Schlagwort-Archive: Indie
🔥 Orcs Up! VR – Patch Notes (v0.988) 🔥
Demo Link: https://meta.com/s/5urk6LnSH
⚙️ General
- 🎥 Unlock Flow:
- Camera rotation during unlocks now better focuses on the unlocked element and lasts 0.9s → (was 0.8s) — prevents players from missing new unlocks.
- ✨ Unlock shine placement refined — now fully covers new objects without cutting off edges.
- 📝 Fixed: Typo and missing localization for the “Delete Data” string.
🏝️ Beach Area (Chop Chop)
🧪 Healing Potions Brew Machine
- 🖱️ Brew button: Increased tap distance & collider size + two new SFX for a more satisfying feel.
- 🐟 Fish protection: Prevented re-triggering while brewing — no more wasted fish!
- ✨ Visuals: Health/Progress bar slightly larger for better readability.
🏆 Achievements
- ⚖️ Wood Flow – Duration above x2 multiplier reduced 1 min → 30 sec.
- ⚖️ Wood Endurance – Duration above x2 multiplier reduced 2 min → 1 min.
- 💬 Reworded several descriptions for clarity.
🌲 Forest Area
🆕 New Unlockables
- 🪓 Training Puppet: Used by the Orc Warrior to train and gain XP.
- 🧍♂️ Orc Warrior: Can be pinch-moved and sent to the puppet — destroys it and earns XP each time.
⚖️ Balancing
- Wood Boxes Mini Game: Required amount reduced 10 → 7.
💡 Usability
- ✨ Wood Boxes: Switched to sphere colliders — smoother sliding around corners. Still they can get stuck but I guess its part of the teaching.
- 💬 Added narration: “Return to the beach to boost production after unlocking the door.”
🔓 Feature
- Upgrade requirements introduced: Warrior unlock now requires Potion Level 8+.
🐞 Bug Fix
- Fixed an issue where the mini game didn’t complete after dropping all boxes into the circle.
⚠️ Known Issues
- 💬 Narrations “Back to the Beach” & “Training Puppet” are currently text-only (audio coming next update).
- 🧍♂️ Warrior XP bar currently always displays as full.
Orcs Up! VR Meta Quest Indie Game by David Zobrist
Free Demo Link : https://www.meta.com/s/5urk6LnSH

Orcs Up! VR Meta Quest Indie Game by David Zobrist
Free Demo Link : https://www.meta.com/s/5urk6LnSH

Orcs Up! VR Meta Quest Indie Game by David Zobrist
Free Demo Link : https://www.meta.com/s/5urk6LnSH

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Orcs up! Creating the various gameplay elements
Orcs X already had plenty of mechanics besides chopping the main tree for wood. Here, the special challenge is to make it meaningful and enjoyable in VR. I am playing around with the first set of game mechanics. Once I nail them down, I plan to make little videos again with voice-over explaining each mechanic.
Working on shaders and the core game mechanic

I carved some sand details into the ground. Added a blob shadow for the palm.
The shield and axe now uses the metalic and smoothness property of its shader.
The shader for the palm, ship and the player has now more emissive power.
The UI for chopping has its first draft but Sebastian Irmer makes us some nicer wooden board soon. Chopping levels up a multiplier on the base weapon damage on the tree.