First-person puzzle platformer Yerba Buena announced for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC
Starring an NPC in an abandoned gameworld.
Publisher Focus Entertainment and developer Mad About Pandas have announced Yerba Buena, a first-person puzzle platformer played from the perspective of an NPC in an abandoned gameworld. It will be available for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam. It will launch on May 26.
Here is an overview of the game, via Focus Entertainment:
About
The world is a game. Break the rules.
Step into a surreal puzzle platforming adventure as Barb, a young woman living as an NPC in an abandoned gameworld. When a sinister plot threatens your beloved San Francisco, you must step up to save it with the help of a mysterious and powerful device: the Oscillator.
Copy the movement and physical traits of the world around you, reapply them to manipulate the environment and solve inventive puzzles: give a table the bounce of a trampoline, send entire buildings across city blocks or turn solid walls into thin air!
Track down a dangerous biker gang and uncover the truth behind the glitch that threatens your world.
Key Features
- Dive into a unique video game world set in 1970’s San Francisco and save your city with the help of your friends and some unlikely allies.
- Master a ground-breaking “Copy and Paste” mechanic that lets you apply the movement and physical traits of objects to manipulate the gameworld.
- Unlock new Oscillator features as you go, and combine them to solve mind-bending environmental puzzles!
- Discover the origins of the mysterious glitch that threatens your city, and become the main character of your own story.
Watch the announcement trailer below. View the first screenshots at the gallery.