Exolon VR
Play Exolon as if you were really there!
Instructions
- Use the triggers to shoot the laser and fire the rockets
- To use the teleporters, touch the small box in the middle that is attached to the top of the teleporter with your left hand.
- You can jump with one of the buttons
- You have infinite rockets
Compatibility
- I use an Oculus Quest 2 to develop this. If you've got a different headset, please let me know if it works or otherwise. I have had reports that it doesn't run very well on a Rift.
- I recommend playing it sat down. It puts the camera at a better height, and also helps prevent any motion sickness.
- You can adjust the camera height at the start, depending on whether you like to play stood up or sat down.
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Credits
- Original game design by Rafaelle Cecco and published by Hewson Consultants.
- Intro music by Tamás Webnyelv ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq6aGMTQpP161kVD4LwQutg )
- Spaceship models: https://maxparata.itch.io/voxel-spaceships
Updates
- 13/6/2022 - Level 2 added!
- 26/6/2022 - You can now adjust your view height
Development log
- Exolon VR - Level 2 addedJun 13, 2022
Comments
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It's looking good. I like Level 2. I'm still trying to get to the end of it.
Are you supposed to play standing, sitting on a chair or on the floor? I get a different view with each one.
It might explain why that red ball still gets me. You can see it appear near the start of this video and go over the top where it keeps killing me from above. I play standing up so I am near the ceiling.
On level 2 I got killed and ended up restarting in space, where I fell and kept dying.Thanks, it is quite challenging! I play it sat in a rotating chair; I have much less chance of getting motion sickness that way, and the camera is at just the right height. It's a bit too high in your video. Thanks for the feedback, I thought I'd fixed both of those problems, but I'll have another look at them.
Great looking arcade style game!
Is there an ending? I reached two towers with electricity sparking between them but no where else to go and it kept playing.
Thanks a lot!
Currently, it is just the first level. I should have put a message up at the end. Did I make the game too easy? :)
It wasn't too difficult (or easy) once you understood what to shoot. That wasn't very clear at the start.
I found the hardest part was getting around the green 'pistons' without falling off the sides. It wasn't clear that they would kill you if you walked on them. I thought they would allow you to jump onto something that was high up.
Sometimes the balloons went under the floor and could still kill you but could not be shot.
When you go into the 'portal' it can obstruct your view of things that are firing at you. Unless my setting is making me too high.
Thanks a lot for the detailed feedback. I have a look at the "balls under the floor" bug. I assume you've not played the original 8-bit game? The pistons can be a pain (even when you know that they kill you), I think some side-view gameplay aspects don't translate well when in VR. But since you got to the end, I'd better add level 2 sooner rather than later.
Level 2 would be good. Yes I have not played it before. I watched some YouTube clips of the game on a Spectrum when you mentioned it.
I've added level 2 now.