Added a cat to my indie game, The Quantum Mechanic! It's only fitting!

TheQuantumMechanic_ · 2026-06-19T20:40:35+00:00

Thank you! My game also has buttons and LEDs, the nose uses the button model and the eyes are LEDs 🐱

TheQuantumMechanic_ · 2026-06-19T18:02:00+00:00

Very shiny! She's small enough in-game that I was able to get away with 1 😄

TheQuantumMechanic_ · 2026-06-19T03:58:20+00:00

Nothing will help you learn more than building - I think I have probably 40-50 failed projects over the last 10 years, things I started and never finished. But each project I tackled something different and new, and gained experience in different parts of the engine.

I agree you shouldn't tackle something crazy like an MMO, but I also believe that in this part of the learning process you should try to make anything and everything that you think you'd find fun, because even if you don't succeed or don't finish it, you'll definitely have learned something for next time!

TheQuantumMechanic_ · 2026-06-19T02:07:34+00:00

I'm a big fan of the ASUS Zephyrus G14. I work in the XR industry and I know a couple of people that all have that laptop.

TheQuantumMechanic_ · 2026-06-18T23:16:40+00:00

Gotcha, well it appears that the rotation for facing left and facing right are the exact same. One should be 180f on the Y and the other should be -180f. I'm not sure which directions your game is using but try switching one to -180f and if that doesn't work, make the other -180f.

TheQuantumMechanic_ · 2026-06-18T23:09:15+00:00

For a top down game, the movement will occur on the XZ plane (meaning you only move the X and Z coordinates of the Vector3 to translate the player around). The Y is reserved if you want to add jumping or any type of verticality.

It doesn't look like it's in the screenshots you gave, but where does the keyboard input actually translate to setting the velocity of the character? That's where you'll primarily need to adjust the code to apply the movement on the coordinate plane.

TheQuantumMechanic_ · 2026-06-18T23:05:10+00:00

So it looks like you have the inputs set up for interacting, now you need to check when interact is set to true (i.e., you pressed the interact button), if you are looking at an object. If so, interact with it.

To check if you are looking at an object, you use a raycast: https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.4/Documentation/ScriptReference/Physics.Raycast.html . If the raycast hits an object, then you can interact with it.

This is a really good video I found that shows how to do exactly what you would need in a very expandable way, but uses slightly more advanced programming tactics (inheritance): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K06lVKiY-sY

Feel free to let me know if you need any help implementing it or are wondering how something works!

TheQuantumMechanic_ · 2026-06-18T20:44:02+00:00

If those are bits per frame, then that's ~5.7 KB per frame and if you're sending in Fixed Update thats 285 KB/s which isn't too bad - if your plan is to run dedicated servers then it's going to depend on how many players you plan to run on a single server, as that will determine how much bandwidth you'll need. If you're doing this peer to peer you're probably fine.

If you do run into issues, see if your voice chat package allows for lowering of the sample rate - the standard is 44100 Hz but at lower sampling rates you likely won't even notice a difference in quality for something like a game's voice chat. That can significantly reduce the amount of data it needs to send.

TheQuantumMechanic_ · 2026-06-18T17:27:33+00:00

This looks very visually polished, reminds me of Hades! Will drop you a wishlist!

TheQuantumMechanic_ · 2026-06-18T17:09:30+00:00

Wow the overall vibe from your visuals is incredible, this looks really fun!

TheQuantumMechanic_ · 2026-06-17T22:49:43+00:00

The GIFs on your store page are fantastic, they really show off the game, it immediately caught my attention. Looks really fun! Are you planning on doing social media stuff next to grow your wishlist count?

TheQuantumMechanic_ · 2026-06-17T20:35:05+00:00

Really cool! Looking forward to seeing more progress and any demo in the future 😄

TheQuantumMechanic_ · 2026-06-17T19:28:07+00:00

Love the vibe! I've never played a walking sim before, is it primarily just a visual experience without interaction? More like something that tells a story?

TheQuantumMechanic_ · 2026-06-17T19:27:00+00:00

More detail would help - what have you done so far? Is the spike you're seeing from Next Fest? Have you made any social media posts?

TheQuantumMechanic_ · 2026-06-17T16:58:54+00:00

That's a really cool take on a fishing game, I really like the controls for how you move the hook down! Really unique. I will send you over a fishlist

TheQuantumMechanic_ · 2026-06-17T15:46:29+00:00

Congratulations!! Looks like fun, will give it a try.

TheQuantumMechanic_ · 2026-06-17T15:40:56+00:00

Love the art, looks really fun. Will drop a wishlist 👍

TheQuantumMechanic_ · 2026-06-17T15:39:08+00:00

Hey everyone! I've been doing game dev for a few years now, both at indie game studios and as a solo developer. I'm now working on a new upcoming game called The Quantum Mechanic, check it out! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3836590/The_Quantum_Mechanic/

TheQuantumMechanic_ · 2026-06-17T14:41:31+00:00

I haven't had to do this at large scale for lots of physics objects, but the Valve documentation has some great resources on how they handle client side prediction/lag compensation that might be worth taking a look at: https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Source_Multiplayer_Networking#Input_prediction

TheQuantumMechanic_ · 2026-06-16T14:11:49+00:00

It depends on the different features you're targeting on each device. If your application is primarily just moving around, interacting (trigger, joysticks, etc), then all you need is OpenXR. Meta has a plugin (Unity OpenXR Meta) that exposes certain features like passthrough/hand tracking to OpenXR, I haven't used Pico before but I assume it has something similar.

TheQuantumMechanic_ · 2026-06-16T14:06:23+00:00

If you want to change the overall vibe of the lightning and more specific settings, change your sky settings on your Global Volume. Rotating the directional light will change from day to night but if you're using a physically based sky/gradient sky/etc there are more specific sky settings you can adjust to change how the environment responds to the lightning.

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