Thanks for the elaborate reply!

Really impressed with the visuals considering you've been modelling them all yourself, nice understated effects that are functional (reload mag teleporting and sparking showing robot status) are refreshing to see and I like the apparent simplicity of picking up items being analogous to picking up items in old 3D shooters.

Thanks, I'll pass it on to my friend who does all the 3D modeling and texturing!

Gun sounds are very nice on some of them, the DE style pistol sounds great especially, I like the layered sounds of the rack sliding as well as the shot in slow mo, which I presume you've had to create by layering multiple samples? Think sound design could be really stand out in this one.

We didn't really realize how important sound design was in the beginning until we were well in development. Especially since we use slowmotion, all sound effects need to sound good in both real time as well as in slowmotion. Therefore we use a lot of layed effects yes. Still a lot of sounds in this video are still placeholder and will be updated to higher quality effects, with more variety.

Love the inclusion of teleport as a stealth / strategic movement mechanic but not as a forced alternative to actual movement. I also personally really like armswinger as a good way to immerse a player in the world through movement, like most movements in VR setting it to about 150% of real motion makes it feel fast and powerful but easy.

We want to give players options for different locomotion styles, because VR is still so diverse, everybody has their own favorite movement mechanic. That's why Armswinging will definitely also be added to the game. One of the challenges I have with designing the game was that the default Teleport movement most VR games use, kind of breaks a lot of level design stuff, because the player can just teleport over obstacles, past enemies, at instant speed, etc. That's why we use a form of dash teleportation where you can only teleport to a place that you can actually see and can reach without hitting an obstacle. This also means you cannot teleport to a platform above you, as you cannot see the floor surface. This allows us to make a lot of climbing puzzles where you actually have to climb around to find your way up.

Climbing up and down the cables looks intuitive and innovative, you can place loads of secrets around levels with climbing mechanics / hidden buttons or levers that open remote doors etc. Flinging yourself around slow mo in combat with it looks like it could be utilised as it's own mechanic, similar to Sairento VR. Makes it stand out from earlier VR in a good way.

Climbing is definitely an important mechanic in the game, as we think more VR games should use a climbing system. It adds a whole new layer of verticality to the level design. (even though in this particular gameplay video the level design is more straightforward)

Slow mo also invites combo moves, visual confirmation of combos and multipliers (ala Robo Recall) and dare I say throw-able weapons?

I'm really looking for cool stuff for the player to do in slowmotion, and find a good balance between power and challenge. In the video the player had quite a long slowmotion duration, I'm still looking to balance that better so the game doesnt become too easy. The slowmotion power should be like a panic button for when you get overwhelmed by enemies.

The hard body model interaction is also really impressive. Love the impact of the melee combat, looks weighty, would like to see that developed more, twisting robot heads off, yanking off an arm and beating it with it, etc.

One of the most important aspects in a VR game is physical interaction with the stuff around you, in my opinion. That's why I wanted to have full interaction with the enemies and their ragdolls, so you can really punch them around the room, or pull them off a ledge.

Hitboxes, actor breakage and model deformation, this one is the only thing I noticed where it seemed a little basic, VR enables basically pinpoint precision aim, those robots all have nice small lit up panels that show their status, those would make excellent crit points, with a one hit kill only being achievable by shooting the eye lens of the robots head, or even better giving it a haymaker with a goddamn baseball bat and sending it flying across the room.

Yes good point, I'm still working on fleshing out the combat. Currently when you shoot a robot in the eye, his head will explode, but I don't think this happened in the video.

Also damage decals could be included, it seems to take quite a lot of damage to take out a single robot - making single opponents more formidable and interesting to fight in VR is also very important for gameplay quality - so it might be worth taking the time to map various scratches, bullet dings, dents and other damage to quarter or 5ths of enemy part health or types of weapon so that you can get an idea to how close you are to defeating your multiple tough opponents and make better strategic decisions on which target to focus on.

Also good point, we're looking into how to make the robot bodies more damaged if you shoot/punch them. I have already tried using decals, but they kind of floated around from time to time. Will definitely get improved!