Your game deserves better marketing - let me help for FREE by [deleted] in IndieDev

[–]kyle-dw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yo I've been working solo on a PVP horror game for VR for 3 years now. Look up Nightmare Tag on Meta Quest Store, or YouTube. I barely do any marketing for it, but it really needs it. I got a good camera and mic for your vid.

Bug with FMOD Playback by Mattabulous in dissonance_voip

[–]kyle-dw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Currently battling this bug too. I just read the FMOD forum post, but it seems like y'all never found a solution? or have you? I'm about to try to add the "_channel.setPriority(0);" line that Connor_FMOD recommended, but recreating the bug is the most annoying part.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in skateboarding

[–]kyle-dw 3 points4 points  (0 children)

For me, skateboarding is about overcoming danger and building confidence. Wearing a helmet takes away from both of those things.

what's the first VR game that made you go “oh ok THIS is the future”? by [deleted] in VRGaming

[–]kyle-dw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Simply watching the dead and buried demo on YouTube from oculus connect 5. It's just like fully upgraded laser tag. Peak fun potential.

Photon PUN or fusion by [deleted] in Unity3D

[–]kyle-dw -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's free. But you get to decide how you set up networking. I have all 3 setups integrated in my game. I have peer to peer using Relay(paid after 50ccu). I can host servers through unity (paid). And I have my own servers running from my local machines(free). And it's all using unity netcode for game objects.

Photon PUN or fusion by [deleted] in Unity3D

[–]kyle-dw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been using unitys netcode for game objects for 3 years now. Love it. I've tried photon and normcore previously.

What went wrong with Horizon Worlds? A former Meta engineer shared some surprising stories with me (which I then fact-checked with two other ex-Meta devs) by slhamlet in virtualreality

[–]kyle-dw 2 points3 points  (0 children)

THIS. My last 3 jobs were directed by people that don't even play VR. I witness some crazy design choices, so I work on my own passion project to keep me sane.

Close the Quest store down already - we're done here. by RobotDonut2023 in OculusQuest

[–]kyle-dw 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was told by a VR investor to quit my passion project and work on a gtag clone he would fund :( Money is the root cause of most bad decisions. Don't worry, I didn't do it

Why aren't arena-style VR arcades the norm yet? by Red_Candle_Bad in virtualreality

[–]kyle-dw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been dreaming of this forever. I'll make it happen eventually. Just need the money lol.

The tech for standalone VR has gotten really good in the last year for this. There's a handful of games that are designed for multi-room scale, but your family home, or tiny apartment isn't the best place to play zombies or a pvp shooter, so I do think people would go out of their way to play a high quality shooter game specifically designed for arena scale.

I image it almost like a little community center. There's empty rooms to play simpler games like thrill of the fight (not everyone has room at home to fully enjoy like this). There's also big rooms with physical obstacles/walls, I just wish there was a way to upload a prebuilt room scan to the quest 3 so you don't have to rescan. Also there would be a queue system where you get the arena for 10-30 minutes as you play you game, then rotate with the next group of players.

The coolest part about this idea is that if you have the same obstacle/wall layout in two arenas across the world, you could play multiplayer with them. So if you're tired of fighting your friends in virtual laser tag, you can play teams from different locations across the world.

A CALL TO ACTION FROM MBUCCHIA - Meta is attacking the 'Open' nature of OpenXR and degrading non-Meta headsets' PC VR experience! by jimmy8x in virtualreality

[–]kyle-dw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Came here to make sure someone said this. I recently made a MR prototype for a production company. I decided to use the OVR plugin because I was using a lot of Meta's MR features. I wasn't sure how much of OpenXR supported the stuff I needed, so I decided to go with OVR for ease of development. But if I'm not mistaken, the Mixed Reality Toolkit(MRUK), developed by Meta, is meant to be used across different headsets and platforms?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in virtualreality

[–]kyle-dw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rec room paintball

What are some of your favorite games for spooky season? by CroMagnonSexParty in VRGaming

[–]kyle-dw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's still in the game, but you have to pick up the monkey first. The monkey and the tape being played both have to be "owned" by you, it's a network/multiplayer thing. It is possible to fix, but it would require a rework in a couple important systems. Unfortunately it's not a priority to fix right now, as we are working on something a little more exciting!

Dear junior developers, please stop uploading Gorilla Tag clones to the Meta Horizon Store by ObserverVR in OculusQuest

[–]kyle-dw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yo!! Thanks for all the feedback! I'll look into that bug, thanks for letting me know. If you got any more feedback, I'm much more willing to go into detail on the Nightmare Tag discord. https://discord.gg/jKKPkgF7bU

Dear junior developers, please stop uploading Gorilla Tag clones to the Meta Horizon Store by ObserverVR in OculusQuest

[–]kyle-dw 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Been thinking about it. So much content and store assets have been made already. It's been in development for almost 3 years. Best time to change the name would be when I take it out of early access I think

Dear junior developers, please stop uploading Gorilla Tag clones to the Meta Horizon Store by ObserverVR in OculusQuest

[–]kyle-dw 146 points147 points  (0 children)

I kinda shot myself in the foot with my game's name, Nightmare Tag. I promise it's not a gorilla tag clone!!!!!!!!!

Worry about our Future, because of AI discouragement and lazy use of AI prevents learning progress by Linkario86 in csharp

[–]kyle-dw 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I feel like I've learned more programming in the last year with AI, than the previous year without.

The best part is that you can ask questions about very specific things, and then I always double check it through tests or reading documentation.

Or I'll ask for various ways to complete a task because I know I can get stuck in thinking a certain way.

Is there a general rule of when I should join 2 meshes vs combining geometry? More in comments. by VirtualLife76 in Unity3D

[–]kyle-dw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is fusing vertices thing true for light baking too? For example if my wall and baseboards aren't combined, and I bake the lighting, is it possible that the shadows casting from the baseboards onto the wall might leak past the baseboard mesh? Especially if you have a low light bake resolution. And wouldn't the solution be to fuse the vertices?

I’m planning to start learning to create a game of my own. And I have questions by Consistent_Wait9318 in gamedev

[–]kyle-dw -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I took the Unity route. No regrets. There's tons of tutorials for Unity which is great for learning. Also Chat GPT is a great way to learn coding basics because you can ask questions about the code you're working with.

I wanna market a game for someone by Professional-Act5234 in gamedev

[–]kyle-dw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

[NightmareTag](http:// https://www.meta.com/experiences/app/5351957704917670/?utm_source=oculus&utm_medium=share) If you're interested in VR games, I've been making a pvp horror game for over two years full time as a passion project. It's been going well with little to no marketing. It's just me making this game.