Archiv des Autors: David Zobrist
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
Winter has officially started (2026)
Ohhh yeah 🙂
OrcsUp! HowTo Install the Alpha Demo #Shorts
The Orcs that got 1.5 million players… are back — in VR.
Orcs Up! Alpha Demo Version 0.992
Orcs Up! Dev. Update v.0.991 – No comments – English First 15 minutes gameplay
Orcs Up! Tweaking and polishing
Working on sound, timing, effects – overall clarity in whats happening + celebrating it more!
🪓 Orcs Up! VR – Patch Notes (v0.9900)
⚙️ General
- 🖐️ Time-Based Interactions:
The On Trigger Enter / Time-Based Interaction now only accepts the Index Finger, preventing accidental activations on UI elements.
🏝️ Island 1
🔓 Unlock Order
- 🧤 The Finger Thimble Booster / Chopping Axes now unlocks before the Watchtower.
🧠 Reason: This makes the core chopping loop easier to understand.
⚖️ Balancing
- 💰 Watchtower Price Increased: from 3M → 12M wood.
⏳ Reason: After obtaining the thimble and boost potions, production ramps up fast — this change allows time to appreciate the new upgrades before advancing further.
🏰 Watchtower Improvements
- 🧹 Rearranged certain UI elements for better clarity.
- 📴 The help text now automatically hides once the first delegate is assigned.
📖 Tutorial Book Intro
- 📕 The book’s white flash triggered on grab, causing it to bounce annoyingly is now disabled while grabbing the page.
David Zobrist 