Aurora was a game world released by nDreams on 17 March 2011 for PlayStation Home. It featured a collection of floating islands with challenges and secrets to uncover that evolved over time with new features, characters, games, and narrative.
On 24 June 2017, the game was re-released as an expansion of the PlayStation 4 game Atom Universe.
Gameplay[]
OrbRunner[]
The objective of OrbRunner was to collect points by running over orbs that floated around Aurora. As with the other activities in Aurora, collecting points would increase the player's level.
Once the game began, the player would run around to look for floating orbs, running over them to collect them. Orbs with a square in them were for points only, orbs with a spike ball or a bolt penalized the player, and orbs with a twisted strand would teleport the player to a random location. Once the timer ran out, the player was teleported back to the starting point and points were awarded.
Sky Fishing[]
In Sky Fishing, players could catch a variety of bizzare fish and other items. Players could purchase upgrades for their avatar to use in the activity, which would improve their ability to effectively catch higher level rewards, and level up faster.
Aurora Island[]
Aurora Island was a personal space attached to the main game space. It was designed as two small floating islands, one with a flat area and a tree platform that could be decorated, while the other featured the Aurora Island Defense game on it. In this mini-game, the player controlled an anti-aircraft gun and attempted to destroy as many enemy aircraft as possible. Scoring was based on the number, and type, of aircraft destroyed before the player was destroyed by enemy fire.
Level system and rewards[]
Playing mini-games and completing tasks in Aurora would increase the player's Aurora Level. Rewards would be unlocked after every five level-ups, with the first given as soon as the player entered Aurora for the first time.
Aurora levels with reward unlocked | |
0 Aurora Energy goggles - bronze | 80 Aurora Dancefloor flooring |
5 Aurora Teleporter active item | 85 Captain Barber's Propeller wall hanging, The Face Melter chair, and Clux-Fapacitor chair |
10 nDreams Logo t-shirt | |
15 Aurora Ship outfit | 90 Lucille ornament, and Lilith ornament |
20 Aurora t-shirt | 95 Sir Lord Winterbottom III inventory item |
25 Aurora Energy goggles - silver | 100 Aurora Champion Apartment (personal space) |
30 Twitcher wall hanging | 105 Mood light |
35 Twitcher outfit | 110 Aurora Blimp LMO inventory item |
40 Aurora Island ornament | 115 Bladestream Corp: V1000Z LMO inventory item |
45 Aurora Ship wall hanging | 120 Aurora Showcase Apartment (personal space) |
50 Mini Lucille active item | 125 Beautiful Shadow Companion inventory item |
55 Aurora Portrait wall hanging | 130 nDreams Dance Pack |
60 Aurora Picnic flooring | 135 nDreams Sci-Fi chair |
65 Landshark Coffee Bar table | 140 Pop-Up Chair LMO inventory item |
70 Sky Skiff Seat chair | 145 Aurora Dance Pack |
75 Jane's Love Seat chair | 150 Aurora Chinatown Apartment (personal space) |