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So this is it! our first post for a game called IRON RAIN!
Our goal is to make the most visceral VR mech experience ever made. We are very interested in the communities voice and input throughout development so please feel free to ask questions and comment as you wish.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvRPwzm-Cvc



First sketches of our Alpha build mech
(http://i.imgur.com/LFUmBww.jpg)

I have made Tilt Brush a solid part of our pipeline as it helps convey space instantly when concepting in d3
(http://i.imgur.com/ih9iyiB.jpg)
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Paint over of one of the tilt brush models.
(http://i.imgur.com/2KwZdd2.jpg)

This last images was hitting really close to what I wanted for the first build.

More to come!

Until then mech pilots :)

Wow!

This paint/drawing arstyle is really cool.
Can't wait to see this in motion :)

Hahah, I'm digging your enthusiasm, and the style is sweet indeed! I esp. like the two top right concept thumbnails. Numbers 4/5 look good too, more standard but anything that makes me think of BattleTech Raptors are good in my book. Any mech games/stories in particular you're taking inspiration from?

?Kinda writing my own as we go along! domination over our solar system is the loose Idea, humans have just begun to really explore all of our planets and moons and it has created some major conflict between people of opposing interest, but still doing a lot of fishing :)

a wee bit more exploration before I took the 3D plunge!!! felt really cool painting over the tilt brush work.

(http://i.imgur.com/mMkGd3D.jpg)

built the legs and head separately haha looks a little goofy just floating on top.
But overall this is the boy you guys will be fighting in! :)

(http://i.imgur.com/iPXQjB8.jpg)

I smell war in the air...

Mech pilots I would like to introduce to you, Pucnuf An alpha class mech, design to help test a new wave of war machines. it's the first bipedal robotics system to ever meet the battlefield, This new system can take on any terrain thrown at it. Equipped with the latest armor and weapons this mean machine will command the battlefield with ease.

(http://i.imgur.com/mDCpnBv.jpg)

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I have a feeling this will turn into something epic. keep up the great work!

We will do our damndest!

Had a blast in portland! now back to the grind, interface time!
brando is killing it, all his work other than the assets handed to him.

the basic concept
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him making it work!
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a peak around the concept
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after getting this thing in it's really starting to feel alive! can wait to have people try this! who's got a vive?! we will need testers soon :)

Blocking in the new map interface and control panel! :D

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Thank you brando for all the good laughs sir! haha,  :toastR: :toastL: :durr: :laughter:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSyJjycjr9I&feature=youtu.be&t=91

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Got Her up and walking! now for the rest of the animations.

Then its onto level creation!

Gonna need some testers soon so if you have a vive. let me know. :)

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and a new interface

(http://i.imgur.com/57J54H6h.jpg)

some screenshots of the particles I built

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Wow this looks really ambitious but is coming along! I like the interface being attached to the mech's front panel. Hearing that tilt brush is a part of your pipeline is extremely interesting! Have you looked into oculus quill? it has more volumetric brushes and looks brilliant too. Could you give us an overview of the control mechanisms in the game? I have heard that rigs (the most similar title I can think of) is quite nauseating. I would be very interested in play testing although do not own a Vive I have access to a couple.

Oh man. I absolutely love Phantom Crash and this kinda reminds me of it, it's looking awesome.

Also, I have a Vive, will playtest/give feedback whenever needed.

yeah let me see if I can get you guys some builds once we hit that point! getting close now!

it will be a very small party at first till we can get some major things fixed. and then we will expand fast.

And yes making people sick is the last thing we want to do! but this will be a game that needs somewhat solid "VR legs" im assuming, its a hard balance between free fun movement and also not making people vom haha.

should have some test videos up here in the next few weeks! stay tuned :) 

look forward to it!

Coder here, thanks for the feedback! Unfortunately after getting the HUD reticle to perfectly line up with the weapons, I realized that "voluntary diplopia" is a thing, and the reticle has to be projected out into space to stop your eyes from crossing :(. Unity covered it in detail here https://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/topics/virtual-reality/interaction-vr#reticle (https://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/topics/virtual-reality/interaction-vr#reticle) but I guess I just had to see it for myself.


I bought my Vive to make this game so I'm still getting my VR legs, but I think the reason it's nauseating is because you can see too much of the world primarily when rotating. Google Earth and Trickster both allow movement where it hides most of the world to stop the nausea, we're banking on the fact that you are limited in your vision due to the cockpit.

In other first-person games you can rotate by turning your head which helps, but we don't have that luxury here, as hilarious as that would be :)

Super super awesome, wish i had a vive :(, or a pc that could run it :P.
Is that screen shake in the vr cockpit on purpose? I really like it, it makes it feel like a machine, like your in this heavy walking tractor. Can imagine like a peripheral shaking seat.

