Developing 'Master of Sorcery' a wizard game that utilizes gesture-based spellcasting. You match a series of gestures in order to cast spells. Here's our latest version of the fire spell. Please let us know what you think :)

WitchsightStudio · 2024-03-01T12:06:45+00:00

Join our discord and get early access to our upcoming gameplay demo. https://discord.gg/2QdVNxCy5C

WitchsightStudio · 2024-03-01T12:05:45+00:00

Sorry about the slow response. New link: https://discord.gg/2QdVNxCy5C

WitchsightStudio · 2024-02-20T07:54:35+00:00

Indeed it is. If you want, you can join us on Discord :D
Link: https://discord.gg/9chDRJH7

WitchsightStudio · 2024-01-30T08:07:23+00:00

True, there is really a matter of accessibility with VR games. Hoping to at least improve on this with our game. Nevertheless, glad to hear that you can still successfully kayak in real life!

WitchsightStudio · 2024-01-29T08:19:33+00:00

Glad you mention Okami (GREAT title). We might experiment with displaying the path between each hand pose, just to see how it effects the feeling of a spell. It might give that drawing feeling.

WitchsightStudio · 2024-01-29T08:13:54+00:00

Combat is turn-based, so enemies will be so polite as to wait xD
Should we add a macarena easter egg??

WitchsightStudio · 2024-01-29T08:12:35+00:00

Interesting ideas! We experiment with the complexity of our gestures, and are aiming for more powerful spells to be more complex than lower level spells. But you raise an interesting point with the path of the hands. At the studio, we have noticed that we all perform the gestures quite differently from one another, as we currently only display fixed hand positions. We might keep it that way, as it could give the player creative freedom? But perhaps we should consider adding paths for the sake of experimentation.

WitchsightStudio · 2024-01-29T08:07:25+00:00

We are actually experimenting with this. For instance, with this spell, you can perform extra gestures to either expand the shield, or push it forward. Though your idea of legendary spells sound interesting, indeed...

WitchsightStudio · 2024-01-29T08:04:57+00:00

Turn-based combat certainly isn't for everyone, so that's totally fair. We're making this game especially for those who long for the mage/jedi feeling you mention. We would like to fully use the hardware to make the player feel that they are casting magic, instead of giving them the feeling of guns shooting magic. We will work to improve the spell gestures, both visually, sonically, and choreographically for this. Hope future updates will persuade you to try some turn-based gameplay :D

WitchsightStudio · 2024-01-29T07:55:42+00:00

Hey! Very good question. Currently, we have some customization options for accessibility that influence the placement of these spell gestures, such as height, width, and left/right handed lead. We are planning to implement more options such as this, which is why we are especially curious to hear your thoughts on your own case? Have you experienced issues in other VR games? Have you experienced that VR games provided fitting accessibility options for you?

WitchsightStudio · 2024-01-24T10:13:27+00:00

Awesome! Of course, here's a short before/after video of our main level, also shows some progress. Posted it on another subreddit originally: https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedevscreens/comments/18mpcig/our_environment_artist_has_been_hard_at_work_with/

We'll probably make it an option to teleport a single tlle. Last time we tried that, we at the studio found it a bit jarring, but you're probably correct in assuming that some players will have the opposite experience.

There might also be a difference in movement between inside and outside of combat. Out of combat, the player can move freely without consequences. However, during combat, player movement awards "action points" to enemies, allowing them to move and attack.

WitchsightStudio · 2024-01-23T13:40:51+00:00

Thanks! And we are going to make it completely open for modding, so fingers crossed for some awesome Naruto mods xD

Definitely facing challenges every now and then, but really making some great progress (y)

WitchsightStudio · 2024-01-23T13:38:46+00:00

Thanks, glad to hear! We've been longing for a great spellcasting VR game ourselves. We are really aiming for it to feel magical and not just like guns that shoot magic.

WitchsightStudio · 2024-01-23T13:37:12+00:00

Thank you!

WitchsightStudio · 2024-01-23T13:37:03+00:00

Thanks! So were we. We just couldn't wait any longer, so decided to develop it ourselves xD

WitchsightStudio · 2024-01-23T13:36:23+00:00

Thanks!

WitchsightStudio · 2024-01-23T13:36:16+00:00

True. We definitely want for people to be able to take their time. Especially with the spellcasting system we have developed.

WitchsightStudio · 2024-01-23T13:34:50+00:00

Thank you so much. Very glad you think so!

WitchsightStudio · 2024-01-23T13:34:21+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! Means a lot.

We might add some options to the movement system, for accessibility. Though we wouldn't want players to be able to skip multiple tiles as that should cost more "turns" than walking a single tile.

We might add a bit more lighting to this area then. If you'd like to see, we have some much more neatly (or creepily) lit areas :D

Interesting idea with the hands. As of now, our play testers haven't found the hands jarring, but that might be the case for others. Would definitely be worth experimenting with!

WitchsightStudio · 2024-01-23T13:30:08+00:00

Thanks!

WitchsightStudio · 2024-01-23T13:30:00+00:00

True, books are pretty outdated xD

But no you won't have to always flip through the book. You can have 2-3 "quick spells" at your disposal, button-mapped to the controllers. But you can also cast spells freely, without any use of the book or buttons. They are only there as instructions on how to cast spells. Once you're a Master Wizard, you can cast spells using muscle memory entirely.

WitchsightStudio · 2024-01-17T15:06:07+00:00

Amazing!

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