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Dark Forest

By tero-pulkkinen

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall12442.5133
Fun12761.9831
Innovation8242.9532
Theme12791.7132
Graphics8713.0133
Audio7821.5826
Humor9021.5827
Mood10932.2431

Comments

leave 2018-08-12 19:35

Cool shapes, did not load in firefox 52 but chrome did work. Is this supposed to work in VR?

tero-pulkkinen 2018-08-12 19:45

@leave: no, it doesnt work in vr, even though the engine is made for vr uses.

tero-pulkkinen 2018-08-12 22:21

@leave vr should now work ok.

bensbuff 2018-08-12 22:58

amazing that you got this to work on a web browser

panda 2018-08-13 02:00

Very cool that you have some degree of VR support! I had no idea what to do, though, besides walking about and admiring the scenery.

adonisdevs 2018-08-13 02:04

Now that is some trippy stuff! But the cool kind of trippy. Cool stuff :)

penguinpotential 2018-08-13 02:25

Very basic gameplay. It was a nice stroll, but I don't believe I was scoring points or achieving a goal. Will there be a goal in a future version?

smilewood 2018-08-13 04:00

Really interesting scenery, and neat that it works in VR, but I don’t see any gameplay or connection to the theme.

karlipoppins 2018-08-13 04:22

Cool environment, too bad I don't have a VR headset! :( This makes an awesome base for a survival/horror game though. I'd love to see what you make out of it!

toad 2018-08-13 13:12

Interesting visuals, but I felt the level design was a little too aimless for what seems to be an exploration game.

udo 2018-08-13 14:05

The performance of this thing is astonishing, good work on your engine. It does work as an exploration/mood piece, although I hope one of these days you'll make one with more ...active gameplay :wink: In the meantime: stay spikey!

mshopf 2018-08-13 16:36

Hm, so this is 'only' a scene, not a game?!? Seems to me like it. Good to hear that it actually works in VR, it's cool that HTML5 is working with VR now...

ace17 2018-08-13 16:44

Neat, another non-Unity 3D game in the browser! (Emscripten/Binaryen/WebAssembly power!) The renderer seems to work now we need some gameplay! :-)

memel06 2018-08-13 18:04

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New screensaver.

gwinnell 2018-08-14 20:12

* Running :heavy_check_mark: * Out :heavy_minus_sign: * Of :heavy_minus_sign: * Space :heavy_check_mark:

2 / 4 not bad!

Appreciating the tech behind it all! Now that you have it working I look forward to your next LD entry. :smiley:

saoi-games 2018-08-17 05:00

I was unable to get the VR scene to play in Firefox or Chrome. I tried to stream it tonight at https://www.twitch.tv/saoigames

I was using My HTC Vive which I had used before the stream successfully, and I was also able to get another WebVR experience to load into the HTC Vive after I was unable to get your experience to work.

I will try again, and see if I can get it to work in my Oculus Go or in Firefox after a restart.

You can hear my comments in the archive at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/298329090

tero-pulkkinen 2018-08-17 12:20

@saoi-games: Yes, it requires clone mode. The webvr api is unable to control the display in emscripten, so clone mode is the only thing that makes it work. Basically the web VR experience just requires drawing the screen to correct position/resolution, and then windows settings/monitor clone mode is able to clone the display to the htc vive.

Normally the webvr api would provide a way to do requestpresent and display the screen to the VR. But emscripten version doesnt seem to be working, so hacks is required / and the hack is all about setting windows settings for cloning the display.

saoi-games 2018-08-17 19:31

@tero-pulkkinen Thank you for clarifying.

I'm curious what you used to build this. I've not heard of emscripten before, but it is still a big space.

Have you tested on WMR or Oculus Go? I know that Oculus Go might be an easier experience since you can pull up a browser in the headset with minimal difficulty. However, there would be no keyboard attached to move around.

tero-pulkkinen 2018-08-17 20:33

@saoi-games I've tried with oculus rift, but had some problems with the hdmi connection that it requires, and thus pose (or the real display) didn't work. But it's usable via cloning. The openvr version works properly in vive, but emscripten/browser side has problems. But the clone mode is working ok.

emscripten is a way to run c++ programs inside a browser. Firefox fullscreen button is slightly wrong position due to emscripten, but in chrome it should look ok.

tigerj 2018-08-21 19:03

Very interesting environment you created. lots of neat things to go and explore. Made me wish I had a VR set to really experience it properly.

Here is a link to your game on my stream: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/299088812?t=01h34m19s

adroitconceptions 2018-08-27 23:40

interesting environment... I suspect this is more a tech demo for VR... That or I missed something with the game play. Looks very inspired by the last 2 LD games you did (The style is very memorable, so I check your past games).

cliffracerx 2018-09-01 02:47

Very pretty, even without VR, but I'm not sure what the actual gameplay is.

Seems like a good basis for some sort of survival game, though - it reminds me of old-school Rust, back before there was a procedural map. Has the same sort of vaguely spooky nature feel, what with the trees and all.

andrei9 2018-09-04 18:47

Coool! Nice game :thumbsup: +++++