Oh man, this is really, really nice. Congratulations in such a greatly executed experience :D
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Please rate this entry based on your overall enjoyment. | #9 | 4.800 | 4.800 |
Ranked from 75 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
What's the name of your experience?
Weightless
Please describe your creation.
It's a meditative virtual reality experience for the Leap Motion about inspecting space debris in a weightless environment.
I'm designing around a few key insights:
1. I wanted the player to have an experience that's only possible in VR. That means taking advantage of the ability to look around in any direction and having good spatial awareness. This led to investigating a weightless environment that allowed freedom of movement in any direction.
2. I wanted interaction unique to the finger tracking of the Leap. Something that could not be done compellingly with a mouse, keyboard or game pad. The idea of gently nudging and inspecting objects in micro gravity would be very difficult with a traditional control scheme but with the Leap it feels really natural.
3. In VR, with positional tracking, parallax is strongest in the near range so most of the game's interactions happen within arm's reach. Being able to bob your head around (and sometimes walk entirely around) an object really makes it seem as though it's there.
Programming language?
Unity/C#
Your web site or portfolio (optional)?
http://cargocollective.com/martinschubert
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