The core team created the entire game without having any programming expertise.
The original Q.U.B.E was a finalist in the Develop Editor's Choice Award 2012, Ffresh Awards 2012, Indie Game Challenge, Sense Of Wonder 2011, The Escapist Extra Credits Innovation Award, and IndieDB's Indie Game of the Year award: Best UDK Game.
Rob Yescombe's story was inspired by a Radiolab podcast, in which astronaut Dave Wolf describes the intensity of darkness and light in space.
Q.U.B.E started life as a student project in 2009.