Brandon Laatsch

Brandon Laatsch is an American filmmaker, YouTuber, and game developer known for directing Video Game High School and other online video content.[1]

Film career

Laatsch used to collaborate frequently with filmmaker Freddie Wong and production studio Corridor Digital.[2][3] Laatsch and Wong are two of the first YouTubers to appear in mainstream television, including appearances on Jimmy Kimmel and Carson Daly.[4]

In 2014, he received press for attempting via Kickstarter to crowdfund a Minecraft feature film, which was cancelled by Mojang over IP concerns.[5] Laatsch currently primarily works on longform video content[6] and virtual reality video games.[7]

Games

In 2016, Chinese game publisher FunPlus invested an undisclosed amount of venture capital in Laatsch's Stress Level Zero.[8]

In 2016, Stress Level Zero published Hover Junkers; a multiplayer FPS in VR, based in a futuristic wasteland where the player must destroy enemy ships and use scraps to fortify their hover-craft.

In 2017, Stress Level Zero published Duck Season VR; an experimental first-person narrative based in the summer of 1988. Where the player has a one-day rental of 'Duck Season' to play on their 'Kingbit Entertainment System'. Duck Season VR includes elements of mystery, horror, multiple unique endings, and various minigames.

In 2019, Stress Level Zero published Duck Season PC. Duck Season PC is the full version of 'Duck Season VR', but with no need for a VR headset.

In December 2019, Stress Level Zero published Boneworks; an experimental physics VR adventure set inside the Unity engine.

In February 2020, Stress Level Zero published Boneworks on the Oculus VR Store, along with a temporarily exclusive level called "Tuscany", a level from one of the earliest versions of the Oculus software. It was then released for the Steam version of Boneworks in update 1.4 released April 9th, 2020.

All Stress Level Zero games can be found on Steam.

References
  1. "VGHS Interview - FreddieW, Brandon, and Matt (Spoilers)". IGN.
  2. Bradley, Paul T. "Freddie Wong and Brandon Laatsch Blow Things Up, for Cheap". LA Weekly.
  3. Reuters Staff. "YouTube Sensation Freddie Wong: 'Hollywood Is Out of Date' (Exclusive)". Reuters.
  4. Eorodogh, Fruzsina. "YouTube stars cross over to late-night TV". The Daily Dot.
  5. ""Former Freddie Wong Partner Has a Misstep"". Doodle.
  6. Lanning, Carly. "Inside the Video Effects Studio of Brandon Laatsch". Dailydot.com.
  7. Chevalier, Eric. "Take a Look Inside Stress Level Zero". VR Scout.
  8. Takahashi, Dean. "FunPlus invests in Hover Junkers creator Stress Level Zero". Venture Beat.


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