Budget Cuts - VR Stealth Game

Hammerschaedel · 20. März 2018

die sind sehr angetan davon..

https://www.roadtovr.com/hands-on-budget-cuts-looks-ready-for-prime-time/

Syndroid · 20. März 2018

Fand die Demo auch cool.
Bisher das einzige Spiel, bei dem mir Teleport nicht auf den Sack ging.

SolKutTeR · 31. März 2018

Nettes kleines Dev Spotlight...

Developer Spotlight - Linnéa
To give you more insight in the development and team behind Budget Cuts we’ve gone a bit more in-depth with the people working on the game. First out is Linnéa who works with creative direction, level design and production.

You’ve been in the games industry for quite a while. Can you tell us a little about your previous experience?
I've worked in the video game industry since 2010 and have helped build games in the Call of Duty, Battlefield, and Medal of Honor series. I also worked on Mirrors Edge: Catalyst! Now I'm really excited about VR so I'm really excited I get to work on a game like Budget Cuts that really takes advantage of the hardwares capabilities in roomscale VR.

What is your job working on Budget Cuts?
Most of my time is spent building the levels for our game, from designing the layout, building puzzles, to art dressing them and lighting them! I also help plan our production schedule to make sure we get everything done on time!

What’s the most challenging part of your work?
Reminding myself to take a step back from time to time, look at the big picture, and find solutions to problems that are elegant rather than just duct-taping together stuff so it "works" or just covers up the issue. I think it's very easy when I get into "the flow" of building smaller systems, areas, and levels that I can easily forget about the big picture, what the goal with the game is, and to just focus on finding the fun. It's really easy to forget, so I think I need to get better at remembering to look at what the final experience for the player will be, rather than just looking at the system from my perspective as a developer.

And what is the most rewarding part?
Seeing people play our game with a big smile. Seriously. This is what I live for!

What are your hopes for the game?
I hope that Budget Cuts allows players to have fun in VR by exploring a fictional space, sneaking around and being silly in a way that they haven't done in a long time. I felt like I could just let go and be a kid again, just go all out and have fun and be crazy and silly in a way that I haven't really felt since I was a kid pretending that the floor was lava.

How can we spot your work in the game?
I've worked on the art style, lighting, and level design, so whether you are peering down on a group of robots from a ledge, or sneaking around a dark supply closet trying to find knives, I probably had a hand in creating not only the design of that area, but also the look and feel of it. I was really inspired by the visual style in Mirrors Edge, so I've worked a lot to get bold primary colors into our environments, while still maintaining an office-scape identity to our spaces. The lighting as well needed to look quite iconic for each space, so I focused on making sure we could have the type of ceiling lights you would expect to see in a large corporate office environment without sacrificing the drama of more direct lights with tight ambient occlusion or interesting cast shadows. The contrast between the dark and the light areas are heightened in VR I think, so playing with lighting to really make a space feel cozy and sneaky vs exposed and oppressive has been a really fun challenge.

What is your all time favourite video game?
Oh gosh. So hard to choose just one! I definitely spent a TON of time playing the Myst series, and Mirrors Edge will always have a special place in my heart! Lately though I've been playing lots of MOBAs and Monster Hunter.

Where can we follow your work?
Feel free to follow me on twitter for silly updates about my dog, my adventures in powerlifting, or random photos from the office at Neat Corp! @Dhiel

That’s all from us right now! Thank you for your support - we’re working very hard on finishing up the game for you all.
Klicke in dieses Feld, um es in vollständiger Größe anzuzeigen.

SolKutTeR · 27. April 2018

Falls wer Interesse an der verwendeten Portal-Locomotion hat, hier der Vortrag der diesjährigen VRDC mit Joachim Holmer.

In this 2018 VRDC @ GDC talk, Neat Corporation's Joachim Holmer discussesthe ins and outs of the design behind Budget Cuts' portal translocator device, and offers practical insight into the technical implementation of the system, as well as his team's solutions to making it perform well.
Klicke in dieses Feld, um es in vollständiger Größe anzuzeigen.

Pulverdings · 28. April 2018

Habe mal gerade die Demo gespielt (zum ersten Mal). Als die Demo veröffentlicht wurde, hätte die mich bestimmt voll geflashed. Aus heutiger Sicht eher "ganz nett". Bin gespannt wie das volle Spiel wird und wie viel Abwechslung es haben wird. Ich werde es sicherlich nicht zum Release kaufen.

Hammerschaedel · 9. Mai 2018

und verschoben.. auf den 31.05.

Dearest future employees of TransCorp,

Due to some unforeseen obstacles in the development of Budget Cuts, we’re going to have to delay the release date of the game. The new release date will be May 31st 2018!

The reason is simply that we want to release Budget Cuts in a state that we’re proud of and know will be enjoyable throughout the entire game (without killing our devs in the process).

We’re very thankful for your understanding, and please stay around for May 31st to enjoy your brand new super-efficient robot colleagues with complimentary motivational guns! You’re going to get so much work done!

Klicke in dieses Feld, um es in vollständiger Größe anzuzeigen.

Hammerschaedel · 28. Mai 2018

Release Trailer

Pulverdings · 29. Mai 2018

Das Spiel wird auf Steam und auf Home verfügbar sein. Allerdings wird das Oculus SDK nur auf Home unterstützt (auf Steam nur OpenVR). Im Road to VR Test gab es Performance-Probleme auf der Rift (wahrscheinlich handelte es sich um die Steam Version des Spiels, diese hatte aber auch noch nicht alle Performance-Fixes). Rift User sollten das Spiel eventuell lieber auf Oculus Home kaufen.

https://old.reddit.com/r/oculus/com..._review_killer_robots_meet_killer_vr/dzpoivf/

Sashmigo · 30. Mai 2018

Kann man das auch im sitzen spielen(verlängerte Greifoption, Knie-option usw.).Letztes Jahr habe ich die Demo ausprobiert und es war etwas umständlich, aber seit dem wurde ja viel verändert.Wurde die Demo auch aktualisiert?

axacuatl · 30. Mai 2018

So wie es sich anhört, lebt das Spiel davon, dass man im Roomscale Bereich sind hinter virtuelle Schreibtische hockt, usw.. Könnte also etwas schwierig werden für Dich...

Budget Cuts - VR Stealth Game

Hammerschaedel

Forengott

Syndroid

Forenlegende

SolKutTeR

ADMIN
VRF Team

SolKutTeR

ADMIN
VRF Team

Pulverdings

Forenheld

Hammerschaedel

Forengott

Hammerschaedel

Forengott

Pulverdings

Forenheld

Sashmigo

Forenlegende

axacuatl

Forengott

Nützliche Suchen

Budget Cuts - VR Stealth Game

Hammerschaedel Forengott

Syndroid Forenlegende

SolKutTeR ADMIN VRF Team

SolKutTeR ADMIN VRF Team

Pulverdings Forenheld

Hammerschaedel Forengott

Hammerschaedel Forengott

Pulverdings Forenheld

Sashmigo Forenlegende

axacuatl Forengott

Nützliche Suchen

Hammerschaedel

Forengott

Syndroid

Forenlegende

SolKutTeR

ADMIN
VRF Team

SolKutTeR

ADMIN
VRF Team

Pulverdings

Forenheld

Hammerschaedel

Forengott

Hammerschaedel

Forengott

Pulverdings

Forenheld

Sashmigo

Forenlegende

axacuatl

Forengott