Orcs Up! Alpha Update
🪓 Orcs Up! – Alpha Update
A new Alpha build is live! Here’s what’s new:
🌱 A Growing Threat: The Strange Plant Creatures
The mysterious plant creatures are now being introduced.
They don’t attack immediately — instead, they wait until their units are fully grown.
This looming threat hangs over the Orcs’ progress and hints that we may soon need to rally weapons and warriors…
🌴 Village Progress = More Workers
Unlocked houses in the Village area now grant +1 worker at the beach, increasing your passive gains.
Expansion now directly strengthens your economy.
💤 Offline Gains (Orc Wisdom Included)
The offline gains system is now explained by an Orc — who casually reminds you that time itself is an invention of the Orcs.
🏝️ Island 2 Balancing Update
Village area price scaling on Island 2 has been adjusted for smoother progression.
🧭 Wrist Menu Improvements
The wrist menu is now easier to interact with thanks to improved distance from the back of the left hand, making options more comfortable to click in VR.
🔐 Fully Automatic Login Flow
The login flow is now completely automatic.
No UI interaction needed — including reconnecting after internet loss.
🐛 Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where data deletion did not fully remove all stored data.
⚠️ Known Issues
One of the forest areas where the plant beings are introduced may show a visual glitch when looking around from certain angles.
Rotation unlocks can currently offset the player’s position.
For now, please recenter using the Meta pinch gesture.
This one’s annoying and will be fixed soon.
Using the Dev Option “Jump to Island 1” can break the day/night rhythm.
First Boss is coming.. Orcs Up! (or Beyond?)
Dev. Update „Orcs Up!“ I am not dead..
Design first? Orcs up! Proper planning prevents poor performance!
As a goal for 2026, I gave myself the task to finally do proper design first!
I had to go through too many iterations for the beach area — to be fair, it’s my first VR game, so I had to test a lot of things early on.
But now I want to reduce development time through proper planning.
Proper planning prevents poor performance!
And for that, I’ve discovered Miro.

Orcs Up! Participating in the Meta Horizon Start Developer Competition!!
So I just submitted orcs up! here 🙂
Wish me luck!!!

Cheers,
Chieftain Dave
„The Meta Horizon Start Developer Competition is a five-week challenge inviting Start program members to create new and enhanced Entertainment, Lifestyle, and Gaming experiences for Meta Quest. „
https://devpost.com/software/orcs-up-idle-clicker-rpg#updates

