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[spicejustin]

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.







First sketches of our Alpha build mech


I have made Tilt Brush a solid part of our pipeline as it helps convey space instantly when concepting in d3





Paint over of one of the tilt brush models.


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

More to come!

Until then mech pilots

[Romain Rope]

Wow!

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

[Sustrato]

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?

[spicejustin]

?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

[spicejustin]

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



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!

[spicejustin]

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.






 

[mzn528]

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

[spicejustin]

We will do our damndest!

[spicejustin]

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


him making it work!


a peak around the concept


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

[spicejustin]

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

[spicejustin]

Thank you brando for all the good laughs sir! haha, 

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

[spicejustin]

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.




and a new interface

[spicejustin]

some screenshots of the particles I built

[jctwood]

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.

[Excy]

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.

[spicejustin]

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  

[jctwood]

look forward to it!

[brando]

Wow this looks really ambitious but is coming along! I like the interface being attached to the mech's front panel.

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 but I guess I just had to see it for myself.

I have heard that rigs (the most similar title I can think of) is quite nauseating.

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

[Smerik]

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


him making it work!


a peak around the concept


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

Super super awesome, wish i had a vive , or a pc that could run it .
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.

[brando]

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.