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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
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 (v0.989) 🔥
⚙️ 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.
🔥 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! Official Teaser Trailer – Play on Meta Quest
Orcs Up meta.com/s/5urk6LnSH You can now test the free Vr demo It is…