yeah i have played in room 5 by 5 m , and it's a lot better than 2 by 2. I'm also curious (not tested yet) how the game will behave with Oculus Quest Guardian turned off in Developer settings. Because im using it when im at home to use gogles at all rooms in my house without getting disconnected. It also working when i'm using Steam VR Games
Hmmm, więc jednak nie porzuciłeś tej gry. Kiedyś rozmawiałem z tobą na SideQuest i mówiłeś że gra nie za bardzo wyszła tak jak chciałeś. I od tamtego momentu myślałem że porzuciłeś projekt.
Tak, wychodziła inaczej niż chciałem, ale to też nie był powód, aby ją zupełnie porzucić, ale aby spróbować innej drogi. Tak naprawdę to gra zmieniała się w bardzo dużym stopniu kilkukrotnie. W tej chwili jestem zadowolony z tego, w którą stronę idzie i pozostaje do końca ją robić (czyt. dalsze levele, przeciwników, bronie itd).
Obejrzałem sobie twój ostatni filmik z rozgrywki z wersji #245 i jestem pozytywnie zaskoczony w jaki sposób gra się zmieniła, podoba mi się ten monolog bohatera którym gramy, no i jednak to że gra ma już konkretny cel podróży aby pokonać tytułowego Boga.
A to nie wszystko, bo planuję też dodać sceny, które będą się działy trochę w tle, a trochę dookoła bohatera, które mają trochę rozbudować fabułę, a trochę nadać jej inne znaczenie.
Przede wszystkim jednak jestem zadowolony, że obecny gameplay jest bardziej zwarty niż to sprzed 2-3 lat. A i tak zamierzam dodać jeszcze prostszy tryb, który ma zadziałać jako swoisty haczyk. Krótki, treściwy, ale jednocześnie możliwie najbardziej wyzbyty fabuły. Coś, co się zagra i mam nadzieję, że pomyśli "o, to było całkiem spoko, chcę więcej" i wtedy wjeżdża faktyczna gra z fabułą.
Thank you :) Working right now on more content (that utilises larger areas). And with the next week, I plan to focus on a Steam demo, also with joystick movement as it is quite often requested and might help with the reach.
This game is definitely one of the most immersive VR games I've ever played. Unfortunately, the game crashed right when things were starting to get exciting. Not sure if there's supposed to be more than just walking through the same few areas over and over, cause I've only tried starting it with the default setting
Sorry about that. There's a crash and/or freeze happening for certain sizes of play areas for particular random seeds. I recently added a code to monitor such cases and fixed this bug yesterday. I still have two crashes to fix and when they're fixed, I will be creating and uploading a new build.
I haven't even been playing it for all that long - but it's safe to say this is my all-time favourite vr game! I am so thankful I stumbled across this absolute masterpiece! The immersion you get from actually walking everywhere is amazing. Nothing beats the feeling of turning around a corner to be surprised by an enemy and being able to physically turn around and run back to safety
Awesome game. Most immersive VR experience I've ever had. Can there be an option to fall to your death if you step over a steep ledge? And for the more shallow indoor drops, maybe a ladder you have to climb back up if you fall. Would add a nice sense of danger when near edges
Thanks :) Falling is in plans, although that will be available on an option (most likely on by default + off via info screen while loading).
At the moment I do not plan to have climbing :(
Climbing could only work in very specific places. Adding climbing would make it possible to go into shallow drops but only if you would have a big enough playarea. For most of the people, the drops would be gone as if you could fall there, you would have to be able to move freely there - requiring playarea big enough to contain the whole place.
I might still add climbing but it would be in a very specific place/section rather than a part of the gameplay loop.
with the newest update, is it strictly story mode now, i used to be able to jump into any random map i wanted with all sorts of settings, now there all gone, what happened??? (btw oculus quest 2 user)
They're not gone. They are still there. Depending on how old version we're talking:
1. If you mean one random level after another. This is not available right now. I do consider adding a mode that is just going forward through random mazes but for time being, there's just one main mode.
2. If you mean the open-world section, as it was, it is still there. The game will be a mix of linear levels and open-world levels. If you'd prefer to jump straight to that mode, choose custom, then arcade or roguelite and while you do it, hold grip buttons on both controllers. Then if you press "go" you will have access to the level of your choice.
The plan is to have a story mode and then add other modes.
Hi it seems, at least for me, boundary detection is not working for the Reverb G2 headset. I have a WMR boundary setup, but when I load into Tea For God it shows me as having only a tiny square of space (I'm guessing the smallest default space).
With the SteamVR boundary setup, everything worked great on the G2.
Of course most users will not know to do that. I saw below you mentioned you're looking to support OpenXR, I imagine that will solve the issue for the average G2 user! :)
Thank you :) Yes, indeed I will be implementing OpenXR support (+ most likely, sliding locomotion). The demo will be extended to what currently is available and I'd like to have it available via Steam.
