What is the game?
Dream Knights VR is a VR game in development right now. The game is currently being developed on a Rift DK1 and is in prototype alpha currently. The best way to quickly describe the game is think top down-Zelda games/NES zelda/ adventure games with a bit more story, JRPG inspired mechcanics, visuals and 3D models, and a VR spin 🙂 It may show up on the CV1 if the game gains support of some sort, but for right now it needs more development! 😉
Story?
The story of the game is about a disabled girl from the physical world that falls into a comma and wakes up in the astral plane. Upon entering a spirit explains to her that a human in the Astral Plane becomes a Knight and she needs to defeat the Demon King to wake up in reality and escape the comma. Think of the Astral Plane (Or the spirit world) a place where humans go upon death that is a fantasy world that in a way determines your afterlife.
Picture: Corrina the yellow Dream Knight leaving home to head into the first temple with the VR player:
Gameplay?
The game-play again is like the original zelda with a VR spin and advancements. There is Zelda like combat where you can swing and block your sword and shield, along with rolling and dodging mechanics that im adding but there is jumping and platforming mechanics as well. A great example is the Hero-bound First steps game Oculus has already put out, and make it a much bigger and better experience. Including each temple giving "VR items" with each item being a way for the VR player to interact and be apart of the world or help out the Knight Character.
Game Setup?
There is 10 temples planned to be in the astral plane, and the player must defeat all 10 bosses within each temple. Each temple has 10 dream levels inside of it, each within there own room of the temple. This creates a situation where the temples play out like a typical Zelda or adventure game, but after each boss/Completion of a boss you gain a VR-like ability, for example the VR player can shoot arrows out of their headset into the world and aim with there head. There are 9 VR abilities already planned that will interact with the knight. The final temple requires all 9 temples already beaten so prior to that the player has choice of what temples they venture to in whatever order including some hidden area's to support excessive exploration.
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Development Plan? Till the Kickstarter?
(There may be a KickStarter near the end of 2015 or 2016 after the demo and development gains more polish to be shown for one). Hopefully a publisher in some shape or form may come around and the need for a kickstarter won't be there, but only time will tell.
2015:
Demo 1 will be exclusively put up for download here on this thread for readers to test and give back feedback
Demo 2 will add a 2nd demo temple/more demo content following the feedback of users that tried the first demo.
Demo 3 will add the 3rd and last demo temple/more demo content following the feedback of users that tried the first two demos. All three demo temples will be packed into one demo and shipped for free into the Oculus Share program
2016:
Kickstarter prep and release
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HELP WANTED:
Please contact me at fredrick3377@gmail.com if you at all want to help shape the game in any form. Lately I have been needing some 3D models, and C# programming. Its not necessary as the game will eventually get finished without help from others, but even freelancing tasks would just help speed up the development greatly.
DOWNLOADS:
Dream Knights VR (Camera Test) provide feedback if it makes you sick or not!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-vzmu ... sp=sharing
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Update 1: "Day 0"
Pictures: This is the prototype room for the players movement, combat, and some interactions. So far movement has been locked down, the player can already jump, double jump, and Sprint. As combat is currently being worked on one aspect already finished is the health and damage system for certain objects like projectiles. Currently if you look at that picture you might spot a red circle and a "VR player" tag. The code for the VR player to shoot projectiles into the world and help out the Knight is already there and it will probably become the first temples VR item as the cross bow.
As of now in this early stage of development it shoots white circles here is it mp4 link of it! haha. You may catch many of the early monster models which are still getting texture work, and programming in to be enemies. They are in the background of the prototype room so I can test there AI in the coming days. The white prototype balls actually kill the monsters right now, which is great for the VR player to help out but the Knights combat still needs work.
http://i.gyazo.com/24409f465483199f21deab82a5294cb8.mp4
Challenge of development right now:
Right now the biggest challenges are making the Knights melee sword combat kill and break things, and making in-game UI work in VR. Putting in-game UI in the world is easy but programming it to function well isn't so easy. I want to do something similar to Herobound where the VR players center dot can be a cursor into 3D in-game menus and the player can hit the action button to hit the buttons on them, but that will take me some time to figure out. Feel free to chip in on any development update post below and help out shape the game! 😄
SCROLL BELOW FOR FUTURE UPDATES (However this OP will get touches on it over time as well)
Dream Knights VR is a VR game in development right now. The game is currently being developed on a Rift DK1 and is in prototype alpha currently. The best way to quickly describe the game is think top down-Zelda games/NES zelda/ adventure games with a bit more story, JRPG inspired mechcanics, visuals and 3D models, and a VR spin 🙂 It may show up on the CV1 if the game gains support of some sort, but for right now it needs more development! 😉
Story?
