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Different Digital Experience Projects.
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
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.
🔥 Orcs Up! VR – Patch Notes (v0.989) 🔥
⚙️ General
- 🕹️ Meta Pause:
The game now properly reacts when the Meta system UI appears.
Game audio is dimmed, a color overlay fades in, and a mysterious pause music loop plays in the background. - 🧭 Usability – Sidebar Menu:
The sidebar now automatically moves 180° behind the player when new content loads, preventing distraction during gameplay.
🐞 Bug Fixes
- 🏆 High Score:
Achievement values were displayed incorrectly, although the actual counts were correct. - 🔐 Meta Login:
The login button could be clicked multiple times.
The logic already prevented multiple calls, but now the button disappears immediately while connecting for better feedback.
🌊 Stormy Intro
- 🌩️ The skybox no longer rotates but now rocks gently like ocean waves.
- ⚡ Added light flashes to enhance the lightning effect.
- 🎮 Designed to reduce dizziness and improve comfort during the intro.
🏝️ Island Area – Balancing
- 🧪 Brew Machine Price:
Decreased from 1 M → 850 K
→ Reason: Allows players to access the full mixer solution for „What is the mixer good for?“ earlier. - 🗼 Watch Tower Price:
Increased from 1 M → 3 M
→ Reason: Production speed rises significantly after unlocking the brewing machine.
🌲 Forest Area
- 🧱 New Content:
Added 2 new corner walls for the forest camp – now unlockable. - ⚔️ Bug Fix:
The warrior’s experience bar now displays correct progress, and level-ups function as intended.
⚠️ Known Issues / To-Do’s
- 💬 Narrations “Back to the Beach” and “Training Puppet” are currently text-only.
🎧 Voice versions coming in a future update.
David Zobrist 