Rune Skovbo Johansen

Factsheet

Developer:
Rune Skovbo Johansen
Based in Turku, Finland

Release date:
Oct 14, 2021 (Steam), Apr 27, 2023 (Quest)

Platforms:
Meta Quest 2 and 3
Steam

Website:
eyeofthetemple.com

Regular Price:

Description

Explore a vast and treacherous temple in the daring room-scale VR adventure Eye of the Temple. Keep your balance and your wits about you as you step between moving blocks, dodging hazardous traps and solving environmental puzzles with only your torch and whip in hand. As you explore the temple complex and its past, you might just uncover the mystery of the Eye and find yourself becoming part of its legend.

History

After positive reception of the 2016 VR game jam game Chrysalis Pyramid, Rune Skovbo Johansen decided to create a more ambitious spiritual successor. Keeping only the core mechanic of stepping from one moving block to another, development of Eye of the Temple began in the spring of 2016, with Johansen working on it on a part time basis.

A whole different aesthetic and environment was chosen for Eye of the Temple, focusing on the atmosphere of treacherous temples from classic action adventure films. After much research and development, a physically simulated whip was added as a new core mechanic in 2017.

At the end of 2020 Johansen quit his day job to pursue indie game development full-time, and Eye of the Temple was released on Steam on October 14, 2021 and on Meta Quest on April 27, 2023.

Features

• Traverse a vast environment
  Eye of the Temple makes unique use of room-scale VR to deliver an experience of navigating an expansive space. Lose yourself in the depths of the temple without teleportation, artificial locomotion, or other distractions.
• Use a fully physically simulated whip
  Wield your trusty whip to grab levers and defend yourself from threats. Before long, you’ll have mastered it as a reliable tool and effective weapon, smacking enemies left and right.
• An experience played with your own body
  Step onto blocks, flick levers, stay on top of rolling cylinders, and dodge obstacles. Eye of the Temple is an exciting experience you’ll play not with controller buttons, but your body. It’s a physical game designed to be easily approachable regardless of whether you normally play video games.
• Search for secret areas and treasures
  The Great Temple holds secrets that only the most observant would stand any chance of finding. Be on the lookout during your playthrough, or return to search the temple after finishing the game.
• Unlockable speedrun challenges
  If you’re an extra daring adventurer, you can unlock speedrun challenges where you can build up incredible speed for a true test of your reflexes and temple-running prowess.

Eye of the Temple Credits

Rune Skovbo Johansen
Independent Game Developer

Claudi Martinez
Composer, Freelancer

Gina Scarpa
Voice Actor, Freelancer

Lex Wilson
Additional Writing, Freelancer

Level Up Translation
Game Localization Services

Salmi Games
Meta Quest Port Partner

Anaburn
Mixed Reality Footage, Freelancer

Constan Lerois
Cover Character Art, Freelancer

Robert Ryminiecki
Additional Concept Art, Freelancer

Mara Mikhail Ramirez
Additional Concept Art, Freelancer

Contact

Inquiries
rune@runevision.com

Twitter
twitter.com/runevision

Web - Rune Skovbo Johansen
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