Indie developer Strange Loop Games and publisher indiePub announced that the upcoming liquid physics puzzle game, Vessel will feature a full-length soundtrack created by electronic music prodigy Jon Hopkins.

Boasting both Ivor Novello Award and Mercury Music Prize nominations for his score to the sci-fi hit "Monsters" and his album with King Creosote, "Diamond," Hopkins is an internationally renowned artist who has worked with other top artists like Brian Eno, Coldplay and Imogen Heap.

"We have been working with these tracks since we began developing Vessel, so the game has grown around the music, creating a cohesive experience for the player," said John Krajewski, co-founder and project lead at Strange Loop Games.

"Vessel uses the music to provide subtle cues for players working through the game's puzzles," said Leonard Paul, audio director at Strange Loop Games. "From puzzle triggers to boss battles, we developed a custom system specifically for Vessel that utilizes Jon's music in creative ways."

Vessel combines 10 tracks from Hopkins' albums "Opalescent," "Contact Note" and "Insides," with an adaptive music engine that breaks down the tracks into their respective elements, remixing them dynamically to match player's progress through the game. Strange Loop Games will release Vessel on PC March 1, through digital distribution platforms including Steam and StrangeLoopGames.com. A finalist in both the 13th Annual Independent Game Festival and the 2010 Indie Game Challenge, Vessel allows players to solve puzzles by bringing to life physically-simulated liquid (water, lava, glowing goo, chemicals and more) and animating it into living machines called Fluros.

Vessel will be available on Windows PC March 1 for $14.99 via Steam and StrangeLoopGames.com. Vessel will also be released on Xbox LIVE Arcade and PlayStation Network at a later date. For more information, check out www.strangeloopgames.com .