Game design is a big hobby of mine and something I've done for a while, so obviously VR was something fascinating to think about. The ways it differs from normal games, things we have to take into consideration that we wouldn't before, new challenges, new opportunities: its all very exciting!
I've been posting some fairly detailed articles over on the oculus-dev forums about some of these new challenges and ideas, that may very well apply to a game you're developing. These forums seem much more active than the dev forums however, so thought I'd share them over here (and future ones) - although instead of spamming multiple posts on this forum, all the articles are linked below with a brief summary.
Very interested in any ideas people have - whether you agree or disagree with what some of the things I say, if you have feedback on these articles (I've never written things like that before) or if you think there's something specific you'd like me and everyone else to discuss (perhaps a game design problem you have with your game).
Enhanced Sound Design Realism - Two ideas on ways to better take advantage of head tracking with audio and increase immersion.
https://developer.oculusvr.com/forums/v ... f=32&t=772
Full Advantages of Stereoscopic VR - Multiple different applications of using the "eyes" of the Rift in some more creative ways.
https://developer.oculusvr.com/forums/v ... f=32&t=705
Inter-character Narration - Suggestion of a new system for determining character dialogue, fitting the need of story games without
https://developer.oculusvr.com/forums/v ... f=32&t=672
Narrato-Ludic Dilemmas & Ludic Freedom - Problem of death breaking immersion and ludic freedom in story games
https://developer.oculusvr.com/forums/v ... f=32&t=916
Cine-games - Talking about the potential crossover between cinema and gaming, the differences this will make to a games design and its implimentation
(yet to be posted)
Game Pacing and Story Progression - The changes that VR may make to the pace of a game and the progression of its story.
(yet to be posted)
Hope these are useful to someone out there!
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