Flashey (VR Only) by shadowbrain

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made by shadowbrain for Ludum Dare 51 (JAM)

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Your power went out, all you have to navigate and turn the power back on is a polaroid camera that's on the fritz and keeps flashing every 10 seconds!

This is a VR-only title and was built using OpenXR- it should run on any SteamVR or Oculus headset via PC.

Note: some of the textures were pulled from sharetextures.com however all models were hand-made during the 72 hours.

Controls:

-Grip button - Grab

-Left joystick - Walk

-Right joystick - Snap rotate

-A/X button (while holding picture) - Save polaroid to file

https://youtu.be/VCuNh9W3HwQ

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Ratings

Overall 347th 3.725⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 502th 3.474⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 180th 3.825⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 564th 3.675⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 705th 3.45⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 551th 2.895⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 433th 3.6⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 34🗳️ 15🗨️

Feedback

AJ Studio
03. Oct 2022 · 20:45 UTC
it seems like a warehouse or prison. Lol. Innovative for sure
Dawnreaver
04. Oct 2022 · 17:54 UTC
Modelling work is quite impressive for this short amount of time! Well done :)
TwistedHawk
06. Oct 2022 · 00:06 UTC
This was a lot of fun! Great use of the idea, and I can't believe how much you got done in a weekend! Nice work!
Sheepolution
06. Oct 2022 · 18:58 UTC
Since not many people have VR I figured I should help with rating this. Cool game! It's interesting how the flash stays in my eyes for a moment, and I get the illusion that I'm still able to see what's in front of me. The fact that your pictures leave a trail which you can use to guide your way is a clever addition. I did have a few problems with the game though. I wish grabbing stuff was a toggle rather than a hold. On my VIVE that button isn't the most comfortable to hold for a long time. I also had some trouble with pushing stuff open, and at the end I wasn't sure what to do with the fuse. Because of that I was never able to beat the game. Really clever mechanic though!
Jonrei
08. Oct 2022 · 10:55 UTC
Wow! Its rare to see a VR game on LD. Really cool!
XariusExcl
08. Oct 2022 · 19:51 UTC
Very innovative that's for sure! 10 seconds is a bit long between every flash (but eh, that's the theme!), and I would've liked a bit of vibration when I'm successfully grabbing an object/door handle. Other than that, who keeps a fuse in their bathroom and bedroom? :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

Congrats on this very good entry! (and on the dedication of doing every LD with a VR game!)
Pascal Fitzner
12. Oct 2022 · 14:44 UTC
Wow never seen VR in a game jam, thanks for the effort.
thristhart
15. Oct 2022 · 21:30 UTC
I finished it! It was a very interesting concept -- the discovery that the hands sort of "glow" and therefore kind of work as an analog to being able to "feel" my way around by walking around with my hands out in front of me was really cool. I found pointing the camera in the correct direction really unintuitive -- eventually figured it out, but it was obviously hard to see the model of the camera most of the time so I struggled. I really liked how the trail of polaroids on the ground made "backtracking" easier.

My first reaction when I found a second key was "oh god, what am I going to need all these keys for?!" I had trouble juggling the fuses and the keys in my storage until I finally found my way to the fusebox and realized I only needed one key.

I'm not a very good photographer in significantly less challenging environments, but I saved some photos because that's fun!

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and one makes for a fun bug report:
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aligator
17. Oct 2022 · 19:13 UTC
Wow! that was interesting :-) I couldn't finish because my controllers ran out of power, but I already found the fusebox... I will try it again when they are full!

I think I like about everything in this game: the idea, the house, the sound and of course that it is VR :-)
Hacktier
20. Oct 2022 · 21:18 UTC
Cool game. The game looks good and plays well. Nice work.