I mean you've perfected this style of gameplay it's a perfect sandbox to adapt to any situation. I also know that little robot from your other jam game, he was a great character and perfectly fits this type of game. I much prefer this to just the phone talking. Like Beard said, if you allow the player to beat the robot up a bit, it would be a great little thing you can have the player do while they are waiting for the next event to happen. I would also maybe add a button on the phone or something to have the player spawn in more of whatever item is needed for that particular event. The reason is sometimes the room scan is old or hasnt been updated or even more common a piece of furniture has been moved or blocked with new furniture and the scan isn't very great. I lost a few items into the floor or behind things I couldn't reach and there was no way to spawn any more. Like the tent boards would fall into a place I couldn't reach. If I could spawn them again or the ones that I haven't attached so that maybe they fall in a place I can reach them it would allow me to continue even if my playspace is a little fucked up.
What a banger though, of course it is! Its a PANIC game!
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Hey, thanks Ameripon 👍
Yeah, given the time I had (about 4 days) I felt it would be best if I use my MR framework as a base and then build the experience on top of it. Which surprising still took a solid 3-4 days non-stop to add the new experience and get it all working right! (Looking back, I don’t know why I put myself through that on every Jam 😅).
Yeah, the model of the camping robot is from a previous jam, but I had to reimplement it for MR, even the lip syncing code needed to be redone for Quest, so it ended up being a big chunk of work. But hey, felt like it worth it in the end, I also prefer that style of character in MR rather than the phone too, so I might reuse that at some point. Maybe release something next year with that style of character in it 👍
Shame about the room scan mismatch, I mean it’s best to rescan the room every time, but I know people aren’t going to do that. Good idea on the respawn of items. In MR you’re never sure where objects are going to spawn or end up - that’s one of the trickiest parts of MR! Plus, those tent panels are thin too, maybe adding a handle on the back or something would help too, but having a spawn button would definitely help
I did think about adding robot reactions, I mean, the first thing people did was to swat the robot in the face when he appeared… but it was definitely a time thing, I just ran out of time to add that. However, it’s definitely something I’d like to add.
Thanks for the feedback, super helpful 👍