Yerba Buena is out: A surreal puzzle-platformer adventure set in 1970s San Francisco

Yerba Buena is now ready to take you on a journey back to the 1970s. It features copy-and-paste gameplay mechanics set in a surreal world. The launch trailer will get you in the mood for some puzzle-solving.

Yerba Buena is a first-person puzzle platformer from Mad About Pandas and Focus Entertainment that throws you into a surreal, distorted version of 1970s San Francisco. You play as Barb, who is actually just an NPC in a long-forgotten video game, but who quickly becomes the main character because she has no other choice.

Copy & Paste as the Core Mechanic

At the heart of the gameplay is the Oscillator: it lets you copy the physical properties of objects and transfer them to others. A table becomes a trampoline, a massive wall dissolves like fog, entire buildings fly across the city block. So you solve puzzles less with your brain and more with creative chaos. The story sends you on a hunt for a gang of rockers with superpowers and a mysterious glitch that threatens the game world. Berlin-based developer Mad About Pandas has delivered a real hidden gem—for anyone who found Portal not meta enough.