Haha that's the artist's shaking hands as he panned the headset around the cockpit :) Having this kind of movement forced upon the headset would make one sick pretty fast, but a rumble seat would be amazing!

I made the joysticks shake when you move though and it was intense, though it drains the battery way too fast. Maybe just when the engine starts up or on footsteps? The audio goes a long way to selling it but we want the user to "feel" it when it moves around or gets shot or explodes.

 :handshakeR: :handshakeR: :handshakeR: haha its was a bit of my coffee high on top of 3x speed gif :O better shots next time  :beg:

Looks beautiful! Mech games are such a perfect fit for VR - your in-game body can mirror your real one exactly while still giving you the ability to roam freely. My itch for a Vive grows stronger every day...

Dude you hit the nail on the head! we share the same thought process, get one and you may have a steam key waiting for you in a few months time :O gonna need to start picking up some testers soon!!! :handanykey: :handanykey: :handshakeR: :waaagh:

Well, I gots some Vive, if you don't expect me to put in too much effort then I could do some testing.

good to know! stick around. we will be hitting that phase here in a few months  :)

Wow, this looks really great! Have a Vive as well and wouldn't mind testing a bit :)

If I designed a mech, id probably try to reduce the vertical wobble as much as possible, it would mess with the aiming and be quite uncomfortable for the driver, specially if this will be a VR game.

Also, oh boy do I want to play this, I hope VR becomes cheaper at some point.

Hey yeah we thought the same! when tested you didn't even feel it! could actually turn it up more!

Here is how the final walk came out. have not had time to post :)

(http://i.imgur.com/pdzgVH9.gif)

You are spot on with that issue Reyn -- as you might have noticed with other games, the HUD (and most importantly reticle) stays fixed while the rest of the mech "bounces" around it. In the current build I've bound the camera (and therefore user's head) to the bounce of the mech so it's not as nauseating, but it has the unfortunate side effect of making the HUD reticle "bounce" to any potential target. I'm hoping aim-assist will help out here but I can't be exactly sure until I get deep into it.

We're also aiming to introduce a suspension to the mech chair that allows the mech to bounce while still keeping the user's chair and head (and therefore HUD) at a fixed position wrt/ the target we're firing at. There definitely seems to be tradeoffs involved.

Yeah i can imagine that would be overkill. A little rumble while walking is cool, and also on bullet impact + explosives. And indeed sound can sell the same effect even cheaper. Will stick around here.

Huge update,

So Mr Brando and I took the last month really trying to get a working prototype out, and for the most part we hit that target, still lots of loose ends to connect but we are fast on our way to a solid alpha!

Cheers everyone! soon you goons can join the fun! :handanykey: :waaagh: :handanykey:

some shots of the first in-game map and UI

(http://i.imgur.com/eHs0mZF.jpg)

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https://www.facebook.com/juggernautvr/

been a little bit! working so hard on this thing we don't even have time to post :O lets fix that.

here is a concept for a corporate test facility, building the best war machines take time! ;)

(http://i.imgur.com/J2vHxWo.png)

(http://i.imgur.com/VTz4mq6.png)

Also hard at work getting us a few new high powered weapons to play with :D

(http://i.imgur.com/0ApSEgc.png)

Got a few more weapons ready for testing!

(http://i.imgur.com/1ng5U8Y.png)

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well this is impressive! seems ideal for the medium too.  :handmoneyR: :handmoneyR: :handmoneyR:

EVERYTHING WE HAVE BEEN SHOWING YOU IS A LIE!!! :P

So everything you have seen until now has been shit alpha models that I just slapped together for game play testing. Here is a shot of the first mech you guys will get your hands on. Hope you like!!!

(http://i.imgur.com/LYMQarW.png)

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Hype!

How's development going? When will you have a playable demo? We're looknig for a 1st person tank game as a killer app for our Roto VR chair.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3MOUuKwq2E

Where are you located?

Thanks,

Elliott

Oh - please reply to [email protected]

Thanks,

Elliott

Email sent, :) could be very interesting to dev this game with your chair in mind!

mech bay in the works!

I bet you guys are getting bored of all this art huh? I am too! stay tuned for more here very soon ;)

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I've been waiting for one of these... can't wait to see where it goes. Looking great so far! Hope you add Rift support  ;D :handmoneyR:

Hey thanks Alex!!!

I'm honestly So excited to see what you guys think and work with your feedback! We really want to make this about the true mech loving geeks!

I can't promise rift at this time but obvi we will do everything in our power to get this in as many hands as we can, how else do I crush your souls on the battlefield?! but it is definitely in our plans, psvr too if its not crazy wonky to port haha.

