Vector Unit is trying something new for the studio. They've been known for their racing games, including Beach Buggy Racing [Free] and Riptide GP: Renegade [$2.99]. MouseBot: Escape from CatLab is somewhat familiar, as 'driving' still plays a role in the game, but this isn't a racer. Instead, Vector Unit is trying to tackle a sort of challenging trial platformer. You control the eponymous MouseBot, a robotic mouse that's being experimented on by cat scientists. They're cute, but they're here to run their experiments for some evil mad cat scientist. As MouseBot, you have to make it through their increasingly-hazardous tricks and traps. Get a first look at a new trailer for the game:

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This starts off with you just steering MouseBot, who much like the Energizer Bunny, just keeps on going and going. A key part of the gmae is recognizing the patterns of different hazards, and keeping from running into a squishy robot mouse death. Giant spike stompers may be placed next to another, and you might have to drive right into one that's down, because it'll be on the way up as you drive past it. Later levels give you a handy jump, though there's more dangers to try and outwit. Also challenging you is the optional objective to collect pieces of cheese as you traverse the levels. Each level has a goal amount of cheese, with rewards for collecting all those cheeses. These cheeses test you to take some more dangerous paths through levels, ...