Ludum Dare #37compo
Solitude (VR)
NOTE: This game requires a Vive. Might work on the Oculus (with Touch) too.
A VR world painting experience inspired by the short film Shelter. You are given a brush, a palette, and a canvas. Now paint your own world.
Controls:
- Trigger: toggle grabbing things (eg. hover your hand over the brush and click the trigger, it will pick it up until you next time click the trigger)
- Escape to exit the game.
- Otherwise it's just, touch the palette's colors with the brush and paint! The black paint is for erasing things.
The game has been tested (and developed) on the Vive, and might work on the Oculus with Touch controllers. Made with the Unreal Engine 4.14.0.
EDIT: I received feedback (thanks @NickZahnow on Twitter!) that the game works on Oculus, just that the viewpoint is basically on the ground. A̵ ̵s̵m̵a̵l̵l̵ ̵c̵o̵n̵f̵i̵g̵ ̵c̵h̵a̵n̵g̵e̵ ̵(̵s̵e̵t̵t̵i̵n̵g̵ ̵t̵h̵e̵ ̵H̵e̵a̵d̵M̵o̵d̵e̵l̵_̵v̵2̵ ̵i̵n̵ ̵D̵e̵f̵a̵u̵l̵t̵E̵n̵g̵i̵n̵e̵.̵i̵n̵i̵)̵ ̵m̵i̵g̵h̵t̵'̵v̵e̵ ̵f̵i̵x̵e̵d̵ ̵t̵h̵i̵s̵,̵ ̵b̵u̵t̵ ̵I̵ ̵c̵a̵n̵'̵t̵ ̵t̵e̵s̵t̵ ̵i̵t̵.̵ ̵S̵t̵i̵l̵l̵,̵ ̵t̵h̵e̵ ̵g̵a̵m̵e̵ ̵*̵m̵i̵g̵h̵t̵*̵ ̵b̵e̵ ̵p̵l̵a̵y̵a̵b̵l̵e̵ ̵o̵n̵ ̵t̵h̵e̵ ̵O̵c̵u̵l̵u̵s̵ ̵R̵i̵f̵t̵ ̵n̵o̵w̵!̵ Nevermind, it didn't work!
A VR world painting experience inspired by the short film Shelter. You are given a brush, a palette, and a canvas. Now paint your own world.
Controls:
- Trigger: toggle grabbing things (eg. hover your hand over the brush and click the trigger, it will pick it up until you next time click the trigger)
- Escape to exit the game.
- Otherwise it's just, touch the palette's colors with the brush and paint! The black paint is for erasing things.
The game has been tested (and developed) on the Vive, and might work on the Oculus with Touch controllers. Made with the Unreal Engine 4.14.0.
EDIT: I received feedback (thanks @NickZahnow on Twitter!) that the game works on Oculus, just that the viewpoint is basically on the ground. A̵ ̵s̵m̵a̵l̵l̵ ̵c̵o̵n̵f̵i̵g̵ ̵c̵h̵a̵n̵g̵e̵ ̵(̵s̵e̵t̵t̵i̵n̵g̵ ̵t̵h̵e̵ ̵H̵e̵a̵d̵M̵o̵d̵e̵l̵_̵v̵2̵ ̵i̵n̵ ̵D̵e̵f̵a̵u̵l̵t̵E̵n̵g̵i̵n̵e̵.̵i̵n̵i̵)̵ ̵m̵i̵g̵h̵t̵'̵v̵e̵ ̵f̵i̵x̵e̵d̵ ̵t̵h̵i̵s̵,̵ ̵b̵u̵t̵ ̵I̵ ̵c̵a̵n̵'̵t̵ ̵t̵e̵s̵t̵ ̵i̵t̵.̵ ̵S̵t̵i̵l̵l̵,̵ ̵t̵h̵e̵ ̵g̵a̵m̵e̵ ̵*̵m̵i̵g̵h̵t̵*̵ ̵b̵e̵ ̵p̵l̵a̵y̵a̵b̵l̵e̵ ̵o̵n̵ ̵t̵h̵e̵ ̵O̵c̵u̵l̵u̵s̵ ̵R̵i̵f̵t̵ ̵n̵o̵w̵!̵ Nevermind, it didn't work!
Tools: Unreal Engine
Comments13
irwatts13 Dec 2016, 04:39
So tranquil! I loved watching everything grow around me. The palette mechanics worked great, though it was a little difficult to remember which each color linked to.
I was able to play using an Oculus Rift after laying on the floor and resetting my view from there. Not quite as clean as an ini tweak but it worked! :)
I was able to play using an Oculus Rift after laying on the floor and resetting my view from there. Not quite as clean as an ini tweak but it worked! :)
Budda13 Dec 2016, 13:17
This is a very cool idea, well done.
Tifu13 Dec 2016, 23:33
Pretty cool experience, would be better with more to it - like if a mountain painted next to a water source had a chance of spawning a waterfall or something, so that you could experiment with combinations to see what you can create... but yeah, time limits...
Really does remind me of the Shelter video though :D
Really does remind me of the Shelter video though :D
Alex15 Dec 2016, 19:05
Very chill experience! Nice to see another VR game in this compo :D
The graphics and overall presentation were great, and that drawing mechanic was interesting. I think it'd be a cool concept to play around with in a game scenario, something like what Tifu suggested with combining elements, but also maybe to use like a tower-defense type of thing.
That would kind of kill the chill though :P
The graphics and overall presentation were great, and that drawing mechanic was interesting. I think it'd be a cool concept to play around with in a game scenario, something like what Tifu suggested with combining elements, but also maybe to use like a tower-defense type of thing.
That would kind of kill the chill though :P
MementoGames16 Dec 2016, 02:29
Awww. It looks so pretty :(
Isn't there a way to us, vive-less poor souls, to enjoy it too?
Isn't there a way to us, vive-less poor souls, to enjoy it too?
Ednei16 Dec 2016, 02:36
Trend topics technology and very good work here, great job.
kmausser16 Dec 2016, 05:12
This is really cool! There's a lot of potential for using this for general world building or unique environmental storytelling!
AcuadoyStudios17 Dec 2016, 19:08
Hey I liked your game it was actually fun.
And pls go and try out my game!
And pls go and try out my game!
adrian09_0118 Dec 2016, 15:58
Loved painting my world! Very nice idea, done very well!
Gamepopper29 Dec 2016, 19:16
Love the low-poly art style and the controls.
xanderhd29 Dec 2016, 21:54
Really enjoyed this, great job!
hitchh1k3r1 Jan 2017, 20:13
This is a really neat idea. With some iteration this could be really cool. I liked the graphics a lot (maybe the best looking pallet and paintbrush I've seen in VR). The waving trees were peacful... but when I painted myself into a forest they messed with my balance.
It would be cool if the direction of the paint stroke could somehow control what you create. For example dots of blue paint make lakes, but a blue line is a river.
For 48 hours you got a lot done. Good work! And thanks for making this!
It would be cool if the direction of the paint stroke could somehow control what you create. For example dots of blue paint make lakes, but a blue line is a river.
For 48 hours you got a lot done. Good work! And thanks for making this!
It would be cool if you could walk through more of the world.
The paint colors were a bit of a mystery. Perhaps they should better correspond to what they paint?
Overall, good job!