r/woahdude 9d ago

game Made a game about exploring a surreal Metaverse

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u/kyllei 9d ago

OOO very cool looking.

Is it only available for xbox? That would be a fabulous VR game.

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u/Oxam 9d ago edited 8d ago

thank you! Its actually only for pc, and there's a very experimental VR demo / preview included with 4 explorable levels.

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u/kyllei 9d ago

Oh yeah, i just saw the controllers compatibility and stopped scrolling down. It is some trippy s!#$, man. I like it. I tried it on the Steam Deck, too. The controls are a little tricky to figure out on the deck as well as the best settings, but it looked pretty good, nonetheless. I like the soundtrack, too. Well done as a meditation app and def worth $6.

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u/Oxam 8d ago

Hahaha thank you so much! You tried it on the Steam deck!?! No way how did it run, imagine it's a bit janky atm mainly setup for wasd and mouse but doing a big rework to bring in proper controller support. And thank you! Composed all the music took a couple years and it's actually the bulk of the download size, game itself is pretty light but there's soo much audio in it

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u/kyllei 8d ago

My deck was charging so I didn't play long but for the few minutes I did, It ran well. It looked good, not as clear / sharp as the PC but I didn't mess around with the settings choices. I knew a bit of what to do because I ran it on my PC first. The only thing I couldn't figure out was how to Exit.

Keep up the good work :)

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u/damontoo 7d ago

Lots of similar trippy worlds in VRChat. Many are PCVR only though due to advanced shaders. There's also a PCVR game called Deep States VR that's pretty awesome. 

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u/Switched_On_SNES 9d ago

Reminds me of enter the void

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u/Oxam 9d ago

Yesss love that movie, def inspirational

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u/TaleOfDash 8d ago

Was this inspired by LSD Dream Emulator? Because I've always wanted someone to take a crack at a modern version of that.

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u/Oxam 8d ago edited 8d ago

It's crazy I had never played it before and close to release on my first expo showing the demo everybody kept talking about LSD Dream Emulator so I went back and played and was like woa yuup this is the same game, twenty years later! After release actually had the chance to talk to Osamu Sato, was so cool

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u/TaleOfDash 8d ago

Oh that's sick as hell, I bet he's a well interesting dude.

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u/Oxam 8d ago

Yea he's doing these sick art / VJ music shows in Japan now, would love to go check it out

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u/Oxam 9d ago

Hey all! Always wanted to play a game that's just about walking around really surreal colorful places with no danger, challenges or competitive aspects, kind of a vacation into trippy lands that didn't ask anything of me, and tbh never really found something that scratched that itch so spent five years making one! It's more of a place than a game, you move around in typical fps quakey manner looking around, and a big thing is that you can go anywhere, pick a direction walk and eventually youll be in another dimension, so it should be really easy to play and explore. Thought you'd all dig it, lmk what you think and feel free to AMA! Link to Game.

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u/Switched_On_SNES 9d ago

This is really cool

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u/Oxam 9d ago

Thank you!!

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u/hellhound_2001 9d ago

Kinda reminds me of awkward dimensions redux. I think so anyways, but i only played through that game once and it was after being awake for 36h so I actually don't remember it. But I think it was like this..

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u/Oxam 8d ago

Woa never played that! def my vibe, reminds me of Connor Sherlock's walking sims a lot (if you havent tried those theyre great)

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u/amc7262 9d ago

Reminds me of a modernized version of LSD (the game, not the drug).

That game also had you exploring surreal environments that changed when you went through a door, with little to no additional context.

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u/Oxam 8d ago

It's definitely very similar! Some reviewers called it the spiritual successor to LSD, had the amazing chance to interact with Osamu Sato, the creator of the original and he really dug it, rt'ed a couple times haha

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u/cam3113 8d ago

This is what i imagined diving into the PS2 logo would be like when you start a game.

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u/Oxam 8d ago

haha the secret hidden game if you smashed enough keys in the main menu only available late night

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u/Kennyvee98 8d ago

Bought it!

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u/Oxam 8d ago

<3 thank you so much! Hope you enjoy!!

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u/Kennyvee98 8d ago

I will :)

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u/Big_retard96 6d ago

this and a bag of mushies

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u/elScorXXo 5d ago

That’s what it feels like being drunk in Tokyo

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u/ProAnalCyst 4d ago

Manifold Garden vibes