Um, sorry about that :( Can you send me a log file (in _logs subfolder there should be output.log). Just zip it and send to contact@voidroom.com, please. I'll check what's going on and fix it.
I've been watching this game for quite some time now and it's easily one of the most innovative projects I've seen so far in VR app development. How can we help fund your efforts? Do you have a Patreon, or someplace we can make a donation?
Yes :( I am still not sure whether to have them or not. Without a proper explanation, they seem to be a bit out of place.
The whole outer ridge was meant to have lots of damaged/defunct utility droids, waiters, laundromats, vacuuming robots and so on. Instead of meeting fighting robots, you were first meant to meet such droids - the forward guard. The story: when robots go damaged, were no longer useful in the world outside, some of them were sent back to the cubes for recycling. And as some of them could still walk and communicate with the complex, they could serve the guardian role. That's why the robot had glitched speech and was throwing glasses and bottles at you.
Hm. A scene with the droids forced onto a ship towards the cube could work quite well. I will add it to todo list and if that works, I read them.
Can you estimate around when the full game will be released and if it will be taken out of app lab and go to the official store. Or are you keeping it a secret for now which is totally fine if you are
I plan to finish development October next year. As for AppLab/official store, when I will have any information that I will be able to share, I will do so :)
Could you tell me on which platform did it happen and under which version?
Note that when playing PCVR version through Airlink, you have to calibrate the play area manually from within the game. For a brief period of time, there was also a bug that under rare and certain situations was offsetting the play area. It has been fixed.
Always seem to end up coming back to this just as you release an update, Thrilled to see the new one!
This is easily the best. game. on. VR. The feel of the world and exploration and just... everything about it hooks me. Some odd combination compelling gameplay and the aesthetic feel of sci-fi artists like Barlowe
I might as well ask, would you care if I were to try my hand at streaming this via twitch or whatever? I keep meaning to do more VR streaming and this would be the thing I'd want to play
Amazing game! I am constantly impressed by the room scale technology that you use to create procedurally generated environments that I can actually fully walk around without worrying about hitting a wall or anything!
The demo is immersive and fun, I recently figured out that you can interact with enemies by punching them, pulling levers or pressing buttons on their robot bodies which was so cool! and definitely is worth expanding on.
One thing id like to give some feedback on is the map system, I found it quite confusing trying to navigate myself through the on screen map, I didn't know which way led me in what direction as it lacks a player direction indicator.
It's actually quite hard to show the player's direction in an impossible spaces environment. There are door directions above each door, they point in four cardinal directions. If you want to go "up" on the map, choose "up" arrow above the door. If "right", choose "right".
There's one more thing, I will be uploading a new build soon which introduces arcade mode. In this mode, you don't have to use a map as the direction towards the objective is indicated with a white dot. Arcade mode also simplifies a few other things (simpler energy management + more energy distributors, no workshop room) plus is a bit shorter (it is both shorter when it comes to size and due to more straight path towards the objective).
This is one of the best VR titles I've ever played. I see the world you've created in my dreams at night and with every update the game becomes more defined and realized. .... also the new intro musical piece perfectly sets the mood for an oddly ethereal journey.
Hi, got a problem with the app downloaded from App Lab on my Q2. After starting the app it shuts down again directly. The only way to get the app running is to install it from Sidequest without doing the available update after it. As soon as I do the update the app crashes again. Is that a known problem ?
Hello, I was just wondering if you have any idea when you want to release the next update. This game really is something special and I can't wait for it to come out. Of course if you don't want to share anything that is perfectly fine, it is your game and creative process. I hope you haven't gotten any angry messages from impatient people. If you have just remember this is your game, you should be the one to make the decisions for it, you are making something truly amazing. :)
they may be no use for you or your project, but I hope you like the newer ones anyway. hope you enjoy your time listening and if you've got any thoughts on any of them I'd be very eager to hear about what you've got on your mind. if you'd be too busy to listen to any, I'd understand that, though please let me know. otherwise I'll still check occasionally if you've listened or not. I don't want to bother you, but I don't know if you care to listen or not and just wanna be sure.
wish you a lovely day/night and alot of luck with your project and other freetime too~!! hope you're taking care ^^
This game look fascinating, I wish I had the tech to play it. I'm not sure quite what you mean by orbifold, how does this differ from a covering space? I've been playing around with covering spaces for a while and it's possible to come up with a solid implementation in the sense that you can write your engine (or just build on top of an existing one) and then use existing tools to author content. Path lifting does everything for you, though lighting is tricky!
Orbifold is like two euclidean spaces connected with each other. Impossible spaces (or if I understand your term "covering space") are an instance.
There are various things to handle, like AI seeing through portals/doors into other rooms/spaces. I use very simple point lighting - it works good enough but having dynamic shadows could be extremely complicated. Although light maps should be fairly easy.
