Launch Puzzles Reveal Week 1 — Hallwyl Museum Pack
We’re getting closer to the launch of the full Puzzling Places game on the Oculus Store for Quest and Quest 2! Why not celebrate it by slowly revealing the incredible new puzzles that are included in the game?
This week, we are revealing the “Hallwyl Museum Pack”, the first of our new “puzzle packs”, which are a collection of puzzles centered around a specific place, theme, or country that are included in Puzzling Places.
The Hallwyl Museum Pack is made in collaboration with the Statens Historiska Museer (the National Historical Museums of Sweden) and it features four of the incredible rooms of the Hallwyl Museum turned into puzzles!
The Hallwyl Museum Pack includes the following four puzzles:
- The Upper Vestibule
- The Stables
- The Billiards Room
- The Drawing Room
Background
The Hallwyl Museum is a Swedish national museum located in Stockholm, Sweden. Built in the late 19th century, originally, it served as the palatial residence of Count and Countess von Hallwyl. The palace was created to accommodate the office of the count as well as the extensive art collection of the countess, many of which are visible on the walls of the various Hallwyl puzzles.
The palace was donated to the Swedish State in 1920 to be turned into a museum on the condition that it would remain unchanged. The museum features preserved rooms from the late Victorian period in Sweden giving a glimpse into the lifestyles of the nobility in Stockholm at the time.
The museum was 3d scanned using Photogrammetry by Erik Lernestål of the SHM in 2017 and the data open-sourced under the CC-Attribution license for people to be able to use for all sorts of purposes. You might be familiar with some of the beautiful Hallwyl rooms through Sketchfab or certain VR experiences such as VRChat and our Patreon puzzle, the Smoking Room — #02!
Working together with Erik and the SHM, we have re-processed and remastered their Photogrammetry scans to create puzzles with stunning detail! And not only the visuals will be gorgeous, all four puzzles feature intricate and unique soundscapes that you’ll unlock while you puzzle. We’re very excited for you all to play it soon!
Game Development Update
As for an update on the release of the game, we’re just a few days away from the gaming “going gold”, meaning, the final production-ready, launch version of the game being finished. We’re working closely with Oculus on quality-assurance testing and bug-fixing.
Very soon once everything is approved, we’ll be able to announce the release date of the game as well as provide an Oculus Store app listing for you to add to your “wishlist”!
Once again, we want to thank each and every one of your Patrons for supporting the development of Puzzling Places. Your contribution, feedback, and support will forever be a part of the Puzzling Places story.
Next Week’s Puzzle Pack Reveal
Every Thursday for the next few weeks, we will be revealing a new set of launch puzzles that are included in Puzzling Places!
What could next week’s reveal be? Here’s a tip: it will include a remastered Puzzling Places classic— as well as 4 epic, never seen before locations in the same region! What region could it be from? And which locations? Have a guess in the comments!
About Puzzling Places
Puzzling Places is a relaxing and wholesome 3D jigsaw puzzle game where players put together hyper-realistic miniatures of beautiful places from around the globe.
With a meditative and calm atmosphere, the game focuses on achievable challenges and a tangible feeling of progression and completion. With every piece puzzled, each “place” slowly comes to life with an immersive and serene soundscape and visuals.
Puzzling Places is a modern take on an age-old pastime that’s fun for the whole family, thanks to its simple rules and easy controls.
Puzzling Places is currently under development and planned to be released for Oculus Quest & Quest 2 this autumn as well as on PlayStation VR this winter.
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