Call of the Starseed is now included with every HTC Vive purchase, along with Tilt Brush and Zombie Training Simulator. That means everyone who buys a new Vive will get Call of the Starseed bundled for free, and our adventure will be many players’ first step into virtual reality.
Needless to say, this is an incredible honour. This dream of Virtual Reality has consumed our lives for the better half of five years, and now here we are, the Duck Hunt of VR. This is an enormous milestone for our team, essentially guaranteeing that every future Vive owner (while supplies last™) will get to play the game that we’ve poured our hearts and lives into.
It means that our head-first dive into the murky waters of an unknown tech has found fruition. There’s no bigger validation than knowing that the remarkable people at HTC, Vive, and Valve—the developers and innovators who have shaped our passions and our careers—want to show us off. And to be included with the wonderful people at Acceleroto and Google is simply humbling.
But it’s not just HTC to thank. It’s the incredible reception we’ve received since launch from players like you that’s kept us on the map. We get notifications in the studio every time a Steam review comes in, and we read each one.
Sometimes we get just these strings of positive responses saying things like Call of the Starseed is the “best experience I’ve ever had in a game, with any device.”
Here are some of the most touching reviews we've received:
[Call of the Starseed] reminded me why I love gaming.
On paper it's a straightforward adventure game but, if The Gallery is any indication, VR will be transformative for the genre.
IMO This game is to VR what Half Life was to PC Gaming. Polished, Innovative, story driven and ahead of its time.
If you like adventure games (Gabriel Knight, Kings Quest, Myst, etc) then prepare to never play one of those ever again. This is the future.
It just goes on and on...
One guy even said that our game "needs a Nobel Peace Prize"
It's just nuts.
So thank you, everyone, for your amazing reviews. Thank you for engaging with us in the forums, sharing your unique experiences, asking us questions, and offering suggestions. Thank you for sticking with us and appreciating our efforts to deliver to you a meaningful experience worthy of diving into this newfangled medium. And yes, thank you for submitting bug reports, too. That latest patch was for you <3.
From everyone in this little studio, on this little island, off the coast of little old Canada, we thank you.
Love, Cloudhead Games.