Thomas Van Bouwel 🔜 Gamescom
@tovanbo
XR Developer of Cubism and Laser Dance. Recovering architect. 🇧🇪 🇧🇷 - he/him
The ✨Mimic Update✨ is now live for Laser Dance! Six new challenging levels with a new green laser that only moves when you move 🕺 Try it here 👉 tinyurl.com/2vdkur3p
if you have a Quest 3 happy to send you a key if you want to give Laser Dance another go - it's come a long way since the first prototype back in 2022 :)
And Cubism recently got verified for standalone Frame as well!
Here's what passthrough gameplay looks like in @cubism-vr.com on standalone Steam Frame. #steamframe #steamvr
Back at Develop Brighton this year, so time for a new hotelroom playtest of @laserdancegame.com If you want to chat about VR/MR development, come find me at the conference!
Lil @cubism-vr.com easter egg in the latest @mkbhd.com video in his coverage of Project Aura!
Sixth Laser Dance playtest in a hotel further down Shōdoshima. #BitSummit #BitSummitPunch @laserdancegame.bsky.social
This may have been by far the best bite of food I've had in Japan. If you're ever in Shōdoshima, don't skip the olive fed miso marinated beef
Fifth @laserdancegame.bsky.social playtest in a Japanese hotel, this time in Shōdoshima. This hotel had a big empty event space, so I had to try playing there. Bigger spaces definitely make for a bigger challenge!😅
Japan hotel playtest #4, this time Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture. #BitSummit #BitSummitPunch
Oh yeah tryout was a bit slippery for me as well in one spot, but still managed. Here’s the view up there. Did all but the second chain, which felt a bit too long to be safe 😅
oh no way! Hiked it today and staying at the ryokan on the mountain, so didn't have to rush to catch the ropeway. The broken steps and chain sections felt pretty sketchy, but very worth it for the view up top!
third Laser Dance playtest in Japan ahead of #BitSummit, this time in a ryokan near Ishizuchi mountain #BitSummitPunch #mixedreality #metaquest
traveling in Japan for #BitSummitPUNCH next week, and as always taking the opportunity to test @laserdancegame.bsky.social in tiny hotel rooms
little weekend gamejam project about falling down a hole in your living room (as far as possible) made during Brussels Game Jam 2026 tovanbo.itch.io/terminal-vel...
Going to @nordicgamejam.bsky.social has become a yearly tradition, and the 20th (!) edition this weekend was a blast like always! Met some very talented people on-site, and ended up making a little asymmetric VR game about catching invisible ghost butterflies. zirk.itch.io/ghost-butter...
Apparently Meta is running the Laser Dance trailer in the expo hall at GDC every so often! Sad I’m not there to see it in person 😅 (Thanks to @davidvfilipe.bsky.social for sharing this video!)
I just put out a first content update to Laser Dance, adding two new challenges! ✨ #️⃣ GRID OVERLAY - a grid of lasers is added on top of each level 👁️ INVISIBLE LASERS - lasers fade out when you get close to them Check it out on Meta Quest 👉 bit.ly/3W0huQf
UK hotels continue to be a great source of weird room-shapes to test Laser Dance in.
I’ll be attending Guildford Games Festival tomorrow - if you’re attending and want to talk about XR dev, let me know!
Exactly one month ago @laserdancegame.bsky.social launched in early access on Quest🙌 It's been a busy month of gathering feedback and pushing out patches, but very happy with the initial response to the game :) Here are some stats from the first month:
as of this patch I've started tracking how far all Laser Dance players have walked in aggregate. 🏃 10 hours since the patch went live, its already 160km 😅
Over 220.000 lasers have been tripped since Laser Dance's release last week! Thank you all for playing 🙌
Laser Dance is just around the corner🕺 Make sure to catch the Early Access release on Meta Quest 3/3s tomorrow! 👉https://bit.ly/3W0huQf
this is also easily the nicest way anyone has acknowledged that it took 3+ years to get this game out the door 😂 Thanks @ianhamilton.net!
Are you a creator actively making XR content, or know someone who is? Want to try out Laser Dance before its early access release on Nov 6th? Shoot me a DM or contact me at thomas@laserdancegame.com!
Short Cubism mention in an article by @alexspencerdale.bsky.social in the latest Edge magazine!
Cubism is a launch title on Galaxy XR! 🎉 Here's what the game looks like on device, playing in MR with hand tracking. Get it on Google Play here ➡️ bit.ly/49dLaA6
soon you can. (you'll need to put Thé à la Menthe on yourself though) @laserdancegame.bsky.social #metaquest