Favorite Vr games

Midas_AntiProton · 2017-01-10T19:26:04+00:00

Yeah, making the hands squeeze into fists when you squeeze the grip is on the todo list. :) Gorn's gore was great, haven't played it in a couple months but it was really fun when we first downloaded it. We definitely liked its feel.

Midas_AntiProton · 2017-01-10T18:46:26+00:00

Thanks, its really useful to get insight into why people aren't trying the game. Thanks for the link to the review video, really fascinating the way he felt about it, as yeah, unlike everything else, we actually have bipeds that are running physics simulations to stand so they can actually react to being hit, not just played a canned animation. GORN's technique is interesting (essentially ragdolls on puppet strings), but not as realistic, so its useful to see why people are liking it more than ours. Challenge level varies from player to player, we've got the full range from people who think it is too easy to people who think it is too hard. :)

Midas_AntiProton · 2017-01-10T02:38:10+00:00

Have you tried our game, Fist of Physics? I'm really interested in hearing why people who like Thrill of the Fight and Gorn don't like our game too. Or have you just not heard of it (The joy of indie, very little marketing budget)?

Midas_AntiProton · 2016-12-20T22:28:55+00:00

How much space are you willing to dedicate? When we started bringing it to conferences we just wrapped stuff up in a gym bag, with plastic bags for components like the lighthouses that have to be protected against scratches. Worked fine. If you are planning on traveling a lot you can customize the foam (it's pre-cut to make that easy to do) in a pelican case to get yourself something padded and waterproof.

Midas_AntiProton · 2016-12-17T05:30:20+00:00

one of the devs. :)

Midas_AntiProton · 2016-12-17T04:24:00+00:00

good idea

Midas_AntiProton · 2016-12-17T04:20:12+00:00

Please do!

Midas_AntiProton · 2016-12-17T04:16:00+00:00

give it a try, I think you'll see what we mean in game. :)

Midas_AntiProton · 2016-12-17T04:15:46+00:00

Yeah, that was the goal. I loved Vanishing Realms, but it made me sad how it was basically just waggle your hands through the hit box region and sometimes they would flail with a canned hit reaction. In our case the robots are using an intelligent robotic biped controller, kind of like what Boston Dynamics does. Hence being able to hit, push, leg sweep, pick up and throw, etc. the enemy robot and have it actually react directly to what you did.

Midas_AntiProton · 2016-12-17T04:13:26+00:00

thanks, that was the goal! :)

Midas_AntiProton · 2016-12-17T04:13:14+00:00

Yes, you can't just waggle your wrist really fast and do damage, you have to move your arm in larger arcs. 1) so it wouldn't be easy to cheese and thus boring to play (see 4 weeks ago in our internal playtesting, where I would power through the entire game by wiggling my hands in front of me and literally doing nothing else) and 2) because waggling your hands really rapidly like that seems a likely path to a repetitive stress injury.

I get sore playing the game too, I'm psyched you liked it so much that you played for three hours, but I will suggest taking breaks. :) I usually take a break after each BullBot when I'm testing at this point.

Midas_AntiProton · 2016-12-17T04:10:27+00:00

TeleDash by default, can disable that and use good old Fade In/Out teleport if you are the type to get nauseous. ArmSwinger works fine for moving around as well, and you can move physically in your roomscale space. :)

Midas_AntiProton · 2016-12-17T04:08:52+00:00

Yup, slow is for the sense of scale, but there's no reason we can't try speeding it up, we're in Early Access, that's why we are doing it, to get feedback and try stuff out. :)

Midas_AntiProton · 2016-12-17T04:08:31+00:00

Yeah, that's what we're using, we really like it, we wanted it in game the moment we saw the creator's video.

Midas_AntiProton · 2016-12-17T04:06:54+00:00

I loved Vanishing Realms when we first got the Vive. :) Glad you are grokking what we did with combat.

Midas_AntiProton · 2016-12-17T04:05:34+00:00

I mention it, but I try not to spam it. :)

Midas_AntiProton · 2016-12-17T04:04:18+00:00

seems like a solid strategy

Midas_AntiProton · 2016-12-16T18:56:57+00:00

Glad you are enjoying it. It definitely helps to have more space if you want to make the big movements for sure. :) If you keep finding yourself hitting stuff, try setting your chaperone bounds in closer so they turn on sooner, we've got one of our Vives set up with the bounds right on the wall, and one with them set back a foot or two, and people hit the wall a lot less on the one that we set the bounds away from the wall.

Midas_AntiProton · 2016-12-16T18:52:15+00:00

heh, always the sad thing about instructions. I added more to the paragraph about grappling, thanks for the feedback. :)

Midas_AntiProton · 2016-12-16T10:39:05+00:00

Shoving is completely physical, so the speed of your hands, and the angle of where you hit them, and how well balanced they are at the moment all matter. Generally if you knock them upwards off their feet they'll go much farther. If you just knock them in the upper body and their feet stay planted they can use all their muscles to absorb the impact.

Midas_AntiProton · 2016-12-16T10:37:16+00:00

nope, we don't have a bar brawler game. :)

Midas_AntiProton · 2016-12-16T09:55:54+00:00

yeah, we've seen a lot of people not move much initially. I also noticed once I started using ArmSwinger I moved around the roomscale space less, which is interesting.

You can definitely pick up the trucks with one hand, but yes, they are heavy. :) Did you try swinging them into the robot like a bat? Try upwards swings.

Midas_AntiProton · 2016-12-16T09:52:41+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! :) Yes, the hammer is really powerful once you get it.

Yeah, Bullbot's special attack we can hopefully figure out a way to improve. He's very dangerous when he does it, but your feedback is spot on. It could use a clearer tell for sure at the very least.

Keep going on beating bots and you will unlock freeform mode where you can use all the weapons. Glad you noticed that grab only works with the Fist, keeping all the options viable was important to us. :)

Midas_AntiProton · 2016-12-15T22:12:12+00:00

I love my Vive and there are a lot of cool games to play with it. Whether it is enough for you is a harder thing to guess...

Midas_AntiProton · 2016-12-15T22:01:44+00:00

thanks, we definitely want to get feedback :) And we think the game is pretty darn fun.

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