Aalborg, Denmark - February 19th 2026 - Indie developer Softlock Interactive and award-winning publisher Bedtime Digital Games (Figment, Figment 2, The Forest Quartet) today announced that Bobls, a precision platformer built around bubble-bouncing movement and player-created levels, is launching a public demo during Steam Next Fest.
The demo features new single-player levels, a challenging local co-op campaign, and the game’s powerful level editor, which has been play-tested with the community in recent weeks. The demo marks the first time the level editor is available publicly.
Bobls blends tight, speedrun-friendly platforming with a distinctive bubble mechanic that lets you blow and bounce on bubbles to cross hazards, trigger distant switches, chain movement combos, and reach seemingly impossible areas.
In the co-op mode, all of this must be coordinated with your teammate to create bubbles for each other and synchronize movement under pressure, turning precision platforming into a cooperative challenge.
Meanwhile, momentum and slope-sliding reward precision and experimentation for speed-runners, giving skilled players room to push for faster and cleaner runs.
The Next Fest demo features a slice of the full game’s 100+ handcrafted levels along with the exact creation tools used by the developers. You can build and share your own levels and explore those created by others, with leaderboards and ghost replays planned for later.
Key Features:
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Distinct bubble-bounce traversal system with deep speedrun potential
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Handcrafted precision platforming levels and a separate local co-op campaign built around teamwork
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Powerful, easy-to-use level editor included in the demo
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Online level sharing and discovery hub to be added before release
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Replay ghosts and leaderboard competition to be added before release
“Bobls is built around a movement idea that immediately feels playful but keeps revealing depth the more you experiment,” said a spokesperson from Bedtime Digital Games. “When we saw how quickly players began pushing the mechanics and building clever levels, we knew the editor had to be part of the demo.”
Bobls is scheduled for full release on Steam in Q3 2026. The limited-time demo will be available throughout Steam Next Fest.
Steam Page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2459890/Bobls/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwG6eazY5sw
About Softlock Interactive
Softlock Interactive is a small Danish game development studio founded by Tore Lehmann and Victor Haugan to bring Bobls’ tightly designed gameplay systems to life. Today, the team consists of Tore and Phil Oats, who has since joined to help with the game’s online features, UI, 3D systems, and more.
About Bedtime Digital Games
Bedtime Digital Games is an award-winning Danish indie studio and publisher known for Figment, Figment 2, Back to Bed, and The Forest Quartet. The studio supports distinctive and creative game projects from small teams, publishing across PC, Console, and mobile.