VR Jam Postmortems

[MimicryGames]

This thread aims to provide a dedicated overview of all mobile vr jam postmortems. You are most welcome to reflect on your jam process and to share your lessons learned, it will benefit us all and will help growing our community.

If you want to write one, but don't know how, this link might give you some pointers.

Please post your jam postmortem below, or if you have it written on a website or blog, please link it below and i'll be updating this first post with new additions. Let me kick off by sharing the direct link to mine:

Mobile VR Jam Postmortem list
Reflecting on the jam process of Maker From Below
Galaxy Grapple Postmortem
Private Eye Case Files: The Wooden Lady
The Captain Took Your Ducky: A Gear VR Jam Post Mortem
Neuralgia VR Jam Postmortem
The #SOHVR Oculus Jam 2015 Post Mortem
Colosse Post Mortem Part 1, Part 2
SteamCrew VR, a postmortem for a Mobile VRJam project
Kangaroo Dash - a retrospective
The Making of Night Cafe Part 1, Part 2

[dpid]

"Nilspferd" wrote:
So I also tried to write a post mortem: http://gamasutra.com/blogs/NilsKuebler/ ... Mortem.php

Great post mortem, Nilspferd. You had a very solid game submission and I was surprised it wasn't a finalist.

Like you, I think lack of marketing may have hurt my game submission. I focused more on making a well polished fun and bug free game. Looking back I can see how Snow Fight may seem like a boring name/ concept until you play it.

[MimicryGames]

"Nilspferd" wrote:
So I also tried to write a post mortem: http://gamasutra.com/blogs/NilsKuebler/ ... Mortem.php

Nice, on a Gamasutra blog even, thanks for sharing, very insightful. That organic compressed learning-by-doing experience is really a great outcome of the jam, indeed. Added to the top list!

[spinaljack]

Here's my postmortem:
http://www.mechabit.co.uk/blog/oculus-v ... st-mortem/

[MimicryGames]

"spinaljack" wrote:
Here's my postmortem:
http://www.mechabit.co.uk/blog/oculus-v ... st-mortem/

Good stuff spinaljack! Added to my reading list + the top post! ❤️ Fingers crossed you guys make it!

[rand]

We had issues developing without having a Gear VR. Here is the Soldiers of Heaven Post mortem... http://www.coqui.io/2015/06/the-sohvr-o ... st-mortem/

[MimicryGames]

Wow that's one hell of a tricky attempt, competing without a Gear. But reading your considerations, understandable. As a fellow UE4 developer I can only say it's indeed not easy to get UE4 projects running on the Gear, lots of trial and error with our project as well.
I've added your article to the top post, thanks for sharing!

Powerful game idea btw. The concept reminded me of a game I made when still studying, where you play as an undercover photographer in Guantanamo Bay. Hopefully you can get your hands on a GearVR, develop it further and get it out there.

[nickpittom]

Colosse Post Mortem Part 1 can be found here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comment ... em_part_1/

[AceHighness]

"rand" wrote:
We had issues developing without having a Gear VR. Here is the Soldiers of Heaven Post mortem... http://www.coqui.io/2015/06/the-sohvr-o ... st-mortem/

plenty of gear vr users on reddit and such would have been willing to help testing ... I've greenlight voted for you anyway. kudos for trying this ambitious project

[MimicryGames]

"nickpittom" wrote:
Colosse Post Mortem Part 1 can be found here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comment ... em_part_1/

Great! Thanks for posting, added it to the list 🙂

[KominAaa]

Here's our postmortem for SteamCrew VR 🙂