VR Arcade game: Resistor (WIP) Thread

indierocktopus

Hi All! I'm directing an indie VR arcade game called "Resistor" The idea is American Gladiators meets Smash TV with some SHMUP type gameplay. Feedback welcome and appreciated!  

Platform is Gear VR (With a motion capture system) so art needs to run at 60 fps on mobile hardware, O___o Big challenge, but nice opportunity to develop a clean-minimal sci-fi techy look. 

Here's a video of the system in action with multiplayer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GRAByGCR88

Top image is a concept render in maya using Redshift

/// Here's first draft of the environment in Unity. I want you to feel like you're inside a computer fending off a virus invasion. This version is a bit too literal in my opinion.


/// Version 2 Tried to simplify playing field and go a bit more VR . . . less literal computer. Starting to work on some enemy AI SHMUP patterns, I'm likely going to rearrange the space once I know more how the AI will work.


/// Reverse angle from player's perspective (The red stripes in the BG are audio responsive to the music bass)


Any tips, thoughts, or references I should look at? Lemme know!  

Thanks!

indierocktopus

/// Quick Concept of the Spiderbot Enemy


/// Wireframe: I also did a slap rig to try some poses, this character will be entirely procedurally animated ... zero keyframes (yay lead engineer with robotics knowledge! ) This also allows us to make them extremely physics responsive, so you can shoot them and the wobble realistically / blow off limb and they still keep comin' #nightmarefuel

indierocktopus

Some new concepts / environments for the game!

Shuttle Landing Dock Design 



Pyramid Ship Outpost