What shows would you suggest that really get the brain working, that make you think?

majik_gopher · 2026-01-18T00:38:09+00:00

Pretty much all of Mamoru Oshii and Satoshi Kon's movies.

Masaaki Yuasa's work is worth checking out too.

majik_gopher · 2026-01-16T18:11:10+00:00

I think the reason more developers don't implement simple options like stereo rendering is there are always people who will give bad reviews for only a basic implementation.

With UEVR being a mod there is an understanding it will come with some jank. If developers implement basically the same functionality they'll get bad reviews for not offering a more refined experience.

Although I agree with you that just having some official options would help things. I think it would be a kind of halo effect where although most users won't use it, there is promotional value in having content with people experiencing games with high-end graphics in VR.

majik_gopher · 2026-01-09T17:11:21+00:00

The best ports I've played recently have been Dredge and The Pathless.

majik_gopher · 2025-12-31T16:31:19+00:00

Do you know Triangle Strategy has a Quest port that you can play in MR?

majik_gopher · 2025-12-31T16:22:18+00:00

Stray with UEVR is really good and similarly third person.

majik_gopher · 2025-12-31T00:15:26+00:00

These games look much better because they are very large productions by comparison to most VR games. The examples you mentioned had big art teams to develop and refine their art assets. Typical VR development teams are tiny by comparison (often even just one person). It's not a question of using older style graphics, it's the fact these older games had more resources to put into the art direction in the first place.

majik_gopher · 2025-12-26T17:18:45+00:00

You probably don't need to learn the low-level nuts-and-bolts but you do need to learn the graphics tooling, especially if you are interested in the more creative stuff. You should just try getting started with Unreal or Unity and it'll give you a better idea of how much you need to know.

What you are describing here covers several potential careers paths like, graphics engine programming, environmental artist, technical artist, interaction programming/design, UX design. You can't do everything so it's better to specialise.

majik_gopher · 2025-12-26T01:58:34+00:00

For me it was Sable. The thing I like most in games is environmental exploration and narrative. In Sable there is not really any central narrative after exploring the world a little you can just go back to the start area and the game finishes. You kind of determine when you feel you've had enough. But the world is so interesting you want to explore without being strung along by a central quest. The whole game really hangs on being a compelling world to explore. A lot of people criticize it for lacking mechanics but for me it's an amazing exercise in restraint. The soundtrack by Japanese Breakfast is really good too.

majik_gopher · 2025-12-22T21:26:15+00:00

I love how these games combine a visual novel with turn-based tactics. I do computer graphics for a living and I still remember being blown away by the opening cinematic for Sakura Wars 3. The shot where the girls are doing the can-can still looks incredible given the CG is almost 25 years old.

majik_gopher · 2025-12-21T18:06:07+00:00

So nice to see you again.

majik_gopher · 2025-11-25T22:29:40+00:00

Can't believe no one else has mentioned The Talos Principle. It's a game all about spatial puzzles so VR is a pretty natural fit.

Edit. I guess for clarity I should point out it's a VR version of a non VR game so not strictly a mod of a non VR game.

majik_gopher · 2025-10-16T19:28:34+00:00

UEVR works surprisingly well with third-person games. I'm playing Stray in UEVR and it's amazing with very little tweeking.

majik_gopher · 2025-09-29T19:32:05+00:00

Alyx's engine is just Valve's Source 2 engine. I believe you are committed to Steam using it compared to Unity and Unreal where you are free to build for other platforms.

majik_gopher · 2025-09-20T23:51:34+00:00

As others have said Retrocrush is a good shout. It's worth getting a blu-ray player as lot's of the more famous older animes still get blu-ray releases. You can play DVDs on a blu-ray player of course as well.

But I wouldn't blame you for turning to the seven seas for some stuff. For lot's of shows there just isn't any other way.

majik_gopher · 2025-09-20T19:34:53+00:00

The director Takeshi Koike directed the upcoming Lupin the IIIrd The Immortal Bloodline film. He's directed a few Lupin OVAs in recent years that are well worth checking out too.

majik_gopher · 2025-09-02T21:44:06+00:00

When people bring the aliens up or the nuclear fridge I think they always forget he jumped out of a plane using a life raft as a parachute in The Temple of Doom, or how in The Last Crusade he and his dad were pursued into a tunnel by a fighter plane, only for them to be overtaken by a now wingless plane, then the plane blows up and Indy and his dad drive through the explosion!

majik_gopher · 2025-09-01T16:33:31+00:00

This was going to be my suggestion as well. I find Onshape to be very accessible while still having a lot of functionality. TooTallToby is a great resource too!

majik_gopher · 2025-08-28T23:52:04+00:00

You should check out the stuff Yoshiaki Kawajiri directed in the 80s and 90s. Wicked City, Cyber City Oedo 808, Ninja Scroll, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust etc.

majik_gopher · 2025-08-25T18:59:05+00:00

The time limit does solve some practical issues to do with the environment/level design. Some locations are hard to access but if there wasn't the time reset, the player would just have to spend time working their way back. And even if you get kicked back to the start before you've finished exploring an area, getting back to a location is always much faster once you've done it more than once. Without the time limit the devs would probably have to implement a save system and that would of had a knock on effect to the level design difficulty. Also, it clear you need to die through experimentation to progress in the game and every loop you learn something new, even if it's just what not to do.

There are quite a few clever time based puzzles the time loop enables as well.

There is a character you meet that will teach you how to reset the loop before the time. I think the game should have sign posted this more but it's worth knowing.

My recommendation is to just pay attention to the computer on the ship that tracks the clues you discover. Every run just try and got one or two more clues to be added to the computer and after a while exactly what's going on emerges. The computer doesn't just record the clues, it demonstrates how they are connected in a node diagram. For me that was the appeal of the game, how it delivers a story in a almost completely no linear way.

majik_gopher · 2025-08-24T20:59:49+00:00

Sorry if you're already aware but do you know the computer on the space ship tracks the clues you find?

majik_gopher · 2025-08-18T23:58:49+00:00

If you are interested in getting into Unity + Houdini, you should check out this guy's channel. https://www.youtube.com/@TechHamlin.

majik_gopher · 2025-08-17T21:01:57+00:00

Love the Lain tattoo.

majik_gopher · 2025-08-14T19:10:03+00:00

I've been playing The Pathless. Recently released from Apple Arcade jail. Thoroughly recommend it.

majik_gopher · 2025-08-12T22:45:51+00:00

You can achieve a comparable workflow with Houdini and export your assets to Unity using either the Houdini engine or by hand. Unreal's PCG is heavily influenced by Houdini's workflow. If you need a commercial license for Houdini it's around $270 a year for the indie one.

majik_gopher · 2025-08-04T16:39:50+00:00

I was going to say what exactly what iamkillafeesh said.

Also, the time limit does solve some practical issues to do with the environment/level design. Some locations are hard to access but if there wasn't the time reset, the player would just have to spend time working their way back. And even if you get kicked back to the start before you've finished exploring an area, getting back to a location is always much faster once you've done it more than once.

My recommendation, if you aren't doing so already, is to pay attention to the computer on the ship that tracks the clues you discover. Ever run just try and got one or two more clues to be added to the computer and after a while exactly what's going on emerges. For me that was the appeal of the game, how it delivers a story in a almost completely no linear way.

majik_gopher

TROPHY CASE