Submissions by Gibson.Hickey tagged virtual-reality

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It's Friday, and tonight you and your mates head out into town, heading to the closest bar you can find and start drinking away your worries and stress from this week.

Your mates keep shouting you drinks which you need to keep drinking, you can let them sit for a while but your friends may start getting upset (Peer Pressure) so you must balance your intoxication levels with their happiness meters. Of course your drink is also increasing your “bathroom" meter which upon getting too high requires you to get to a toilet ASAP. On top of this you also have to keep an eye out for any lonely women who approach you as your rugged handsomeness (through their drunken eyes) has just too strong a pull. This means that you must either politely shoo them away or somehow endure their bombardment of small talk until they are satisfied. Of course this also comes with the risk of again upsetting your friends, because they are so jealous obviously. Once done in this bar it's time to head to the next one and start all over again!

-Gameplay Genre, Virtual Reality, Management

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In a certain city, a certain man wielding a certain crowbar has just stepped off a train and onto its station, with several security guards strangely posted next to trash cans.

Pick up that can entails you doing just that, but instead of conventionally just picking it up, as that would be stupid, you must use your trusty crowbar to pick up or smack the can into the rubbish bin. Each trashcan is its own level and has a security guard stationed next to them each having a unique temperament. Not only must you get the can in the bin, but you must do it by either pleasing the guard, using speed or by using diversionary tactics. If you tick the guard off, which you more than likely will do often, he will chase and attempt to beat you with his baton. You then have the choice of letting him hit you therefore decreasing your health or defend against his attacks with your crowbar, therefore ticking him off further, however if you can outlast and drain his stamina he'll eventually give up.Aside from the security guards, each trash-bin and individual can would also come in unique shapes to add a bit more variety and difficulty.

Controls include using VR motion controllers to 'steer' your crowbar.

-Game play Genre, Virtual Reality, Action

-Target Audience, certain players

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Ramen Bowlin is a Virtual Reality game where you use bowls of ramen to go bowling. The objective is simple, roll a bowl of ramen down a lane to a group of people lined up as pins that are all waiting on you to serve them their ramen. The game uses VR motion controls to pick up and handle the bowls of ramen (Once they are ready), sliding the bowls down while keeping their contents inside can be somewhat difficult, as if you throw them wrong they may spill over the lane, affecting how your next throws may go. This will cost you both time and how number of bowls you have left. Typically you want to make sure everybody gets a bowl, but you can get bonus points for serving one bowl to multiple people, and penalties for leaving any people standing. After a game, your score will be tallied, go for the best!

-Game play Genre, Virtual Reality, Bowling, Simulator

-Target Audience, People who like ramen, bowling and VR

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Sleep is for the weak! There is no time to sleep, work must be done! But you are running out of both energy and motivation very quickly. You must find and do whatever is necessary to keep yourself awake at your work station, but you cannot leave your seat, or risk being bludgeoned with a bigger work load.

The game is based entirely around your work area, which includes your desk, computer and an assortment of cluttered items. Both physical and digital work is piling up, and you must complete it all before the week is over. Interacting and using any items on your desk to keep yourself awake all while completing your work (Which includes doodling on paperwork and sending emails everywhere). Whether that be drinking coffee, throwing water on your face or going to such extremes as using a stapler to jolt you awake.

Controls would make use of Virtual Reality's motion controls.

-Game play Genre, Virtual Reality, Life Simulator

-Target Audience, VR users, those who either love or hate sleep

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Limousine Chauffeur is both a driving simulator and a multi-tasking management game in where you must pick up and deliver your customers with haste, as well as keep them happy and comforted. Customers may include newlywed couples, national big-wigs or crazy rich people throwing their money about.

You start off parked near your company's parking hub, as time passes your cell phone will buzz, notifying you of job locations. These jobs have both a time limit and happiness meter attached to them. So speed is both key and a detriment, blazing around corners for instance will throw around consumables and other objects within the limo which may hit your customers, greatly dropping their happiness. Happiness also slowly drops if they aren't given enough attention. Depending on how well you do, you'll receive your pay-check/score at the end of the day, so on top of each job's time limit you also have one for your current day.

The platform of use would be on PC, using Virtual Reality controls. Switching between driving and catering to customers would be done by turning yourself to face the direction of the road or your customers. Both actions use the motion controls to steer, control speed, and grab objects used for keeping your customers happy. Being able to multi-task between these quickly is key.

-Game play Genre, Driving, Management, Virtual Reality, Chaos.

-Target audience, those invested in VR who enjoy mechanics that can turn in to a hilarious mess.

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