House of Secrets

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Project descriptions and press releases

  • KIN

    KIN

    Traverse alien landscapes, battle your enemies and solve puzzles to find out your story in the virtual reality platformer KIN.

    House of Secrets presents a VR puzzle platformer game with combat elements that will have the player traverse the remnants of an ancient civilization on a distant planet. Throughout your journey through alien landscapes, a story will unfold.

    The game holds an abstract aesthetic that has become characteristic for the studio through their earlier VR experiences such as APEX and Surge. Lively colours, intuitive gameplay and interesting level design set the tone for KIN, in which the player moves through the world as a mysterious, tiny girl with big hair clad in a bright dress. Defeating enemies and solving puzzles, she leaps from platform to platform, travelling through different landscapes.

    For more info, please visit http://www.kin-game.com

    Credits:

    • Creative Lead | Arjan van Meerten
    • Technical Lead | Sven Neve
    • Producer | Daniëlle de Jonge
    • Senior Programmer | Michael Lam
    • Programmer | Ilona de Bruin
    • Designer | Joost Jordens
    • Designer | Mike von Rotz
    • Animator | Ruud Renting
    • Sound Design | Ramon Kerstens
    • Sound Design | Arjen Schut

    Details:

    • Year of production: 2017
    • Released: December 2017, January 2018
    • Available for: Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Rift VR
    • Press contact: Sven Neve
    • info@houseofsecrets.nl

    Download info sheet”

    https://mega.nz/#!dShwARDL!kTDRiaHQ4v4oO-g-tZlWToNOOdggC9bqVfVaShmyHiE

    Download presskit

    http://www.kin-game.com/downloads/presskit.zip

     I love the level of details, when you get close to the action!

    – ForHeavensSake

    It is deceptively simple, stunningly beautiful, and highly addictive.

    – David Vieux

    The game has a unique abstract style, the scenery is bright, colourful and beautiful, with plenty of personality, and this is by far the prettiest platformer I have ever played.

    – JadeKVR

    It’s relaxing, challenging, fun, addictive and downright gorgeous. I wish VR had more games like this!!

    – MrBlahBlah

  • Surge

    Surge

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    An abstract meditation on the evolutionary process and its relentless march towards complexity.

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    • Direction & Music | Arjan van Meerten
    • Technical Direction & Programming | Sven Neve
    • Production | House of Secrets

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    • Year of Production: 2015
    • Premiere: Kaleidoscope VR Film Festival, August 2015
    • Press contact: Daniëlle de Jonge
      danielle [at] houseofsecrets [dot] nl

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  • APEX

    APEX

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    Step into a surrealistic and darkly beautiful vision of a fiery urban apocalypse; one populated by skeletal ghost animals, abstract shapes, maniacal smiling giants and, of course, you.

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    It tells the story of realities colliding, throwing the viewer in the midst of chaos. Within fire and destruction, the viewer experiences something violent yet beautiful.

    Being confronted with a power so great, all you can do is watch the world burn.

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    – Shoot” show_quote_icon=”yes” quote_icon_color=”#ef8b09″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][blockquote text=”Experience the Apocalypse Firsthand
    – Observer” show_quote_icon=”yes” quote_icon_color=”#e5790d”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css_animation=””][vc_column width=”1/2″][service_table title=”Credits” title_tag=”h3″ title_background_type=”background_color_type” icon=”” icon_size=”fa-lg”]

    • Direction & Music | Arjan van Meerten
    • Technical Direction & Programming | Sven Neve
    • Production & Animation | Ruud Renting
    • Executive Production | Anthony Batt, René Pinnell
    • House of Secrets Interns | Wessel Baay, Anja Jansen, John van Engelenburg
    • Additional Modeling & Animation | Floyd Angenent, Gurkan Yilmaz
    • Made possible by | Wevr, Kaleidoscope VR

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    • Year of Production: 2016
    • Premiere: Tribeca Film Festival, April 2017
    • Press contact: Daniëlle de Jonge
      danielle [at] houseofsecrets [dot] nl

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