GAINESPHERE STUDIOS PRESS KIT
Kansas City, Missouri, USA  |  gainesphere.com  |  hello@gainesphere.com  |  discord.gg/7tDn2AAXEC

WHAT'S IN THE ZIP
screenshots/   Pictures from our own builds, captured in engine. Use them without asking.
logos/         Gainesphere studio mark (transparent PNG) and the MallVR logo.
video/         MallVR_Starlite_trailer.mp4 (about 45 seconds, 1280x720). Footage from the real build.

USING THE PICTURES
Free to use for coverage of our games. Please credit "Gainesphere Studios". Please don't edit the in-world signs out or add other logos on top. If you need a different shot or a higher resolution, ask on Discord.

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GAME ONE: MALLVR STARLITE
One-liner: A 1992 mall in VR. You're the night manager. Get it open again.
Tagline: Walk through a history of VR, in one game.
Short description: Walk a two-level 1992 mall in VR, play its games, win tickets and spend them at the prize counter. Coming to Steam Early Access for PC VR with a flat desktop mode; a small first build, then monthly updates.
Long description: A PC VR game set in Starlite Commons, a two-level shopping mall in 1992 that's losing its stores. You're the new night manager. You walk the mall after hours, play its games, win tickets at the prize counter and bring the place back one store at a time. Built in voxels, in Kansas City.

Developer: Gainesphere Studios (Gainesphere LLC), Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Platforms: PC VR (SteamVR) and a flat desktop mode with mouse and keyboard
Release: Steam Early Access (no date yet)
Price: $14.99 at launch, every update free
Engine: Unity
Community: discord.gg/7tDn2AAXEC
Press contact: hello@gainesphere.com

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GAME TWO: MALLVR
Short description: 1990s arcade VR on a modern headset: twelve lost pod games rebuilt by us, launchers for the originals you own, everything in true stereo. Windows PC, $25.
Long description: Our stereoscopic-first VR multicade for 1990s arcade pod games. Twelve lost pod games, rebuilt from surviving footage as playable stand-ins, are included. Launchers for fourteen original pod games are included too; the original game files are not, and players bring their own copies. Also in the box: Phantom Freight, our own VR dark ride.

Platforms: Windows 10/11 (SteamVR or a window). Meta Quest sideload test build; Meta store listing in review.
Price: $25, one purchase, all updates
Get it: gainesphere.com/pages/mallvr-download
Source: GitHub (gainesphere-studios/MallVR), GPL

Note for writers: MallVR is independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by the makers of the original 1990s machines or games. Please don't describe it as including the original games; it doesn't.

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KEYS FOR PRESS AND CREATORS
Ask in Discord or at hello@gainesphere.com. Tell us where you publish.
