Red Bull Media and The Art of FLIGHT released a web game on ArtofFLIGHTmovie.com today, helping you whittle away the hours while you wait for the season to start. Don’t worry, we won’t tell your boss!
More photos and the full press release after the break.
Lift-off with Red Bull’s Official “The Art of FLIGHT” Game
Available for play starting today on artofflightmovie.com
Santa Monica, CA (September 16, 2011) – Red Bull introduces “The Art of FLIGHT” game on ArtofFLIGHTmovie.com, allowing fans to ride Alaska’s breathtaking backcountry, crest remote mountain peaks, overcome gravity and stomp snowboarding’s most progressive tricks alongside pro snowboarder Travis Rice and the world’s best riders. Players rely on dexterity and fast reaction time to power the Travis Rice character through jumps, flips, spins and grabs across three tricky levels of terrain features. The game can be shared and players can challenge friends using Twitter and Facebook in the quest to reach the top of the worldwide prestigious leader board on artofflightmovie.com.
Created using photorealistic graphics, experience three unlockable levels set in three of the world’s most storied mountain ranges: the Alps, the Alaska Range and the Andes. Players are dropped onto the top of a peak then challenged on slopes with various terrain features as they navigate the way down mountain. Points are gained through tricks, speed and by pulling big airs.
Level one starts off in the Alps backcountry, where the player can throw spins and flips. Upping the ante in level two, the game’s next stage is set on Alaska’s more challenging slopes. Players have to harness speed, get massive air, balance and jump to accomplish infinite spins in order to step to the next level. Having survived the wild ride in Alaska, a flight to the southern hemisphere lands in Patagonia for the final and most daunting level. Deadly slopes give way to extreme mountain ridges, frozen sheer slopes and razor-sharp peaks, which emerge to threaten even the most experienced snowboarder. Level one and two are available now, level three will unleash soon.
Navigation for “The Art of FLIGHT” game runs off the keyboard’s arrows and space keys, which are used in conjunction to control the character. Points are earned by jumping higher and landing spectacular trick combinations. But just as in real life, push it too hard and riders may lose balance and risk falling or losing speed, resulting in a loss of points. Grab your lift ticket to play online today and make a mark on the prestigious worldwide leader board at artofflightmovie.com.
“The Art of FLIGHT” game is developed by Red Bull Media House in cooperation with Less Rain.
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About “The Art of FLIGHT” movie:
A new breed of action sports film comes to life as Red Bull Media House, in association with Brain Farm Digital Cinema, present “The Art of FLIGHT,” a Curt Morgan film. Two years in the making, “The Art of FLIGHT” gives iconic snowboarder Travis Rice and friends the opportunity to redefine what is possible in the mountains. Experience the highs, as new tricks are landed and new zones opened, alongside the lows, where avalanches, accidents and wrong-turns strike. For the first time, viewers join in the sometimes successful, often trying quest to open up new, unexplored mountains in remote corners of the world.
“The Art of FLIGHT” combines meaningful storytelling and character development with sport progressing action, all captured on state-of-the-art filmmaking equipment. Global premiere tour: September 7th till November 27th // Blu-ray™, DVD and iTunes throughout Europe, Asia and USA: September 8th. ArtofFLIGHTmovie.com
About Red Bull Media House
Red Bull Media House, founded in Austria in 2007, with a North America subsidiary since January 2011, has been producing and distributing content for over 20 years. Red Bull Media House develops compelling and innovative long-form programming and short-form content derived from its strong brand, events, and athletes. Through a network spanning 160 countries, Red Bull Media House develops stories that speak to a young global audience captured in the highest quality for all media channels including television, film, print, mobile, and digital. www.redbullmediahouse.com
About Less Rain
Less Rain was founded in 1997 and is a creative design agency with outposts in London and Berlin. Its focus over the last 14 years has consistently been on creating rich media user experiences on digital platforms. Less Rain operates in information, entertainment and participation spaces, creating interactive content for a variety of screens & devices, games, corporate and consumer websites, applications and physical installations. Less Rain’s work has been awarded by D&AD, BAFTA, Cannes Lions, Clio, One Show, BIMA, Webby, Flash in the Can and FWA. www.lessrain.com
It’s no Angry Birds, but the game is a surprisingly fun time waster. Two levels are available now, a bluebird day in the Alps and a night session under the Aurora (Northern Lights) in Alaska. Controls are simple and use the arrow keys, and there’s already some competitive scores being posted in the leaderboards.
