Week 49 as a full-time Horizon Worlds Creator
Hey fellow creators, thought this might be interesting to read... Honestly I was overwhelmed by the multi script feature set required to make a system like this work, but this week I finally pulled the trigger. This week I implemented collectible pet companions. What I actually Implemented: Pet duck system where the ducks can be equipped and sit on your shoulder Perk system where ducks have unique player ability enhancements Pet Duck Store UI and Duck Locker UI so you can choose what pet you want to take into the next round. Currency system, where progress in the game rewards you with exponentially greater cash out to spend on more powerful pet ducks. What I learnt: At this later stage in development, adding major features that touch other systems means a wider code base architecture review is needed each time. I found that decisions I made prior, before considering this latest feature, may need to be changed to allow the new feature. The importance of PRD docs as part of the AI assisted coding workflow. Introducing a system of task management in my cursor project allowed much easier onboarding of fresh agents as I continue to wrestle with context window management. Next weeks goals (Well, by this Fri): Some Polish / delayed scope of the pet duck system Daily Login Rewards Game Link: https://horizon.meta.com/world/10241323577005469 Anyone still reading, have you built any similar 'collectible pet' systems yourself?
Player Emoji System
Your plug-and-play solution for player communication! Bring your world to life with the Player Emoji System, a powerful and intuitive asset for player communication. Designed for creators, this plug-and-play solution is incredibly easy to set up via a single controller script, yet offers deep customization. You can add your own images, define unique emoji categories, create custom UI themes to match your world's style, and even enable a persistent data system. Persistent data unlocks a personalized "Favourites" category that automatically sorts a player's most-used emojis, and a full preferences panel where they can save their chosen theme, animation settings, and more. This makes expression fast, fun, and unique to every player. 👐💝 All emojis used in the asset were designed by OpenMoji; the open-source emoji and icon project. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 💝👐 https://openmoji.org/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/# ✨ Features 📍 Easy Setup - Drag, drop, and configure. Get expressive emojis in your world in minutes with a centralized server controller. ⚙️ Fully Customizable - Create your own categories and UI themes. Control everything from colors and sizes to cool-downs. ⭐ Persistent Data - Enable saving player's most used Emojis into a "Favourites" tab, also allows saving player preferences for theme and animations. 🚀 Set up Guide To see the full list of properties and values, check the asset documentation: Documentation Google Doc. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NCaYFVz-cHDMGhu7O0wnrUKzpIUTQXcQvFk-74XPNyc Emoji Controller This is the brain of the asset. All primary configuration happens on the Emoji_Controller script. Drag the "Player Emoji System asset" (aka EmojiController) into your world from the Asset Library. Find the Emoji_Controller script component on the EmojiController object. Configure the script's properties. The controller has default settings, you are free to use as-is with no configuration! The rest of the steps are optional but allow you to deeply customize the asset for your world. (Optional) Enabling Save Data Enable this to activate the "Favourites" category and save player preferences between sessions. Save Data is disabled by default, you must create the variable group and enable it in the EmojiController. Create a new Persistent Variable Group named Emoji. Create 2 Variables named Data and Prefs with the object type. Select the EmojiController & locate the Emoji_Controller script component. Ensure the saveDataEnabled, saveIntervalSeconds, and prefsEnabled properties are configured. (Optional) Creating UI Themes Customize the look and feel of the emoji selector panel. You can edit the existing ones or create as many as you want, players can choose the theme in their preferences! The asset includes default themes to use. Expand the EmojiController object to view child objects. Duplicate & Select one of the Theme-... objects. Change the Name property and configure your custom theme. (Optional) Set the default theme property on the EmojiController to your new theme with the theme Name property. (Optional) Defining Emoji Categories Add any image in the existing, or your own, categories! The asset includes default categories and emojis to use. Expand the EmojiController object to view child objects. Duplicate & Select one of the Category-... objects. Change the name and add your own image assets.My first remixable game
I've broken up my space treasure hunt game into what I hope will be an easy tool kit for creating new levels. You can build elaborate star stations (with vertical elevators and horizontal transporters), hide and search for 10 different kinds of alien artifacts, find 6 different kinds of keys for lockable doors, use a simple trigger system to send both TOAST and full screen messages, display your current inventory, teleport back to your home location if you get lost or fall off a star station, build elaborate scifi rooms from a large set of controls, select from lots of different decorations (even alien rocks and trees) etc., etc. Scifi Treasure Hunt (Remixable) Or at least I think you can. I actually have no idea how remixable games are supposed to work. Is anyone willing to try my game out and give me feedback? I am working on the docs and video tomorrow but I'd really like feedback ASAP.
Parts-Based Animation System
Hello! I'm Todd, AKA Scarcesoft. I've seen a few people asking about importing animated characters into Horizon Worlds, and while this isn't yet possible for us regular creators, I've developed some tooling which makes it possible to have Blender-animated characters in your world now which are nearly as good as the "real thing" within a few minutes or hours, depending on the complexity of your character. I've used this system to animate goblins, xenomorph-like aliens, spiders, and more. You can see examples in the playlist below. Within the next few days I'll be releasing the next series which will cover best practices for how to separate existing characters into parts in a way which doesn't make them look silly. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUvQxgmNxn_K_ldPvYo_6NdrK7b33ZSCp&si=gHeRxr9ZMeGFVoyHRunaround Rush - Beta
For 'fun', I built little multiplayer game world today using the desktop editor called 'Runaround Rush' the objective is to collect as many stars and coins as you can in the allotted time. If you collect all 16 stars you progress to the next round where at the moment you just get more points for each item you collect. I still need to expand out my map segments as I'm reusing the same three... will do that over the next couple of days. Overall I'm pretty happy with the days work. Any feedback more than welcome! https://horizon.meta.com/world/678154342054802
Got a Pixel Art Idea? Help Us Shape Our Game!
Hey hey! My team is building a pixel drawing game for the MHCC, and we're in the middle of creating some awesome pixel art. We'd love to hear from you~ Is there anything you'd love to see as pixel art in our game? 👀✨ We’re taking **requests** (yes, really 😉) and would be happy to bring your ideas to life in pixel form! Below are some examples of what we’ve made so far. Stay hyped - it’s going to be a fun and creative game!
Chicken Flingers PvP
Chicken Flingers PvP is a fast-paced, chaotic multiplayer game where players launch themselves from cannons, glide across the map, and throw chickens at opponents in a hilarious free-for-all battle. With no timers and endless fun, it’s all about skillful flinging and high-flying mayhem! Launching March 21, 2025 in BETA for VR only, until I can put it fully in typescript with custom UI by mid-April. @https://www.instagram.com/purrkittyvr for video of gameplay while testing and prepare for the fun!
