evilsprite

Giant's Sandbox 0.1.3 VR

Added 2018-10-22 18:41:11 +0000 UTC

It's here, finally.

So the big thing about this update is of course the VR compatibility but even for non-VR users, there are a couple of things.

If you're going to play this in VR, keep in mind that the performance might not be perfect, turning down the graphics quality can reduce the visible artifacts. Some of the post process effects can cause some glitching. Also it was designed to be a seated VR experience. You can use roomscale but it might get a little weird. In-game you can always reset/center your view by pressing X on the keyboard or holding the first person button, which would be Q on the keyboard and the top face button on the controller. It does not support motion controllers yet, so you'd either have to use a gamepad or mouse and keyboard. Also aiming the raygun and possess ability is now done via looking at the target.

But what else is in this update?

The game now has a launcher (which I learnt to make yesterday), so use the GiantsSandboxLauncher.exe, if you want to start the game in VR. The launcher doesn't do much more as of right now but I want to be able to set graphical settings and stuff like that with it too at some point.

Well, the main focus was the VR but you do have a new level to try out. It's in a very basic shape but someone suggested to have rooms or in this case platforms in various sizes that you can spawn a.i. on. The point behind it is, that you can limit the distance a.i. walks at certain sizes, increasing the frequency of interaction and more potential unaware stomping.

Other than that, I did some improvements to some mechanics and hopefully fixed some bugs. I now realized that I should have written down on what I was working on.

Oh, just in case you get stuck and can't interact anymore, you can press I on the keyboard to reset your busy state.

I hope that you enjoy this new release and that it won't have any severe or game-breaking bugs. I'm also very curious to hear, how it runs on an HTC Vive, considering I only have access to an Oculus Rift. Looking forward to your feedback.