I ported a couple Compo entries into VR!

This is something I've been doing on and off for a couple Ludum Dares now but I haven't ever really found as many to port as this jam for some reason haha.

All of these ports are done using UnityXR with OpenXR as the main driver, which supports SteamVR as well as Oculus directly and WMR headsets.

First up, "Volcano" (https://github.com/ShadowBrian/LDJAM50/releases)

https://youtu.be/JdK_eoHzCn8

Volcano was probably the most involved to port, I reworked the hand graphics a bit to make them work as individual hands for VR, and I had to offset the player's push location and collider to the local VR user's head offset. Took about 2 hours.

"Hospital Dash" (Direct link to build: https://puu.sh/ITzjP/430ea699a9.rar)

https://youtu.be/99x3iVB4SMM

This one was pretty simple, just remapped the controls to the VR controllers and ended up scaling the player up a bunch so they got an overview of the map, a bit like driving a little RC ambulance around, pretty fun. Took about 30 minutes.

"Reactor Guy" (https://github.com/ShadowBrian/LD50/releases/tag/VR-port)

https://youtu.be/E30UVXTFch8

This one was a bit tricky but mostly went alright, just had to make sure the mouse raycasts came from either controller instead of the camera/mouse, not too hard, and it translated into VR really well. Took about 2 hours.

"AGAIN! AGAIN!" (Direct link to build: https://puu.sh/ITzkm/8cb900837e.rar)

https://youtu.be/uODS-QKBkQc

This one was really straightforward, just attach the gun to the tracked controllers, parent the UI to the cart and add a basic button shortcut for retry. Took ~30 minutes.

This has been tons of fun to do, I might continue to browse through compo entries and find more games with source code that'll make for decent VR games.

Only requirement for me is that it is a game that was made in Unity as it's the engine I know best, so it makes for a much easier time porting.

While you're here, assuming you have some VR hardware, be sure to check out my entry Herdey as I still need a couple more ratings!

Edit: I just ported one more:

"Chess?" (Direct link to build: https://puu.sh/ITSe3/0865180982.rar)

https://youtu.be/ADyKpSr6Tu8

A little trickier but still only took ~2 hours to convert. :smile: