Why We're Making Boogie Beyond
- Abyssal Inc.
- Feb 5, 2024
- 2 min read
Updated: Mar 5, 2024
It's 1988, and you are a no-nonsense detective who's been tasked with infiltrating a mysterious nightclub known only as Club Cosmic. Groove your way through the otherworldly crowd looking for evidence, dance battle the glamorous monsters who try to stop you, and ultimately uncover the figure behind all the smoke and mirrors... or succumb to the boogie fever!
Boogie Beyond is a virtual reality rhythm game that should leave every player feeling groovy. It was created by our team at Abyssal Inc., a University of Wisconsin Stout studio of student game developers, with the desire to spark excitement, silliness, and that dancing mania within all audiences, with the ultimate goal of showing everyone how to have fun. Through gameplay that involves physical dancing and interactive narrative, we hope to inspire people to forget about the stress of their daily lives and let loose in the campy, but otherworldly Club Cosmic for an immersive experience they’re never going to want to leave. With references to Disco culture, we’re throwing it back to the good ole days while creating some of our own twists all generations can appreciate and enjoy. Not to mention, the over-the-top characters of this game are sure to bring some laughs to audiences, as well, either through their own famous references, or through their outrageously monstrous designs.
Our team chose VR as the intended hardware for gameplay because it is integral to the spirit of our game for audiences to be immersed first person in an overly interactive environment, so that they can feel as though they have been literally transported to this unearthly club brimming with uncanny creatures. Additionally, our witty dialogue, charming characters, and stunning setting will be sure to remind players of a time since passed, where shoulder pads and disco balls were life’s highlights. This game is simultaneously meant as a love letter and memorial to the 1970s and 80s eras that inspired every single one of us on the team and brought so much to this world we all live in. It would be a tragedy to let any of the glitter, glamor, and excitement of those decades go to waste, for, in ABBA’s words, “what would life be, without a song or a dance?”
In short, Boogie Beyond is a comedic horror story waiting to bring a smile to players’ faces and summon forth the boogie fever that lives within us all.
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