Thank you so much, 🙏. Happy you enjoyed it and grateful for your feedback.
Yes it ended up way too long. I was initially really trying to nail the likeness to the show, which has these long transitions with overhead shots and breathy noises. I got the resemblance I was after, but turns out those made the whole experience way too long for a VR experience with no interactivity, so for sure I'm with you there.
The main content to get cut was much more animation and contestant traversal during their lines. The traversal I got in there was super thrown in and herky jerky. I didn't get nearly the amount of animations I had actually collected and hoped to use. However I did not much plan for any VR style player interactivity. I wanted it to be a "show" like the show I'm parodying. Paired with the duration of the experience, that wasn't the best.
I'm in the middle of making a sort of HTML5 slideshow version so non-VR players can experience the meat of it without the too-long delays.
Thanks again for the thoughtful and valuable feedback about your experience. It means a lot to me.