It does. I test it on both Quest and Quest 2. Could you tell me what OS version do you have installed? (although I tested it on v28 and worked fine). The game requires boundary to be set prior to launch. Make sure it is treating the setup not as a stationary (the headset may suggest using stationary for small play areas). The smallest play area supported is 1,2 by 1,8. Theoretically, it should be possible to go with a smaller and scale horizontally but that may end up with motion sickness. This approach is not supported yet. Although horizontal scaling is available in the options.
i am using "v 0.5.5 (#226) - Oculus Quest APK - latest build" i have plenty of space and am running it through windows, should i use "v 0.5.5 (#226) - latest build" instead?
Seems you're running Windows build, using air link or Oculus link, right? Currently it is impossible to read a valid boundary via links (and Virtual Desktop as well). I have a simple solution that is a temporary workaround (as I hope that with some future update it will be possible to read the actual boundary) but I still need to check a few things. And for a while, it might be available only as a preview build (check discord server for that).
i tried using the preview build and ended up with the same results, i could try launching it through steam vr, idk if that will help (any idea if/when oculus link will be supported?)
what it means by play area not found is it’s boundary idk where it at for oculus quest2 but for me it’s in gardian and I set the floor level then set the boundary
It's not in the preview build yet. I should be uploading a new preview build tomorrow - I will let you know about it.
There's little I can do with support for oculus link/air link/virtual desktop besides adding manual setup of a play area. And even that is done a bit different to what headsets/systems provide, mostly because as a developer I have no access to pass-through, so it's more like moving rectangular area around and peeking/or standing at the boundary edge to see the boundary all the time and adjust the area.
And the problem is that ATM there is no way to read the actual boundary info from the headset. What's worse, if you take it off, move around and put it on again, the tracking gets desynchronized. It works for games that do not require the actual play area info. For anything more, it gets a bit messy and requires some weird solutions (like manually adjusting the play area).
Your game is incredible! I'm new to VR and I'm shocked this mechanic isn't a VR genre by now. It's so much better than joystick or teleport movement.
It seems like most VR authors are trying to cram PC/console games into a headset vs this approach where you take a physical space and map it back into the game creatively.
Do you have a Kickstarter or venmo or something? I'd like to contribute to what you are making.
This approach makes game design a bit harder. With a normal approach, you don't have to consider play area limitations this much. And this gets especially considerable with a shooter. Although I plan to add melee weapons, I didn't want melee to be the main way of killing enemies. And the physics system is another issue. That said, if melee is fun, I may consider a fantasy game in the future. Mines and dungeons twisted by a mage.
The only way to contribute right now is to buy the game via itch. I was thinking about early access but most likely I will keep the development more or less open till some point and then just go with the actual release.
Hi, the only situation I am aware of that this happens is if you have a computer with two graphic cards (one being integrated) and the game runs using the integrated one. If that's the case, please make sure, the graphic card to which the headset is plugged into, is being used.
If that's not the case, can you send me the log file (it's in _logs subfolder, the latest one / output.log) to contact@voidroom.com
Thanks for the info :) Glad it was this. Once I added a check for two graphic cards but it is done by checking the exact card model and right now it works just for a few. I need to find a better way to handle this.
not to annoy you or be a bother, however you never responded to my message, so I'm unsure about whether you wanted to or didn't care about listening to the song or if you had forgotten. so if you wanted to but forgot, then I'd like to remind you. otherwis if you're busy or don't feel like listening to it, I'd most definitely be fine with that and apologise for possibly bothering you. just wanted to see if you ever listened to it or wanted to. wish you luck with your lovely game and take care~!
Hi ECWB, my only excuse would be lack of sleep mixed with other stuff. Most likely I have listed to the track and thought that I already replied. I'm sorry about that.
It indeed suits the game and I like it.
As I may reveal the fact that there is music in the game. Although right now it's only possible to check it out via preview builds but soon should be available in an official build.
well, no excuses needed. sorry to hear your sleeping hasn't been all too well balanced, though I hope you already are or will be doing better with it and that not much is bothering you as of now! ^^ Glad to know though that you did listen, really means a lot and I'm glad I could express the inspiration and the vibe that I get from this game. personally I've grown very attached to a lot of the silence, so I'm curious to see how music would do with this game and if a balance between quietness and music can be achieved, or necessary, depending on what you've got in mind already.
however I'm really happy to hear that you consider it fitting! ^^ was afraid if it was too out of place, boring, loud, structured or amorfed or whatever else could be a possible issue with it.
but yea, recently I haven't played it an awful lot, but once I feel like it I might aswell have a look at the newest release, if there'll be one. thing is though that I'm a quest user and can't afford a VR-friendly PC. -w-''
(oh, and also, by the by, do you update the itch.io page or the sidequest page for the game more frequently than the other, in case there's a specific place where you prefer to be the most active with the game?)
sorry if I've bothered you with many questions, but I wish you a great day and a wonderful life! ^^
True about the silence. For a while, I was not user if to put any music in or just build it with pure ambient sounds. It could have worked if carefully planned but I realised that it may need more time to finish. That's why I decided to give a go to a more traditional approach.
