Work · Games · 2021–2024
Squingle
The original psychedelic VR puzzle game. Guide revolving orbs through glass-like 3D mazes on a cosmic journey. A five-star cult classic and Best VR Game finalist at GDWC 2021.
Squingle is the game that started Squingle Studios. You guide twin revolving orbs through glass-like sculptures while an ontologically ambiguous goddess takes you on a journey through the creation of the universe. Levels are hand-built, the soundtrack is a progressive electronic score, and the whole thing was designed to soothe as much as to challenge.
I launched it in July 2021 on Quest App Lab and SteamVR. It was a Best VR Game finalist at the Game Development World Championship 2021, spent years near the top of the App Lab ratings, and picked up reviews like these:
10/10 — "The perfect VR game." — Zimtok5
93% — "A masterpiece." — RuffTalkVR
9.1/10 — "One of the most fascinating and original things ever seen in the world of video games." — VR Italia
"Brilliantly creative." — Road to VR
In October 2023 a free mixed-reality update let the sculptures float in your own room on Quest 3, with hand tracking. In November 2024 VRAL Games republished Squingle on the main Meta Quest store with the Twinkled edition shown in the trailer above, cut by ANABURN. Its successor, Squingle Arcade, is a free-to-play reworking of the same mechanic.
Talk: the business of Squingle and working with a Japanese studio
In November 2024 I spoke at the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation about building Squingle as a one-person studio and the publishing collaboration with MyDearest in Japan.
Press about Squingle is collected on the press page.