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Linear Crossing VR by Clavus

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made by Clavus for LD34 (JAM)
Linear Crossing is a VR game (also playable WITHOUT VR!) about moving around using TRANSFORMS: neat little pickups that rotate, translate or scale your vehicle. Goal of the game is to AMASS WEALTH in the form of coins, by travelling through a randomly generated frogger-style world.

(Wireless) gamepad recommended. Also works with the mouse. Controls explained in-game!

Requires the Oculus 0.8 Runtime for VR. Made using Unity 5.3.0.

If you want music, just turn on the radio to your lower left :)

This game has been made for both Ludum Dare and the TU Delft game jam. The latter had as theme "Linear Algebra", so I ended up merging a few ideas.

Probably my best jam game to date!
Windows x64 (54 MB) http://clavusaurus.net/download?file=LinearCrossingVR.zip
Source on Github https://github.com/Clavus/LinearCrossing
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=18043

Ratings

Coolness 56% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.89 90
Audio(Jam) 3.46 272
Fun(Jam) 3.43 304
Graphics(Jam) 4.36 81
Humor(Jam) 2.61 542
Innovation(Jam) 4.29 6
Mood(Jam) 3.70 168
Theme(Jam) 3.79 403

Feedback

Mr_Fudd
15. Dec 2015 路 05:36 UTC
This was a really cool little game, even without VR. I liked the art style of the game. The music and sounds matched it very well. Very neat idea. My mouse sensitivity was very high in this game. It was very hard to judge how many forward movement pills I needed when I first started. Maybe there's a way to make it more obvious.
Jebby
15. Dec 2015 路 05:47 UTC
One of the best ones ive seen so far
馃帳 Clavus
15. Dec 2015 路 14:59 UTC
@Mr_Fudd: thanks! You can change your mouse sensitivity using the scrollwheel btw :)
Drury
15. Dec 2015 路 20:14 UTC
Just scratching the theme but very cool nonetheless.
ObsessiveNerd
16. Dec 2015 路 03:10 UTC
Excellent job! I did have one little problem with it though and I wasn't sure if it was my Oculus or what but after playing it for a few minutes it gets kind of jerky. Once you die and it resets it's all good. Again that could just be me. Much better than my VR entry haha! Well done!
AM_Games
16. Dec 2015 路 14:21 UTC
Really like the artwork and game idea. Can see there was a lot of effort put into this! Really good job!
veverichka
16. Dec 2015 路 17:02 UTC
Now I wish I had my google cardboard with me. Nicely done! :)
馃帳 Clavus
17. Dec 2015 路 01:34 UTC
@veverichka: thanks! However it only supports Unity's native VR, which basically comes down to just the Oculus Rift. Didn't really have time to bring it over to mobile VR platforms, plus the positional tracking (which is not available on mobile) can be really useful in this game to peak around corners.
Hot Box Games
17. Dec 2015 路 22:23 UTC
Really cool entry! Unfortunately don't have VR but can see how this would be pretty sweet! I love the radio xD Nice little puzzle game that looks nice and clean.
Hot Box Games
17. Dec 2015 路 22:23 UTC
I wish I had VR to play it with!
It was still fun without and a really cool idea :)
Goooood Job!
dkilford
17. Dec 2015 路 22:56 UTC
Cool game, I like the art a lot. I think introducing the car mechanic a bit further into the game would have worked better, I was only just getting used to the controls when I was put under a lot of pressure to cross quickly.
Weeping Rupee
17. Dec 2015 路 22:58 UTC
This has a really cool look to it!
MrMordem
18. Dec 2015 路 09:14 UTC
Neat little concept, +1 for trying to make something for VR in 3 days, i'm sure it adds to the experience but i didn't have any VR device to try it though, still a good entry :)
dcRfj15
20. Dec 2015 路 05:03 UTC
The graphics for this game were amazing! I loved the polish that this game had. The effects were awesome, such as the animation which is shown when you open a chest. Also, this game was very original. It is cool that you were able to program a game for VR during the Jam.

My main critique would be that the controls weren't very fun (at least when not playing this with VR). It was a little tedious having to aim at a movement pill with a mouse just in order to move. I imagine that it is much easier with VR though.

Great job overall though! This seems like something which is really hard to get working right, especially in a weekend.
ramoncb
20. Dec 2015 路 05:20 UTC
Very nice! Simple but quite fun!

The only thing is that I did not feel that I was punished by wrong choice of actions. There was always actions to be collected. Maybe in the future would be cool add some score for accuracy, wise use of the items.

Anyway, good job!
Dietrich Epp
26. Dec 2015 路 20:55 UTC
Simple and fun, although it can feel a little too simple.
ALobker
31. Dec 2015 路 12:21 UTC
I saw this game being made and played. It's awesome.
Farelle
02. Jan 2016 路 22:43 UTC
I liked the artstyle alot and I enjoyed the relative quietness or calmness of the game, was kinda relaxing :)