[VR] Terminal Shift

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.91
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.96
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.09
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.04
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.78
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.70
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.91
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★46%
[VR-headset required, either Vive or Oculus-via-SteamVR; designed for standing-gameplay (1 square meter), but also playable while seated]

Gameplay-sample (short): https://youtu.be/JkCHGMHrgU0

Project walkthrough (long): https://youtu.be/dh7yPEAihjw

Why play hole-in-the-wall, when you can play hole-in-the-FLOOR! Surf a morphing platform down into the abyss, peering over the edge to see what shape is required next... just make sure to pull your head back into cover when the hole arrives!

Controls:

[X] Morph the platform into an "X".

[Y] Morph the platform into a "Y".

[Right-bumper] Rotation the platform 90 degrees clockwise.

[Left-bumper] Rotation the platform 90 degrees counter-clockwise.

As for the goal, there's currently no scoring mechanism, so it's currently just the personal challenge of reaching terminal velocity. :)

In addition to the source-snapshot, the full history is available at:

https://github.com/AustinSpafford/terminal_shift/tree/967953b143e101c0332379352b3bc422da8e945d

P.S. If sound is playing out of the speakers, then that appears to be a SteamVR thing, whereby in the SteamVR settings you can set which devices it should swap in and out of being the default playback-device. I absolutely wish there was a way to easily force it to the HMD's headphones, but it seems like SteamVR's generality is problematic.

P.P.S. Sadly I didn't make it in time to add more platform/hole shapes (eg. A/B/L/R). Next time a lot of Blender-eccentricities will have been learned ahead of time!

P.P.P.S. Also didn't add "hitting your head when passing through a hole" mechanics, but fortunately human-instincts seem to work pretty well for playing out the peeking-over-the-edge gameplay. :P

P.P.P.P.S. This is the first time I've done a blitz of foley recordings, but the spaghetti-snaps were amazing! Honestly they're the only major reason I checked kid-unfriendly checkbox (well, that and not wanting to encourage a fear of heights). I absolutely recommend trying it out yourself, or grabbing some of the source-audio clips for your own bone-breaking action. :)

Comments17

murraya2
murraya218 Apr 2016, 06:14
It's quite basic and there's not much to do. But what's there is working very smoothly. A little hard to understand what to do though.
lordsavage18 Apr 2016, 06:14
Sorry doesn't work for me either (Windows8.1), I get a lovely transition down animaton then a black screen, i have left it running for almost 10 mins just to check if it was just slow - nope...
Souperstrawer18 Apr 2016, 07:16
Sorry can't play, no VR goggles :(
Dooskington
Dooskington18 Apr 2016, 17:20
Would have liked to try it, but I don't own a vive or rift.
Batzorig18 Apr 2016, 17:30
No VR here, but intrigued.
cornand34
cornand3418 Apr 2016, 17:48
404 VR not found, next time maybe try making a version with and without VR if there is time for that, since alot of users now can't play :(
GammaS19 Apr 2016, 00:35
Cannot play :/
Reis Mahnic19 Apr 2016, 22:18
I have a DK2, but was unable to get this to boot in the headset itself, just in a window on my monitor. Sorry. :/
Hempuli
Hempuli21 Apr 2016, 21:29
No VR, sadly :(
nuuup22 Apr 2016, 18:11
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SetArray
SetArray29 Apr 2016, 15:57
When I open the game it shows the "Made By Unity" animation, then a floor of some sort and then the screen just goes black.
thebrainfuse9 May 2016, 05:11
Don't have a Vive or Oculus, but looks like a cool game
TTLabs11 May 2016, 00:47
Very cool, very freaky, falling quickly like that. Played it on the Vive. Have you tried to adapt the Vive controllers to the game.

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