The page (any page TBH, itch, sidequest, www) has been not updated for a while. I am preparing assets for them, for app lab submission and once everything is set, I will be updating all of them.
I think that a balanace between silence and music fits. I imagine like minecraft does it, would be a way that could suit your game too. just the silence itself builds such great tension, but a track every now and then would be very nice to have to listen to at occasions. though however you go about doing it, I'll always and honestly love the game mechanics as they're amazing!
ah alrighty then. I guess I could also check on both the sites in case you have done something different with the other one. just to be sure ^^
Thanks :) Working on a vertical slice/demo right now. The actual alpha should be quite close to the release as I try to keep the game playable and fix the bugs as they appear (although some tend to be in the game for months :( ). I planned to finish by the end of this year but because of a few recent events, 2021Q1 seems more realistic.
Hi, just set up Oculus Quest 2, but get this error every time I launch:
"problem encountered during VR Init: Could not get proper boundary dimension please check device and setup"
I've tried with both oculus link and airlink, and a stationary and set guardian boundary. but can't seem to make it work. Any ideas how to fix this? Also tried multiple previous versions
With oculus link and airlink there might be an issue reading the actual boundary (I have a version that allows to set the play area manually although this is done without the passthrough (I have to check if something about it has changed and it is possible to use it by the game) so it's adjust-peek-repeat.
As for the standalone quest you have to set the boundary (non-stationary, just as you did) and then run the game. Maybe try forcing app to close and reopen it? There should be code that avoids doing so but maybe it doesn't work for some reason. There's not much that can be done by the app as it just asks OS/VR system for playarea size and if it can't get it, there's even no reason why it was impossible to do so :(
Noob here. I have played this twice now (maybe 20 minutes each time). I'm really enjoying this but have no idea what i'm doing. I thought i read there is a tutorial section in the game but i can't find it from the main screen (i have a Quest 2). Where can i learn to interpret the map, what the little spider things are, the black floaty things, and the big red robot with electricity who just blocks my way. And i have no idea if i'm supposed to go to a destination, etc. I also can't figure out what the list of things mean when i press the button on my controller. Oh, and what the yellow box and red box on my hand means, etc. I'm really lost here but enjoying poking around a lot! Thanks. Stevo
The tutorials are gone. I am redesigning a few things and adding a really approachable mode. There is no purpose in the version you have but with the build that is still a few weeks away, the objective will be more apparent. There's also a preview build - that is more or less broken :) More info about it is available at discord server.
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I was wondering what the game looks like if we have a really a lot of space and that's interesting when I saw that on YT. That game have big potential
My plan is to arrange a large room and record some gameplay there. Also with an external camera.
yeah i have played in room 5 by 5 m , and it's a lot better than 2 by 2. I'm also curious (not tested yet) how the game will behave with Oculus Quest Guardian turned off in Developer settings. Because im using it when im at home to use gogles at all rooms in my house without getting disconnected. It also working when i'm using Steam VR Games
Hmmm, więc jednak nie porzuciłeś tej gry. Kiedyś rozmawiałem z tobą na SideQuest i mówiłeś że gra nie za bardzo wyszła tak jak chciałeś. I od tamtego momentu myślałem że porzuciłeś projekt.
Tak, wychodziła inaczej niż chciałem, ale to też nie był powód, aby ją zupełnie porzucić, ale aby spróbować innej drogi. Tak naprawdę to gra zmieniała się w bardzo dużym stopniu kilkukrotnie. W tej chwili jestem zadowolony z tego, w którą stronę idzie i pozostaje do końca ją robić (czyt. dalsze levele, przeciwników, bronie itd).
Obejrzałem sobie twój ostatni filmik z rozgrywki z wersji #245 i jestem pozytywnie zaskoczony w jaki sposób gra się zmieniła, podoba mi się ten monolog bohatera którym gramy, no i jednak to że gra ma już konkretny cel podróży aby pokonać tytułowego Boga.
A to nie wszystko, bo planuję też dodać sceny, które będą się działy trochę w tle, a trochę dookoła bohatera, które mają trochę rozbudować fabułę, a trochę nadać jej inne znaczenie.
Przede wszystkim jednak jestem zadowolony, że obecny gameplay jest bardziej zwarty niż to sprzed 2-3 lat. A i tak zamierzam dodać jeszcze prostszy tryb, który ma zadziałać jako swoisty haczyk. Krótki, treściwy, ale jednocześnie możliwie najbardziej wyzbyty fabuły. Coś, co się zagra i mam nadzieję, że pomyśli "o, to było całkiem spoko, chcę więcej" i wtedy wjeżdża faktyczna gra z fabułą.
Thank you :) Working right now on more content (that utilises larger areas). And with the next week, I plan to focus on a Steam demo, also with joystick movement as it is quite often requested and might help with the reach.
This game is definitely one of the most immersive VR games I've ever played. Unfortunately, the game crashed right when things were starting to get exciting. Not sure if there's supposed to be more than just walking through the same few areas over and over, cause I've only tried starting it with the default setting
Sorry about that. There's a crash and/or freeze happening for certain sizes of play areas for particular random seeds. I recently added a code to monitor such cases and fixed this bug yesterday. I still have two crashes to fix and when they're fixed, I will be creating and uploading a new build.