The story of the game is about a disabled girl from the physical world that falls into a comma and wakes up in the astral plane. Upon entering a spirit explains to her that a human in the Astral Plane becomes a Knight and she needs to defeat the Demon King to wake up in reality and escape the comma. Think of the Astral Plane (Or the spirit world) a place where humans go upon death that is a fantasy world that in a way determines your afterlife.
Picture: Corrina the yellow Dream Knight leaving home to head into the first temple with the VR player:
Gameplay?
The game-play again is like the original zelda with a VR spin and advancements. There is Zelda like combat where you can swing and block your sword and shield, along with rolling and dodging mechanics that im adding but there is jumping and platforming mechanics as well. A great example is the Hero-bound First steps game Oculus has already put out, and make it a much bigger and better experience. Including each temple giving "VR items" with each item being a way for the VR player to interact and be apart of the world or help out the Knight Character.
Game Setup?
There is 10 temples planned to be in the astral plane, and the player must defeat all 10 bosses within each temple. Each temple has 10 dream levels inside of it, each within there own room of the temple. This creates a situation where the temples play out like a typical Zelda or adventure game, but after each boss/Completion of a boss you gain a VR-like ability, for example the VR player can shoot arrows out of their headset into the world and aim with there head. There are 9 VR abilities already planned that will interact with the knight. The final temple requires all 9 temples already beaten so prior to that the player has choice of what temples they venture to in whatever order including some hidden area's to support excessive exploration.
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Development Plan? Till the Kickstarter?
(There may be a KickStarter near the end of 2015 or 2016 after the demo and development gains more polish to be shown for one). Hopefully a publisher in some shape or form may come around and the need for a kickstarter won't be there, but only time will tell.
2015:
Demo 1 will be exclusively put up for download here on this thread for readers to test and give back feedback
Demo 2 will add a 2nd demo temple/more demo content following the feedback of users that tried the first demo.
Demo 3 will add the 3rd and last demo temple/more demo content following the feedback of users that tried the first two demos. All three demo temples will be packed into one demo and shipped for free into the Oculus Share program
2016:
Kickstarter prep and release
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HELP WANTED:
Please contact me at fredrick3377@gmail.com if you at all want to help shape the game in any form. Lately I have been needing some 3D models, and C# programming. Its not necessary as the game will eventually get finished without help from others, but even freelancing tasks would just help speed up the development greatly.
DOWNLOADS:
Dream Knights VR (Camera Test) provide feedback if it makes you sick or not!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-vzmu ... sp=sharing
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Update 1: "Day 0"
Pictures: This is the prototype room for the players movement, combat, and some interactions. So far movement has been locked down, the player can already jump, double jump, and Sprint. As combat is currently being worked on one aspect already finished is the health and damage system for certain objects like projectiles. Currently if you look at that picture you might spot a red circle and a "VR player" tag. The code for the VR player to shoot projectiles into the world and help out the Knight is already there and it will probably become the first temples VR item as the cross bow.
As of now in this early stage of development it shoots white circles here is it mp4 link of it! haha. You may catch many of the early monster models which are still getting texture work, and programming in to be enemies. They are in the background of the prototype room so I can test there AI in the coming days. The white prototype balls actually kill the monsters right now, which is great for the VR player to help out but the Knights combat still needs work.
http://i.gyazo.com/24409f465483199f21deab82a5294cb8.mp4
Challenge of development right now:
Right now the biggest challenges are making the Knights melee sword combat kill and break things, and making in-game UI work in VR. Putting in-game UI in the world is easy but programming it to function well isn't so easy. I want to do something similar to Herobound where the VR players center dot can be a cursor into 3D in-game menus and the player can hit the action button to hit the buttons on them, but that will take me some time to figure out. Feel free to chip in on any development update post below and help out shape the game! 😄
SCROLL BELOW FOR FUTURE UPDATES (However this OP will get touches on it over time as well)
