Today I worked on implementing interactive tetherball. I’m using a simple LineRenderer script I found that creates ropes dynamically. It’s going terribly well so far!
I think there’s some internal collisions happening that I need to figure out. It seems to also be morphing the tetherball on the end for some reason.
Adding a hinge joint had the unintended effect of picking up both the post and the spinning sign. The simple solution was to make the post static. I do wonder how I could make it possible to pick up the post and move it and then fiddle with something attached to the post without moving it…?
Another thing I did to make it work with the XR Grabbable system is that I switched the movement type from Kinematic to Velocity Tracking for the 2nd sign which seemed to maintain the hinge constraint better.
I want to play around with jointed rigid body physics. This sign will serve my purposes nicely.
So I’m making a VR game… or I have been for a while. I bought myself the Oculus Quest V1 in 2019 specifically because I thought it would be fun to make games with… but up until now it’s been mostly off-and-on with very little progress.
I’ve decided to keep myself more accountable and put in at least 1 hour every day. So this is basically a record of that.
I feel like there is still a lot of unexplored territory when it comes to VR experiences. I get really excited thinking about possible game ideas and I want to try things out!
I find I’m drawn to immersive experiences that aren’t too fast paced. I think the point of VR is to transport you to a new world. Even in action games such as the Vader Immortal series I find I just want to look around and explore rather than follow the action. Honestly, the First Steps free experience on the Quest is beautifully done and really immerses you in a virtual world. I always get people to try that first. I also like games with fun physics.
Elven Assassin is one of my GO TO games when it comes to a simple and tight gameplay experience with a fun core mechanic.
I am in the process of refreshing the site and blog a bit. Changes and new posts will be coming soon.