Is this game still under development? I haven't heard anything about it for a good while
It is under development.
I was adding new content and soon I am getting back to it. Right now I am focusing on solving some outstanding performance issues.
There are preview builds available at the discord server.
I haven't even been playing it for all that long - but it's safe to say this is my all-time favourite vr game! I am so thankful I stumbled across this absolute masterpiece! The immersion you get from actually walking everywhere is amazing. Nothing beats the feeling of turning around a corner to be surprised by an enemy and being able to physically turn around and run back to safety
Awesome game. Most immersive VR experience I've ever had. Can there be an option to fall to your death if you step over a steep ledge? And for the more shallow indoor drops, maybe a ladder you have to climb back up if you fall. Would add a nice sense of danger when near edges
Thanks :) Falling is in plans, although that will be available on an option (most likely on by default + off via info screen while loading).
At the moment I do not plan to have climbing :(
Climbing could only work in very specific places. Adding climbing would make it possible to go into shallow drops but only if you would have a big enough playarea. For most of the people, the drops would be gone as if you could fall there, you would have to be able to move freely there - requiring playarea big enough to contain the whole place.
I might still add climbing but it would be in a very specific place/section rather than a part of the gameplay loop.
with the newest update, is it strictly story mode now, i used to be able to jump into any random map i wanted with all sorts of settings, now there all gone, what happened??? (btw oculus quest 2 user)
They're not gone. They are still there. Depending on how old version we're talking:
1. If you mean one random level after another. This is not available right now. I do consider adding a mode that is just going forward through random mazes but for time being, there's just one main mode.
2. If you mean the open-world section, as it was, it is still there. The game will be a mix of linear levels and open-world levels. If you'd prefer to jump straight to that mode, choose custom, then arcade or roguelite and while you do it, hold grip buttons on both controllers. Then if you press "go" you will have access to the level of your choice.
The plan is to have a story mode and then add other modes.
Cant believe you delete this option, i loved to play every time a diferent gameplay... cant believe..
Whats the last version without story mode?
0.4.13. Story/map mode was introduced with 0.5.0.
Hi it seems, at least for me, boundary detection is not working for the Reverb G2 headset.
I have a WMR boundary setup, but when I load into Tea For God it shows me as having only a tiny square of space (I'm guessing the smallest default space).
Just a follow-up, I got it to work by forcing SteamVR to take me through room setup, using OVR Advanced Settings, as described here: https://www.reddit.com/r/HPReverb/comments/kvd3m9/comment/gixybqw/?utm_source=sh...
With the SteamVR boundary setup, everything worked great on the G2.
Of course most users will not know to do that. I saw below you mentioned you're looking to support OpenXR, I imagine that will solve the issue for the average G2 user! :)
Thank you :) Yes, indeed I will be implementing OpenXR support (+ most likely, sliding locomotion). The demo will be extended to what currently is available and I'd like to have it available via Steam.
Sounds good!
Game seems to hang indefinitely after the initial moon cutscene. Playing v0.6.2 on Index. Let me know if any additional info would be useful!
Um, sorry about that :( Can you send me a log file (in _logs subfolder there should be output.log). Just zip it and send to contact@voidroom.com, please. I'll check what's going on and fix it.
I've just run into this too - I'll email you this log.
I've been watching this game for quite some time now and it's easily one of the most innovative projects I've seen so far in VR app development. How can we help fund your efforts? Do you have a Patreon, or someplace we can make a donation?
Thank you :) It is only possible to donate via itch.io at the moment. I don't plan to have a Patreon.
did you remove the enemies who throw glass I haven't been able to find them anywhere
Yes :( I am still not sure whether to have them or not. Without a proper explanation, they seem to be a bit out of place.
The whole outer ridge was meant to have lots of damaged/defunct utility droids, waiters, laundromats, vacuuming robots and so on. Instead of meeting fighting robots, you were first meant to meet such droids - the forward guard. The story: when robots go damaged, were no longer useful in the world outside, some of them were sent back to the cubes for recycling. And as some of them could still walk and communicate with the complex, they could serve the guardian role. That's why the robot had glitched speech and was throwing glasses and bottles at you.
Hm. A scene with the droids forced onto a ship towards the cube could work quite well. I will add it to todo list and if that works, I read them.
Can you estimate around when the full game will be released and if it will be taken out of app lab and go to the official store. Or are you keeping it a secret for now which is totally fine if you are
I plan to finish development October next year. As for AppLab/official store, when I will have any information that I will be able to share, I will do so :)
ok thanks!!!
The minimal space required has not increased, actually you should be able to play in even smaller space.
What actually happens when you try to play the game?
Could you tell me on which platform did it happen and under which version?
