Merscom has announced they will be publishing Find Your Own Way Home a hidden object game for the PC and Mac. The feature that sets this hidden object game apart from other hidden object games is the fact that it contains a real rock band. Find Your Own Way Home uses instrumental tracks from REO Speedwagon’s music, as well as never before released tracks from the band.

Players take on the role of Ruby, a reporter from the entertainment show Entertainment Now. Ruby is covering Reo Speedwagon and the release of their new CD at a ritzy release party. Just as the release party is arriving the band leader, Kevin Cronin, goes missing. Ruby has the chance to be the hero and follow the clues that lead to Kevin. Ruby then has to get the band to the release party on time.

”Find Your Own Way Home is our first product in this category, so it was important that we were aligned with great partners,” said Adam Blumenthal, CEO of Curious Sense. “In Merscom we have a partner with a tremendous track record of one success after another.”

Press Release Follows:

CHAPEL HILL, NC – November 4, 2009 – Merscom announced today that it is publishing Find Your Own Way Home, a hidden object adventure game for PC and Mac download. The game, the first casual title featuring a real rock band, is the first of several games Curious Sense will produce with music acts. The game uses several instrumental music tracks derived from REO Speedwagon music, and also features previously unreleased recordings of some of the band’s classic hits.

In Find Your Own Way Home, the player takes the role of Ruby, a hip Hollywood reporter for the entertainment television program, Entertainment Now.  For the past few weeks, Ruby has been on assignment with the legendary rock band, REO Speedwagon.  On the day the game takes place, the band is releasing their new CD at a star-studded album release party. Ruby is on assignment for Entertainment Now, and as her busy day is unfolding, as she prepares for the nightly broadcast and launch party, Kevin Cronin, the band’s leader, goes missing.  The player has the chance to be the hero by tracking down clues to locate the missing star, and getting everyone to the party on time.

Find Your Own Way Home features
–      10 hours of entertainment
–     80 game levels
–      30 beautifully hand-rendered environments
–     18 types of games
–      12 REO Speedwagon songs including brand new recordings of “Keep on Loving You” and “Roll with the Changes”

”Find Your Own Way Home is our first product in this category, so it was important that we were aligned with great partners,” said Adam Blumenthal, CEO of Curious Sense. “In Merscom we have a partner with a tremendous track record of one success after another.”

Curious Sense is leveraging its relationships in the music industry to bring a new type of product to bands and gamers. Blumenthal continued, “the way consumers buy music has changed – we are most often buying singles than albums, so an artists body of work is rarely experienced in its intended form. Our music-themed casual games serve as both a broad-reaching promotional vehicle and a new way for fans to interact with the content of an album.”

“Although we normally do not distribute other publishers’ games, we felt Find Your Own Way Home would be ideal for our audience,” said Lloyd Melnick, Chief Customer Officer at Merscom. “It features a band beloved by many of our customers in the context of a great hidden object game, and a neat story.”