Awesome design, awesome idea !

can't wait to show ya more!

we needed a test drone to shoot at us. so here she beeeee. mostly throw away stuff. :)

(http://i.imgur.com/X1JpEep.png)

This (test) class of drones may be las gen, but in numbers they will make your day a long one.
Already have them up and running so should see some fun game play soon! :)

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links to our other pages for your convenience :)

https://www.facebook.com/Ironrainvr/

http://blackbeachstudios.tumblr.com/

https://www.reddit.com/r/ironrain/

Did you say you want game play?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KASCO6lnHA&ab_channel=IRONRAIN

Looking awesome!

Imagine this game working with these... https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vrgluv/vrgluv-touch-hold-and-interact-in-the-virtual-worl (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vrgluv/vrgluv-touch-hold-and-interact-in-the-virtual-worl)

Was considering picking up a pair, but decided to hold onto my money until I see some better games. But how cool would those gloves be with the physical controls of your game, actually having the push/pull force feedback of the controls in your hands. :tearsofjoy:

oh dude its gonna happen!!! I wish that stuff was out and in the hands of everyone already!  :handshakeR:

Welcome to comline valley mech pilots, your mission is simple, hold control of the 4 main communications towers at all cost, reaching drop zone in eta 5 min. Best of luck.

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https://www.facebook.com/Ironrainvr/

http://blackbeachstudios.tumblr.com/

https://www.instagram.com/elliottspice/

Mega update!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17sun41Q0AQ&ab_channel=IRONRAIN

Next major milestone complete. here is a sneak peek of whats to come.

(http://i.imgur.com/vrCq3n4.jpg)

if you want to tag along on other networks ill leave a link below :)

https://www.facebook.com/Ironrainvr/

Image on the right looks gorgeous! Wish we could see more of the image :(

Is that being rendered in real-time in a game engine or in a modeling program?

Yes real time and yes about to post a video tmro! :) come on back and check it out. you can also sub to our you tube :)))

I'll be following this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgWVgzkU_Yc

I love this kind of game *_*

Looking good!

That teaser video reminded me of this teaser video  ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3tttKdhCYw

OH shit yeah it does!!! sep this is way cooler! is this a movie?!

lots to update you on.

mech bay test
(https://i.imgur.com/BUdkkzc.gif)
UI fully working
(https://i.imgur.com/H3EDFFc.gif)
(https://i.imgur.com/99N2OxP.gif)
New mech
(https://i.imgur.com/5aspL5m.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Xz6kSCG.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Olvgmk7.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/PPbSMeG.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/ou7OFP1.gif)
Networking

map test
(https://i.imgur.com/3OLeVOg.png)

And MUCH MORE

looking for beta testers soon, so let me know if you guys would like to join our discord :)

I will be posting a more detailed bide soon, covering the above.

social links below :)

https://www.facebook.com/Ironrainvr/

https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=58701.0

https://www.instagram.com/elliottspice/

https://www.reddit.com/r/ironrain/

Based on a few articles like http://comicsalliance.com/gaiking-live-action-movie/  seems like it was meant to be but ... never materialized.

WOT! :whome: A mech combat movie would be so BA, like total grit war movie about a mech squad. sooo yum!

More to come! :handshakeL: :handshakeR:
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/dDv5X

 :handshakeL: :wtf: :handshakeR:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvRPwzm-Cvc

SUB HERE!!!

https://www.reddit.com/r/ironrain/

https://forums.tigsource.com/index.ph...

https://www.facebook.com/Ironrainvr/

https://www.instagram.com/elliottspice/

http://blackbeachstudios.tumblr.com/

What you thought we just quit?! we missed you!
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Another Piece I did for Iron Rain VR.
This is in one of the mega sprawls of earth, was fun to try and capture how normal this world is to people born in the 2060's

(https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/009/969/718/large/justin-spice-calling-home.jpg?1521831514)

art station here! :)

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/RxXeW

other places you can keep tabs as well.

https://www.facebook.com/Ironrainvr/

https://www.instagram.com/elliottspice/

https://www.reddit.com/r/ironrain/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHHfKDtSgVAhnJF7BqBx9NA

my god it has been a long time guys. but we are back and trying to post more... if it makes any one feel better its becuse we have been doing nothing but developing this thing.

if you would like to be a part of our Alpha testing,

there is a link here to our discord :)

I will try my best to loop people in as our game is really picking up speed now!

discord.gg/Uzs5sUe

HOPE TO SEE YOU GUYS IN CHAT!

woooooooow! Mechs! I love them!  :whome: :whome: :whome: :whome:

Big update! sorry things are taking so long. thats two man game dev for ya! haha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNVaZzIBXVk&feature=youtu.be

Brand new patreon here!
https://www.patreon.com/IRONRAIN

Happy 2020!!! IRON REBELLION IS LIVE ON STEAM!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1192900/IRON_REBELLION/
Oh, and 220 more Beta access keys to our discord and game. Nab em fast!
https://discord.gg/gzzacPw