Note that when playing PCVR version through Airlink, you have to calibrate the play area manually from within the game. For a brief period of time, there was also a bug that under rare and certain situations was offsetting the play area. It has been fixed.
Hey! I saw that you were releasing this on Steam and I decided to make some custom capsule art for it! https://www.steamgriddb.com/game/5297151
Thank you :)
Always seem to end up coming back to this just as you release an update, Thrilled to see the new one!
This is easily the best. game. on. VR. The feel of the world and exploration and just... everything about it hooks me. Some odd combination compelling gameplay and the aesthetic feel of sci-fi artists like Barlowe
I might as well ask, would you care if I were to try my hand at streaming this via twitch or whatever? I keep meaning to do more VR streaming and this would be the thing I'd want to play
I haven't seen anything by Barlowe. Some amazing works. One of my inspirations are works of Zdzisław Beksiński.
As for streaming, go ahead :) And it reminds me, that I should add "tea for god" as a game on twitch.
Will this work on a Valve Index?
Yes. It was tested on Valve Index with Knuckles.
Tea For God should work on anything that SteamVR supports.
WMR support would be cool if possible as im currently using my HP Reverb G2
Right now it should work via SteamVR, but I will be implementing OpenXR to give more native support for each headset.
What happens if you try to run it?
Amazing game! I am constantly impressed by the room scale technology that you use to create procedurally generated environments that I can actually fully walk around without worrying about hitting a wall or anything!
The demo is immersive and fun, I recently figured out that you can interact with enemies by punching them, pulling levers or pressing buttons on their robot bodies which was so cool! and definitely is worth expanding on.
One thing id like to give some feedback on is the map system, I found it quite confusing trying to navigate myself through the on screen map, I didn't know which way led me in what direction as it lacks a player direction indicator.
Thanks :)
It's actually quite hard to show the player's direction in an impossible spaces environment. There are door directions above each door, they point in four cardinal directions. If you want to go "up" on the map, choose "up" arrow above the door. If "right", choose "right".
There's one more thing, I will be uploading a new build soon which introduces arcade mode. In this mode, you don't have to use a map as the direction towards the objective is indicated with a white dot. Arcade mode also simplifies a few other things (simpler energy management + more energy distributors, no workshop room) plus is a bit shorter (it is both shorter when it comes to size and due to more straight path towards the objective).
Thank you :)
I still don't know what to do with the destruction. The current one is just a placeholder that is there for a few years now ;)
I like the idea of the parts falling out. Also the different effects alone, as you suggested, could help a bit.
This is one of the best VR titles I've ever played. I see the world you've created in my dreams at night and with every update the game becomes more defined and realized. .... also the new intro musical piece perfectly sets the mood for an oddly ethereal journey.
Thank you :) I am still fixing things but I soon will be adding more content. I can't wait to see how people will feel.
Hi, got a problem with the app downloaded from App Lab on my Q2. After starting the app it shuts down again directly. The only way to get the app running is to install it from Sidequest without doing the available update after it. As soon as I do the update the app crashes again.
Is that a known problem ?
The fix is on the way.
While you wait, you may want to try this:
Install version from AppLab, open folder on your Quest /Android/data/com.voidroom.TeaForGod/files/_auto and remove shaderProgramCache file there.
Great to know the fix is also coming soon. Everybody here loves your game. It´s one of the best titles for the Quest.. Thank you very much !
Thank you :) Without you, the players, the game would be just a dead code. But because of you, it's much more.
Congrats on getting to App Lab. Such a great game and concept. Keep it up.
Hello, I was just wondering if you have any idea when you want to release the next update. This game really is something special and I can't wait for it to come out. Of course if you don't want to share anything that is perfectly fine, it is your game and creative process. I hope you haven't gotten any angry messages from impatient people. If you have just remember this is your game, you should be the one to make the decisions for it, you are making something truly amazing. :)
Just curious but have you see "Starfixer"?
Their gravity shifting approach to redirected walking isn't something I've seen done before and thought it might be of interest you.
This game work with HTC vive?
Yes. In fact, it was initially developed with HTC Vive. If you'd run into any trouble, let me know.
Hi! Does this game work with SteamVR? I have a WMR headset and I'd like to know if it will work
It does. It should detect SteamVR by itself but you can also force it by executing run_steamVR.bat.
so I know you told me you didn't need any musical assistance from me, so I made some other tracks and uploaded som older ones for the sake of it ^^
-playlist: https://soundcloud.com/user-405219275/sets/tea-for-god-fanost-by-curious
-new track I finished today, Slaw Mouth: https://soundcloud.com/user-405219275/slaw-mouth?in=user-405219275/sets/tea-for-...
-also a track I finished today, framed: https://soundcloud.com/user-405219275/framed?in=user-405219275/sets/tea-for-god-...
-an older track I'm unsure of if it was intended to be for tea for god, but I also believe it still might've, ptósi pýrgou: https://soundcloud.com/user-405219275/ptosi-pyrgou?in=user-405219275/sets/tea-fo...
