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Mike Mandel

@mmandel

XR all day! Part of the @Puddle_Studio duo making VR game THRASHER, winner of Apple’s 2024 Vision Pro Game of the Year. Past: XR R&D at @Harmonix.

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Congrats to our Creature label partners for a *great* showing this year (and thanks to Meta for the “Most Innovative of 2024” nod for THRASHER 😍)

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Our last update of the year for THRASHER just dropped and we have a new feature that completionists should love: Quick Wave Restart. You can now perfect your runs and go for that coveted S+ rank with ease 😎

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Today’s app needs no introduction: THRASHER, Apple’s Vision Pro Game of the Year 2024 by THRASHER With this series, I usually try to highlight lesser-known apps, but when developers send me their creations to review, I’m always open to making an exception—especially for a

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Excited to talk about the design of THRASHER and how we made it shine on Apple Vision Pro in Shanghai (!) at #letsvision25

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Thanks to the LET’S VISION team for hosting Doug North Cook and I in Shanghai to share the journey to Apple Vision Pro Game of the Year. There was as SO much passion for the platform in the community there 😍

Thanks to the <a href="/letsvisionos/">LET’S VISION</a> team for hosting <a href="/dougnorthcook/">Doug North Cook</a> and I in Shanghai to share the journey to Apple Vision Pro Game of the Year.  There was as SO much passion for the platform in the community there 😍
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We're super excited for THRASHER to be showcased at Day of the Devs in just about a week!! We're showing a NEW version of the game we've been working on for a while 👀 Come by on the 16th, it's free 😍 Day of the Devs

We're super excited for THRASHER to be showcased at Day of the Devs in just about a week!!  
We're showing a NEW version of the game we've been working on for a while 👀  
Come by on the 16th, it's free 😍  <a href="/dayofthedevs/">Day of the Devs</a>
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THRASHER is 30% off as part of the Meta Quest Spring Savings Sale!! At its lowest price yet, there's never been a better reason to swoop a space eel through mesmerizing alien worlds😍

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We're excited to announce that THRASHER's Steam release later this year includes a NEW 2D version ✨Coming to Steam Deck and other 2D screens alongside the award-winning VR version later this year!

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Here's some footage of our newly announced 2D version of THRASHER, coming to Steam (and Steam Deck) later this year alongside PCVR! Swoop around the space eel with a thumbstick or your mouse and thrash through the chaos with the help of a new dash ability 😍

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Can’t wait for this to open near me, looks so fun 😍 …and clever use of Quest’s new camera access to align the visuals for everyone via QR codes and doing foot tracking to let you kick things!

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I made a custom Unity app to create “projected AR” around live musical performers for the MIT Gamalan Galaktika performance yesterday! Would love to take this fully volumetric some day with AR glasses 😍 MIT Music & Theater Arts Unity for Games

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This was one of the most inspiring talks at #LetsVision ‘25 - the process Ryan took in entering an unfamiliar medium and adapting the design principles of his award winning iOS game into an award winning Vision Pro experience is fascinating!

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Tune in to the Creature Feature today at 9am PST / 12pm EST for some amazing VR announcements from our label friends and maybe even a surprise from us 👀 Creature IGN youtube.com/watch?v=OEnj5u…

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This is the most bonkers piece of content I think we've released for THRASHER 😂 Please wishlist the game, coming to Steam and SteamVR later this year 🙏

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I’m proud to announce that the talk I gave with Doug North Cook in Shanghai at Let’s Vision ‘25 was just released! This is the most comprehensive look yet at the design, prototyping process, and journey to Apple Vision Pro for our game THRASHER.