Welcome to our Steam-page for ‘Rob Riches’. Our upcoming puzzle adventure game has been in development for a while by now, and we feel we have something great cooking for you all. With this page we plan to keep you updated as we progress towards our October launch. The current page shows the state the game is in right now, but way more is coming. So, Wishlist to follow our progress.
So, what is ‘Rob Riches’ all about? As you can see you play as Rob Riches, an adventurer and treasure hunter. He is on a constant search for the next big treasure, but to get hold of them he has to go into deserted temples around the world. And, of course, those temples are filled with traps and challenges. The game is hence about solving the temple mysteries!
During the autumn and winter, we prototyped a lot of games internally, and when the dust settled it was ‘Rob Riches’ which was clearly the best candidate. It was fun and interesting from the first iteration, and as we have experimented with more worlds, traps, levels and a full setting around it we have fallen more and more in love with it. If you love puzzle games, we are fairly certain you will really dig Rob Riches!
The first prototype was inspired by one the early ice-gyms in Pokemon. We felt this puzzle had a lot more to it, and we decided to build more functionality into it. As we did, we unraveled a ‘pandoras box’ of cool gameplay mechanics. We didn’t want to make it an action game, more zen-like in nature, so we decided then to hone in towards the TRAPS of ancient temples. As that whole gameplay came along, we saw this game deserved a really cool world around it, and then invented a world around and Rob Riches himself.
Our first “external” showing of the game was then at the recent Big Indie Pitch (PC/Console edition), where the game was tied for third place and got an ‘Honorable mention’. Showed to a variety of judges, we felt this was the first “proof point” of the quality we are building.
By now we have built three distinct worlds, taking inspiration from the ancient world. One is a Maya, one is a Viking (of course, we are Norwegians) and one is ‘Egyptian’ in nature. Using these ancient places means we have a lot of cool stuff to pull from.
With this game we are then making it a premium experience, lasting a few hours depending on your wits, pace and wish (there will be ways to find smarter ways through the temple, more on that later). We hope, and believe, you can really immerse yourself in this world, and are now also building a full soundtrack and custom music around it. We will do all we can to make it a rewarding, intriguing and unique puzzle adventure experience.
Hmm, what more is there to say? Well, follow this page, Wishlist us (please) and from August we plan to frequently update you on new graphics, levels, music and more!
Team Rob Riches