📈 Description
"How long have these goggles been pressing into my flesh?
What began as a small game jam between William Pugh (The Stanley Parable), Dominik Johann (Minit), and Justin Roiland (Rick and Morty) is now—two years later—an aberration of warped technology, weird worlds, and strange, disturbing creatures. Since its debut in 2016 (10/10 on Steam), Accounting has tripled in size, mutating into an intricate labyrinth of forbidden virtual realities. There are countless more secrets to discover if you have the stomach to brave the dangers of new characters, brought to life by an ever expanding cast of comedic legends (Rich Fulcher, Reggie Watts and Justin Roiland, to name a few).
Accounting is a noble profession. During your tenure with Smith & Smitherson, you will bare witness to the afterbirth of this new facet of human experience. However, it is not without its dangers. Here are some of the warnings you need to be aware of before beginning your adventure into Accounting+.
DANGERS:
- If you die in VR, you die in real life.
- Do not play after midnight.
- Do not look directly into the eyes of any characters.
- Achievements linked to unforgivable acts of human corruption.
- A soundtrack that is way better than a VR game soundtrack should have any right to be.
- Subtitles and translations for 9 languages… Oh, wow, that’s internationally dangerous.
- The vacuum of space. Dangerous. Yeah, that’s dangerous.
- Sitting and Standing Mode are BOTH available (and dangerous)!
- And, unfortunately: The Cops.
✨ Features
- Designed by the co-creator of Rick and Morty and the designer of The Stanley Parable and Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist!
- Characters voiced by Justin Roiland (Rick and Morty), Rich Fulcher (The Mighty Boosh), Cassie Steele (Degrassi: The Next Generation), Arin Hanson (Game Grumps), and many more!
- Original soundtrack by Silkersoft!
- Hits a consistent 60 frames per second (WHILE RENDERING MULTIPLE CREATURES).
- Go into Virtual Reality inside Virtual Reality. Yes, just like Inception, but NO, time doesn't move slower in VR.
- Not for babies. If you're a baby and want to play Accounting+, you're going to have to be a very cool baby.
⚰️ History
In early 2016, three highly qualified Accountants came together to see what potential economic savings and visualisations could be achieved with The HTC Vive. These Accountants were quickly and discreetly discarded to be replaced by William Pugh (The Stanley Parable), Justin Roiland (Rick and Morty), and Dominik Johann (Minit) to create the ultimate electronic number-crunching program.
Accounting quickly became one of the most popular VR games, getting Overwhelmingly Positive reviews on Steam, and winning the VR NOW award for the Best Artistic Achievement.
In 2017, Crows Crows Crows and Squanch Games assembled into VR development Voltron once again, creating a whole new Accounting experience with new characters, voice talent, music, levels and ridiculous scenarios.
Even later, in 2018, Crows Crows Crows are bringing the game back to the home court on HTC Vive as well as Oculus Rift, with all new levels and features – such as Trick Shots, Subtitles and Translations, as well as The Most Dangerous Space Level Ever Made.
🎺 Soundtrack
Composed by Tom Schley AKA Silkersoft. Listen to selected previews of the Accounting+ soundtrack here:
The Accounting+ Soundtrack is out on Bandcamp and Spotify:
🏆 Awards & Recognition
- VR NOW 2016 – Art Award (Accounting)
- Deutscher Entwicklerpreis 2016 – VR Special Award (Accounting)
- IndieCade 2018 – Finalist (Accounting+)
🏌️ Credits
Created by
William Pugh @HonestWilliam
Dominik Johann @zerstoerer
Justin Roiland @justinroiland
Crows Crows Crows
Development Lead – Jan Stroetmann @_jxst
Music and Sound – Tom Schley @silkersoft
Producer – Alicia Contestabile @swizzle_kiss
3D Art Lead – Jakob Gavelli
Additional Writing – Joe Finegold @FinegoldJoe
Marketing Director – Michael Cox @DevMicco
Additional Development
Additional Tech
Sean O'Dowd @nicetrysean
Additional 3D Art
Mark McLaughlin
Andreas Jörgensen
Production Assistants
Thryn Henderson @Thairyn
Bram Ruiter @bramruiter
Squanch Games
Tanya Watson @tanyuhhhhhhh
Matty Studivan @beatonthematt
Cast
- Justin Roiland – Tree Guy, Judge, Skeleton Boy, Cool Knight, Ding
- Cassie Steele – Skeltal Girl, Ging
- Vatche Panos – The King of VR, Ming
- Echo Kellum – Little Public Defender 1, Cop 1
- Chelsea Kane – Little Public Defender 2, Enthusiastic Occultist
- Scott Chernoff – Little Public Defender 3, Cop 2
- Rich Fulcher – Zing
- Arin Hanson – The Bomb
- Alicia Contestabile – White Magic Summoner
- Benjamin "Casper" Griffey – Ritual Rapper
- Joe Finegold – The Gatekeeper, The Final Boss, The Brick
- Tom Schley – Flute Guy
- Reggie Watts – Just Keep Flipping
- Matilde Keizer – Sector 3 Janitor
- Caroline Clifford – June
- William Pugh – Accountant A, Clovis, Dark Serious
- Dominik Johann – Accountant 1, The Biggest Fan, Slorn
📹 Streamer / Video Creator Notice
It's good for games if people see them. If you create videos or live streams of our games, that's 100% cool with us. You have our permission to publish and monetize Accounting+ footage, 100%, no questions asked. Please refer to this website if you need to.
