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Two years of Particular Reality Well, not really two years

Time flies! It's the second anniversary of #ParticularReality, celebrated with a new #DevLog entry.

#gameDev #indieGameDev #vrDev #prototyping #vrGame #metaquest

Advanced Prototyping - Week #34 Guiding through portals

#ParticularReality #DevLog, week 34: making use of the hint system, it's time to teach players how to open portals...

#gameDev #indieGameDev #vrDev #prototyping #fsm #vrGame #metaquest

Advanced Prototyping - Week #33 Guiding out of the limbo

#ParticularReality #DevLog, week 33: after working on the hint system, it's finally time to make use of it!
Let's start by teaching players how to get out of the #mixedreality limbo...

particularreality.substack.com/p/advanced-p...

#gameDev #indieGameDev #vrDev #prototyping #fsm #vrGame #metaquest

Advanced Prototyping - Week #32 Smart particles hints

This week on the #ParticularReality #DevLog: using captured #bodytracking clips to teach gestures, another building block of the tutorial/hint system!

particularreality.substack.com/p/advanced-p...

#gameDev #indieGameDev #vrDev #prototyping #metaquest3 #gameProgramming #vrGame

Advanced Prototyping - Week #31 Smart particles hints

The #ParticularReality #DevLog is back! This time, we work on the hint system particles, one of the building blocks needed to teach players how to play.

Read it now!

#gamedev #vrDev #prototyping #tutorial #hintSystem #metaquest3 #indieGameDev

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Advanced Prototyping - Week #30 Particles and portals

The implementation of the smart #particles continues, this time crossing paths with the #portal subsystem, which keeps evolving.

Check the latest #ParticularReality #DevLog!

#vrdev #gamedev #indiegamedev #metaquest3 #gamedesign #gameprogramming #vrgame

Semantic Color Palette (Unity Asset) in 30 seconds YouTube video by BinaryCharm

"Semantic Color Palette" joins "TextMeshPro Alpha" and "Text Color Buttons" in getting a compatibility update for #Unity6!

The new version features two alternate versions of the sample scene, using HDRP and URP.

Get it here on the #AssetStore: u3d.as/2TrH

#ux #gamedev #indiedev #ui #workflow

TextMeshPro Alpha | Particles/Effects | Unity Asset Store Use the TextMeshPro Alpha tool for your next project. Find this and more particle & effect tools on the Unity Asset Store.

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TextMeshPro Alpha (Unity Asset) in 15 sec YouTube video by BinaryCharm

"TextMeshPro Alpha", available for $6.99 on the #Unity #AssetStore, has just been updated to v.1.1.1, which includes a couple of fixes to gain full compatibility with #Unity6.

#gamedev #madewithunity #ui #ux #texteffects #uidesign #indiedev #textfading

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Advanced Prototyping - Week #29 Smart particles basics

The new #ParticularReality #DevLog marks the start of a new journey: the design and implementation of the "smart particles" which will be a key element of the game.

Don't miss it!

#bodytracking #handtracking #vrdev #gamedev #indiegamedev #metaquest3 #gamedesign #vrgame #particles #portals

Our "Text Color Buttons", available for #free on the #Unity #AssetStore, has just been updated to v.1.1.1, which includes a small fix to make it fully compatible with #Unity6.

Get it now! u3d.as/2F3B

#gamedev #free #madewithunity #assetstore #ui #ux #buttons #color #uidesign

Binary Charm - Asset Store <p>We make games following our passion and creativity, but never overlooking the technical quality. </p> <p> Here you can find code, tools and assets built during the production of our Unity games, wi...

Our Unity assets (available here: assetstore.unity.com/publishers/4...) will updated to work flawlessly with #Unity6 in the upcoming weeks!

Advanced Prototyping - Week #28 Improving portals (again)

#Portals are a key element of the #ParticularReality #locomotion system. In this week #DevLog, they get a bit of love with significant refactoring and a couple of important fixes.

#bodytracking #handtracking #vrdev #gamedev #indiegamedev #vrgame #indiedev

Advanced Prototyping - Week #27 Leaving the limbo

In the natural prosecution of last week post, we handle the embodying of the (test) avatar when exiting the #mixedreality limbo...

Read now the #ParticularReality #DevLog!

#bodytracking #handtracking #vrdev #gamedev #indiegamedev #metaquest3 #gameprog

Particular Reality - #screenshotsaturday Clip (2024-09-28) YouTube video by BinaryCharm

Exiting the mixed reality limbo and embodying the test avatar... this #screenshotsaturday is a tease for the #ParticularReality #DevLog coming out later!

