Bottles is a mobile game that fuses the tactile, handheld feel of analog puzzles and the delight of mobile indie magic. You play as a small character inside a bottled diorama world, navigating yourself through lush, delightful spaces filled with challenges and stumbling upon charming surprises behind every obstacle.​

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Bottles is a mind-bending mobile experience like you have never seen before, created by a team of students as a part of USC Games' Advanced Games Project process.

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It was originally conceived in the Spring of 2019 by Brooke Jaffe, an Interactive Media and Game Design MFA Student at USC's School of Cinematic Arts. The idea was simple: create a mobile game with the tactile feel of an analog puzzle and the portable wonder of gorgeous indie games; all while creating an accessible experience for every kind of player. 

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Inspired by her experience using mobile games to escape the pain of battling Thyroid cancer and the subsequent phobia of getting her blood drawn, Jaffe led a team of incredible students from both USC Games and ArtCenter College of Design to bring to life the magical feeling of finding a ship in a bottle, pressing your nose against the glass, and thinking: "Whoa."

 

Move your phone to move the world. Play with two hands or one-- left or right hand controls built in. Let yourself be transported to a beautiful seascape of bio-luminescent Octopi, Marine biologists, and very sassy hermit crabs with a penchant for fine marble art.