Crack in Space VR
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Crack in Space VR
This is the journey of a man stuck inside his head. He is trying to rebuild his consciousness fragments by fragments through revisiting his altered memories.
For him, rebuilding the world was as accurate as reconstructing his consciousness. He can visit these worlds that he has unknowingly created by merging his memories with his imagination.
Fixing them would eventually improve his perception of life and restore his consciousness.
11+
Age group
Oculus Quest 2, Oculus Rift
Platform
Mechanics / Novel Interaction
Experimental Method
First Person, RPG
Genre
Team
Chaitanya Verma | Jagjeet Shyamkunwar | Mayur Battinwar | Mayuri Meshram | Pawan Tirpude
Game Trailer
Why oculus quest 2 ?
Oculus Quest as Platform
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Oculus VR headsets are the market's most popular extended reality (XR) headsets. Oculus Quest 2 has also become widely used among Steam gamers.
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Oculus Quest 2 is capable of supporting both stand-alone VR headset games as well as PC VR games.
Ben Turner
The Protagonist
Ben is roaming in the world created from his imagination and memories, unaware that he is lying unconscious in a hospital room.
● Name: Ben Turner
● Age: 34
● Gender: Male
● Family Financial Status: Middle Income Group
● Education: Economics
● Religion: Believer
● Appearance: Normal
● Dream: Artist
● Role Model: Patrick Stewart
● Fear & Anxiety: Ageing
Other Characters
Ben brings them into the worlds he creates from his Imagination and suppressed memories.
Teacher: Ben retains faded memory of his teacher, but he sees him as Isaac Newton because in the back of his mind, he remembers that story where newton discovered gravity.
Ben's Family
Grandma , Ben's Parents, Young Ben
Art Style
Look Board
Main World
Hospital Layout
Quest 2: Underwater World
Quest 1
Eliminating the use of Controller
Hand Gestures
Navigation and interaction with hand gestures made the Experience much more immersive without the need to hold the controllers.
Floating : Use superman pose to fly and navigate around.
Use your head movement to give direction.
Turning : Twist your fists to rotate in that direction
Sky Manipulation : Freeze your left hand pose and slowly make a rainbow gesture with your right hand to manipulate the sky.
Walkthrough of Crack in Space
Gameplay Video
This Video has Sound
Matter . Air. Gravity . Water
Scene Progression
As Ben (the main character) completes the Quests, he discovers the building blocks of life. These building blocks help him restore the main world. Every time he returns to his world, he finds some positive changes.
Main World 01
Available: Matter and Air
Main World 02
Available: Matter, Air + Gravity
Quest 1
Discover: Gravity
Quest 2
Discover: water
Main World 03
Available: Matter, Air, Gravity + Water
Guiding Player
Level Design
How to Guide player when the player has 360 of freedom and Open world?
Hospital Layout
As the Ben (main character) completes the Quests he discovers building blocks of life. This building blocks helps him restore the main world. Every time he comes back to his world he finds some positive changes.
When player exit from the room, his vision is obstructed from the tree (left side). It was a conscious decision to influence player to turn right.
During playtesting, 90% of the player turns right side.
Platform Light beam
Main Worlds are open to explore for the player. In main world there is always a light beam (Blue color) present to direct player towards the platform when he wanders too far.
Composition of Quest 1
In Quest 1: Orientation of floating islands and objects around the tree is as such that it motivates player to move towards the Tree.
Asteroids start spawning and targeting the player
Asteroids stops targeting the player
Player Spawn point
Tree
Design of the Platform
The player needs to reach the platform and look in the right direction while manipulating the sky to avoid unnecessary hindrance in aligning the cracks.
A podium is added opposite the stairs, showing the shape of an aligned crack.
Freezing the rotation and movement of the player can further the ease of Sky manipulation.
Composition of Quest 2
The player is guided towards the platform through a path clear of grass.
Time Manipulation of objects
Shuffle Mechanics
Shuffle Mechanics
● Object shuffle mechanics is manipulating the stages of highlighted objects through time.
● We use these mechanics to trigger the character's memories and unravel the story.
Quest 2 : Underwater World
● Quest II follows a traumatic childhood memory of the main character.
● A story-based puzzle level, where the player has to search for glowing things to interact with.
● Player must achieve the correct objects' stages to unravel the narrative.
●Player also has to explore and find the correct sequence of the objects.
Duration : 2 Months
Road Map
Dealing with Motion Sickness in VR
Minimize Motion Sickness
● Took few notes from the GDC session about minimizing VR sickness.
● Replicating any familiar real life movement like walking in VR can make fall in the uncanny valley.
● Slow movements can reduce the nausea and unease.
● Mechanics like Teleporting or floating are recommended over normal walking & running.
●Managing area of focus by adding frame, window or crosshair in Player’s peripheral vision reduces VR sickness.
Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis
Playtesting and Feedbacks
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