experience of working on AAA and indie titles to deliver compelling gameplay in VR.
For more information contact: [email protected]
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