-this one was never meant for tea for god I know. but all my music is free to use and if allowed personally by me, can be used for profit. and I just thought this one could fit possibly: https://soundcloud.com/user-405219275/blank?in=user-405219275/sets/tea-for-god-f...
they may be no use for you or your project, but I hope you like the newer ones anyway. hope you enjoy your time listening and if you've got any thoughts on any of them I'd be very eager to hear about what you've got on your mind.
if you'd be too busy to listen to any, I'd understand that, though please let me know. otherwise I'll still check occasionally if you've listened or not. I don't want to bother you, but I don't know if you care to listen or not and just wanna be sure.
wish you a lovely day/night and alot of luck with your project and other freetime too~!! hope you're taking care ^^
This game look fascinating, I wish I had the tech to play it. I'm not sure quite what you mean by orbifold, how does this differ from a covering space? I've been playing around with covering spaces for a while and it's possible to come up with a solid implementation in the sense that you can write your engine (or just build on top of an existing one) and then use existing tools to author content. Path lifting does everything for you, though lighting is tricky!
Orbifold is like two euclidean spaces connected with each other. Impossible spaces (or if I understand your term "covering space") are an instance.
There are various things to handle, like AI seeing through portals/doors into other rooms/spaces. I use very simple point lighting - it works good enough but having dynamic shadows could be extremely complicated. Although light maps should be fairly easy.
you've mentioned a discord server, where would i be able to find that?
Hi, there you go: https://discord.gg/FFwyf4n
does the quest build support the oculus quest 2, cause when i launch it, it says "boundary area not found" and closes
It does. I test it on both Quest and Quest 2. Could you tell me what OS version do you have installed? (although I tested it on v28 and worked fine). The game requires boundary to be set prior to launch. Make sure it is treating the setup not as a stationary (the headset may suggest using stationary for small play areas). The smallest play area supported is 1,2 by 1,8. Theoretically, it should be possible to go with a smaller and scale horizontally but that may end up with motion sickness. This approach is not supported yet. Although horizontal scaling is available in the options.
i am using "v 0.5.5 (#226) - Oculus Quest APK - latest build" i have plenty of space and am running it through windows, should i use "v 0.5.5 (#226) - latest build" instead?
Seems you're running Windows build, using air link or Oculus link, right? Currently it is impossible to read a valid boundary via links (and Virtual Desktop as well). I have a simple solution that is a temporary workaround (as I hope that with some future update it will be possible to read the actual boundary) but I still need to check a few things. And for a while, it might be available only as a preview build (check discord server for that).
i tried using the preview build and ended up with the same results, i could try launching it through steam vr, idk if that will help (any idea if/when oculus link will be supported?)
what it means by play area not found is it’s boundary idk where it at for oculus quest2 but for me it’s in gardian and I set the floor level then set the boundary
It's not in the preview build yet. I should be uploading a new preview build tomorrow - I will let you know about it.
There's little I can do with support for oculus link/air link/virtual desktop besides adding manual setup of a play area. And even that is done a bit different to what headsets/systems provide, mostly because as a developer I have no access to pass-through, so it's more like moving rectangular area around and peeking/or standing at the boundary edge to see the boundary all the time and adjust the area.
And the problem is that ATM there is no way to read the actual boundary info from the headset. What's worse, if you take it off, move around and put it on again, the tracking gets desynchronized. It works for games that do not require the actual play area info. For anything more, it gets a bit messy and requires some weird solutions (like manually adjusting the play area).
Your game is incredible! I'm new to VR and I'm shocked this mechanic isn't a VR genre by now. It's so much better than joystick or teleport movement.
It seems like most VR authors are trying to cram PC/console games into a headset vs this approach where you take a physical space and map it back into the game creatively.
Do you have a Kickstarter or venmo or something? I'd like to contribute to what you are making.
This approach makes game design a bit harder. With a normal approach, you don't have to consider play area limitations this much. And this gets especially considerable with a shooter. Although I plan to add melee weapons, I didn't want melee to be the main way of killing enemies. And the physics system is another issue. That said, if melee is fun, I may consider a fantasy game in the future. Mines and dungeons twisted by a mage.
The only way to contribute right now is to buy the game via itch. I was thinking about early access but most likely I will keep the development more or less open till some point and then just go with the actual release.
Hello i use the rift s and when i boot it up its a black screen i heard how good this game is is there a way to fix it?
Hi, the only situation I am aware of that this happens is if you have a computer with two graphic cards (one being integrated) and the game runs using the integrated one. If that's the case, please make sure, the graphic card to which the headset is plugged into, is being used.
