ootii to launch playable version of social media game

    St. Cloud -- ootii LLC, the Central Florida gaming studio that got its start at the University of Central Florida’s Interactive Entertainment Academy, will launch a playable version of its new social media game on March 6 that targets avid social gamers, the “hardcore” of the online gaming phenomenon.
    Timothy Tryzbiak, co-founder of ootii, said avid or “hardcore” social gamers represent a growing niche of traditional gamers who are shifting time from console and PC games to games on the social platforms.
“ootii is offering this market segment an action-oriented alternative we think they will find compelling,” Tryzbiak said.
    Dubbed Relic Ball, the demo version of the game has an ulterior motive: gamers who play the mini-version are asked to provide developers with feedback.
    “Relic Ball is a skills based action game where players travel the world and discover ancient artifacts by interacting with the environment in real time,” Tryzbiak said.
    “In the full release, users create custom content and gain rewards as other players solve and rate the adventures they create. That’s unique in the social games market,” Tryzbiak explained.
    The playable demo will allow users to travel to select destinations and solve physics-based puzzles as they avoid flaming traps, leap huge chasms, and search for lost relics.
    Tryzbiak said the demo will be available on Facebook March 6. The full version of Relic Ball is scheduled for release in June.
     ootii LLC is a client company of the UCF Business Incubator in St. Cloud.

   About ootii - ootii is an interactive entertainment company focused on games in the social market.  Founded in 2011 by graduates from the Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy at the University of Central Florida, ootii develops fresh and engaging story-based action games not typically found on social networks.  By providing unique gameplay and keeping an open community, ootii is appealing to both traditional and casual gamers alike.
   To learn more, please visit www.ootii.com and www.facebook.com/ootiiGames
   About the UCF Business Incubation Program:  Since its founding in 1999, the UCF Business Incubation Program has helped more than 200 emerging companies (including more than 125 current clients) create over $200 million in annual total economic output  and more than 1,600 new jobs with an average salary of $59,000.  Please visit www.incubator.ucf.edu and UCFBIP on Facebook, on www.facebook.com/ucf4bip.