#mixedreality #bodytracking #handtracking #vrdev #gamedev #indiegamedev #metaquest3 #fsm #gameprogramming #vrgame #prototyping

Advanced Prototyping - Week #26 Revisiting the player avatar

#ParticularReality #DevLog, week 26 of advanced #prototyping!

We go back to the avatar and prepare it to handle different modes...

#screenshotsaturday #bodytracking #handtracking #vrdev #gamedev #indiegamedev #metaquest3 #fsm #gameprogramming #vrgame

Advanced Prototyping - Week #25 Designing the next steps

The latest #ParticularReality #DevLog is quite special: a long write-up fleshing out design ideas that will guide development in the upcoming future. If you don't care about implementation, this post is for you!

#DevLog #GameDesign #FSM #vrDev #vrLocomotion #gameDev #indieGameDev #VrGameDev

Advanced Prototyping - Week #24 Enemy attacks and player health

Though the road was bumpy, some progress was ultimately made!

Find out the details in the latest #ParticularReality #DevLog: "Enemy attacks and player health".

#vr #vrdev #gamedev #indiegamedev #gameprogramming #metaquest #bodytracking #handtracking #gameplay #prototyping

Particular Reality: Year One Prototyping Recap

Here's a special #DevLog entry, discussing the development of #ParticularReality so far. Are you ready for year two?

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#gamedev #vrdev #metaquest #indiedev #indiegamedev #handtracking #bodytracking #vrgame #prototyping

Particular Reality - Prototyping Reel - Year One Let's recap one year of Particular Reality prototyping, with a montage of clips from the DevLog entries published so far. Check https://www.particular-reality.com for more info, and if you're interested in following the development remember to subscribe to the DevLog at https://particularreality.substack.com Music by https://www.bensound.com/free-music-for-videos License code: LMFR8BB8JXXQG1H1

Let's recap one year of #ParticularReality #prototyping, with a montage of clips taken from the #DevLog entries published so far.

...and coming soon, a new article!

#gamedev #vrdev #metaquest #screenshotsaturday

Advanced Prototyping - Week #23 Clearing Enemy Waves

#ParticularReality #DevLog, week #23 of advanced #prototyping!

Let's pop some enemies and test the "waves" management.

#vrdev #gameplay #metaquest #gamedev #gameprogramming #solodev #vrlocomotion #handtracking #bodytracking #vr

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It's already been three years since the release of "Shadows on the Vatican: Nightingale"!

Celebrate with us: for 24 hours only, the game is 40% off (the biggest discount yet!)

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#interactivefiction #shortgames #branchingstory #indiegame

Cover image of the post, with title "Interacting with enemies". It shows the player avatar punching an enemy.

The #ParticularReality #DevLog is back!

In this 22nd week of advanced prototyping, it's finally time to hit some enemies.

Are you in? Check the article, then!
particularreality.substack.com/p/advanced-p...

#vrdev #gamedev #indiegamedev #gameplay #indiedev #metaquest #debugging

Advanced Prototyping - Week #21 Enemies life cycle

The enemy management work started last week continues in the new entry of the #ParticularReality #DevLog: the basic life cycle has been defined, implemented and tested. Enjoy!

#vrdev #gamedev #indiegamedev #gameplay #indiedev #metaquest #debugging #fsm

Particular Reality - DevLog 2024-05-31

The ability to easily test different states and state transitions in invaluable in #gamedev!

Here's a #screenshotsaturday preview video on the topic (details coming out later in the #ParticularReality #DevLog entry I'm reviewing right now)

#fsm #debugging #madewithunity #vrdev

Advanced Prototyping - Week #20 Return of the enemies

Back at work on #ParticularReality! Time to put back some enemies in the game: a #DevLog entry with a nice balance of design and development.

#vrdev #gamedev #indiegamedev #gameplay #indiedev #metaquest

The road towards a better DevLog Featuring: a static site generator written in Rust

It's been a while, but here's the new article, a special entry about the future of the #DevLog itself. No #gamedev this time!

Did the world need another static site generator?
Read to find out...
#rustlang #markdown #tera #bulma #particularreality

Advanced Prototyping - Week #18 Additional clip management and debugging

The new #ParticularReality #DevLog is out, and it's a long one!

Make yourself comfortable and get your weekly dose of #VRdevelopment adventures.

Bonus: videos featuring silly bugs.

#metaquest #gamedev #indiegamedev #handtracking #mocap #screenshotsaturday

A new development PC Hardware and software setup

The #ParticularReality #DevLog is back, with a special post about the setup of a new development machine. Lots of software suggestions inside!

#gamedev #solodev #pcbuild #software #utils