Kula World

Kula World
Developer(s)Game Design Sweden AB
Publisher(s)Sony Computer Entertainment
Designer(s)Stefan Persson
Jens Rudberg
Jesper Rudberg
Johannes Söderqvist
Programmer(s)Stefan Persson
Jens Rudberg
Jesper Rudberg
Artist(s)Johannes Söderqvist
Composer(s)Twice a Man
Platform(s)PlayStation
Release
  • EU: 10 July 1998
  • NA: 27 November 1998
  • JP: 27 May 1999
Genre(s)Platform, puzzle
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Kula World, released as Roll Away in North America and KulaQuest (クーラクエスト, KūraKuesuto) in Japan, is a puzzle-platform video game developed by Game Design Sweden AB and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. Sony's subsidiary Psygnosis released the game in North America. The player character, a kula beach ball, collect keys to unlock the level exits, as well as coins and jewels along the way. The game makes use of alternating physics, changing the direction of gravity as the ball moves. It was the only video game to be developed by Game Design Sweden AB, who would later be more well-known for launching Netbabyworld.