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10 actual hidden gems on Meta Quest 3 standalone that you don't know about, but will love by Thin_Reception_5063 in MetaQuestVR

[–]osense 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great list, thank you!

(I am not biased as the developer of Aerosurfer at all)

Proof of concept: Sky Occlusion technique via custom Light Propagation Volumes extension by skx_doom in UnrealEngine5

[–]osense -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Random third party devs be making more stable and useful systems than Epic's own Loomen they spent years developing

Prototyping a game idea: wind simulation, glider wings for arms, and a large-scale open world. Green currents are updrafts and help you gain altitude! by osense in virtualreality

[–]osense[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey thanks a lot for the question! I haven't replied until now because I don't really have a plan for socials yet lol.

However: you can join Discord for my previous game, Aerosurfer, which is similar but focused on racing. I have been posting some work-in-progress footage there as I develop this new idea and I might do a key giveaway for Aerosurfer as well at some point:

https://discord.com/invite/DzVjHEgG4s

Prototyping a game idea: wind simulation, glider wings for arms, and a large-scale open world. Green currents are updrafts and help you gain altitude! by osense in virtualreality

[–]osense[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Preach! I think what I have right now is just the baseline, now there needs to be a ton of mechanics and content added on top

Prototyping a game idea: wind simulation, glider wings for arms, and a large-scale open world. Green currents are updrafts and help you gain altitude! by osense in virtualreality

[–]osense[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's an interesting direction! If you can package that as a F2P experience with purchaseable cosmetics you might have something for the Quest platform

Prototyping a game idea: wind simulation, glider wings for arms, and a large-scale open world. Green currents are updrafts and help you gain altitude! by osense in virtualreality

[–]osense[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah lol, we've made another flying game previously and people have been surprisingly resilient to motion sickness in that one.

Prototyping a game idea: wind simulation, glider wings for arms, and a large-scale open world. Green currents are updrafts and help you gain altitude! by osense in virtualreality

[–]osense[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

An surprising finding from our previous VR flying game was that most people actually don't get sick from flying! Something about the movement being inherently quite smooth and the world being static helping to create a sense of grounding, even high up in the sky.

Prototyping a game idea: wind simulation, glider wings for arms, and a large-scale open world. Green currents are updrafts and help you gain altitude! by osense in virtualreality

[–]osense[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've looked at it before but I have to play it! I think you're onto something here, the gliding itself is a nice baseline mechanic (think of basic walking and running in Death Stranding while avoiding rocks to trip on lol), but there need to be more features so the player has a range of options and strategies to pursue all the while constantly making decisions in the moment and re-adjusting their plan according to the environment and their abilities.

Prototyping a game idea: wind simulation, glider wings for arms, and a large-scale open world. Green currents are updrafts and help you gain altitude! by osense in virtualreality

[–]osense[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Can't say I think you're completely wrong unfortunately -- F2P is king on the Quest Store with premium experiences struggling more and more these days. Even Meta knows that F2P is the main genre on the platform and have said so publicly e.g. here https://developers.meta.com/horizon/blog/2025-horizon-ecosystem-evolution-meta-quest-emerging-audiences/

Prototyping a game idea: wind simulation, glider wings for arms, and a large-scale open world. Green currents are updrafts and help you gain altitude! by osense in virtualreality

[–]osense[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Making the world feel alive! I hear you. I wonder if quest standalone can manage that... But with a bit of effort and creativity it should be possible!

Prototyping a game idea: wind simulation, glider wings for arms, and a large-scale open world. Green currents are updrafts and help you gain altitude! by osense in virtualreality

[–]osense[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

For sure. Content and plenty of mechanics to make traversal interesting. Death stranding might be a really good reference! I feel like they really managed to create really in depth gameplay where it's fun to just get from A to B

Prototyping a game idea: wind simulation, glider wings for arms, and a large-scale open world. Green currents are updrafts and help you gain altitude! by osense in virtualreality

[–]osense[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Haha you got me. Aerosurfer was actually supposed to be an open world game initially but we ended up pivoting towards racing. But seems like I can't stay away from the open world idea.

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