If that's not the case, can you send me the log file (it's in _logs subfolder, the latest one / output.log) to contact@voidroom.com
Hello i found out that i indeed fact do have two gpu's so i was able to swap it out and now the game is working thank you
Thanks for the info :) Glad it was this. Once I added a check for two graphic cards but it is done by checking the exact card model and right now it works just for a few. I need to find a better way to handle this.
not to annoy you or be a bother, however you never responded to my message, so I'm unsure about whether you wanted to or didn't care about listening to the song or if you had forgotten. so if you wanted to but forgot, then I'd like to remind you. otherwis if you're busy or don't feel like listening to it, I'd most definitely be fine with that and apologise for possibly bothering you. just wanted to see if you ever listened to it or wanted to.
wish you luck with your lovely game and take care~!
https://soundcloud.com/metamorphosis-298493329/styr-barbord
Hi ECWB, my only excuse would be lack of sleep mixed with other stuff. Most likely I have listed to the track and thought that I already replied. I'm sorry about that.
It indeed suits the game and I like it.
As I may reveal the fact that there is music in the game. Although right now it's only possible to check it out via preview builds but soon should be available in an official build.
well, no excuses needed. sorry to hear your sleeping hasn't been all too well balanced, though I hope you already are or will be doing better with it and that not much is bothering you as of now! ^^
Glad to know though that you did listen, really means a lot and I'm glad I could express the inspiration and the vibe that I get from this game. personally I've grown very attached to a lot of the silence, so I'm curious to see how music would do with this game and if a balance between quietness and music can be achieved, or necessary, depending on what you've got in mind already.
however I'm really happy to hear that you consider it fitting! ^^
was afraid if it was too out of place, boring, loud, structured or amorfed or whatever else could be a possible issue with it.
but yea, recently I haven't played it an awful lot, but once I feel like it I might aswell have a look at the newest release, if there'll be one.
thing is though that I'm a quest user and can't afford a VR-friendly PC. -w-''
(oh, and also, by the by, do you update the itch.io page or the sidequest page for the game more frequently than the other, in case there's a specific place where you prefer to be the most active with the game?)
sorry if I've bothered you with many questions, but I wish you a great day and a wonderful life! ^^
True about the silence. For a while, I was not user if to put any music in or just build it with pure ambient sounds. It could have worked if carefully planned but I realised that it may need more time to finish. That's why I decided to give a go to a more traditional approach.
The page (any page TBH, itch, sidequest, www) has been not updated for a while. I am preparing assets for them, for app lab submission and once everything is set, I will be updating all of them.
I think that a balanace between silence and music fits. I imagine like minecraft does it, would be a way that could suit your game too. just the silence itself builds such great tension, but a track every now and then would be very nice to have to listen to at occasions. though however you go about doing it, I'll always and honestly love the game mechanics as they're amazing!
ah alrighty then. I guess I could also check on both the sites in case you have done something different with the other one. just to be sure ^^
loving the game, think the way it uses space is amazing. When will the alpha be ready? Can’t wait to see it fully finished.
Thanks :) Working on a vertical slice/demo right now. The actual alpha should be quite close to the release as I try to keep the game playable and fix the bugs as they appear (although some tend to be in the game for months :( ). I planned to finish by the end of this year but because of a few recent events, 2021Q1 seems more realistic.
Hi, just set up Oculus Quest 2, but get this error every time I launch:
"problem encountered during VR Init: Could not get proper boundary dimension please check device and setup"
I've tried with both oculus link and airlink, and a stationary and set guardian boundary. but can't seem to make it work. Any ideas how to fix this? Also tried multiple previous versions
Thanks,
Phil
With oculus link and airlink there might be an issue reading the actual boundary (I have a version that allows to set the play area manually although this is done without the passthrough (I have to check if something about it has changed and it is possible to use it by the game) so it's adjust-peek-repeat.
As for the standalone quest you have to set the boundary (non-stationary, just as you did) and then run the game. Maybe try forcing app to close and reopen it? There should be code that avoids doing so but maybe it doesn't work for some reason. There's not much that can be done by the app as it just asks OS/VR system for playarea size and if it can't get it, there's even no reason why it was impossible to do so :(
I've played this title from full charge to flat multiple times now. Blown away by that simple mechanic of utilizing the whole guardian space.
Thank you :) There are more things coming :)
This is one of the most mindblowing VR experiences I've seen, I'll be closely following development from now on 0_0
Thank you :) It's a bit quiet here recently but there are some big things coming.
made an account just to say i cannot wait for this to come out
Me too! ;)
Really, I can't wait to add more stuff and make it a proper game.
Noob here. I have played this twice now (maybe 20 minutes each time). I'm really enjoying this but have no idea what i'm doing. I thought i read there is a tutorial section in the game but i can't find it from the main screen (i have a Quest 2). Where can i learn to interpret the map, what the little spider things are, the black floaty things, and the big red robot with electricity who just blocks my way. And i have no idea if i'm supposed to go to a destination, etc. I also can't figure out what the list of things mean when i press the button on my controller. Oh, and what the yellow box and red box on my hand means, etc. I'm really lost here but enjoying poking around a lot! Thanks. Stevo
The tutorials are gone. I am redesigning a few things and adding a really approachable mode. There is no purpose in the version you have but with the build that is still a few weeks away, the objective will be more apparent. There's also a preview build - that is more or less broken :) More info about it is available at discord server.