The Complexites of Designing A Simple Game

1000 Design Decisions in making a VR Baseball Sim. A dev log for the making of batting practice VR. It's for Oculus Rift, and maybe HTC Vive but I haven't tested it yet.
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[@jarmotron]

This looks sweet! The home plate is backwards, though..

[@SpaceDodo]

Bwhahaha thanks! It's been a while. I'll fix it in the next update

[@thomasfessler]

Try cascading random generators. Where one random value / selection then falls into into another random generator. After the ball stops rolling kill it. Put the trail on after it's hit. Remember you are making a game and sometimes you need to increase size for players to see things. don't forget about the shadow under the ball.

[@SpaceDodo]

thanks for the feedback! The ball does die as soon as the next one is created, but the shadow idea is a great one!

[@thomasfessler]

@@SpaceDodo I've created several baseball games for sega gamegear(1), gameboy color(1), gameboy advance(2), iphone(1) and pocketPC(1). The only baseball game I'm aware of in mobile was a hit in the earlier days of the app store was Homerun Battle 3D by com2us. (this is a great gaming model to follow) With that said - if you would be up for collaborating, I have a ton of knowledge and assets, including a pitcher, batter, Wrigley field, countless baseball sound effects, Hammond organ tunes, etc, and a ton of knowledge. The assets should be 'Oculus Quest' friendly and are lower poly in nature as they were targeted for earlier iPhones.

[@MonkayMakesGames]

Nice vid I watched the whole thing. Very informative since I want to make a baseball game for my stepdad thats simple for him to play. We don't have VR though lol. The ball is using physics? You gonna try curve balls?

[@SpaceDodo]

Ball does use physics! I could add curve balls, yeah!

[@MonkayMakesGames]

@@SpaceDodo I guess we'll both be figuring it out together lol. Probably just have to add some spin to the ball similar to real life. Gonna have to watch some baseball footage.

[@OWLyMULLET]

ive always wanted first person sports games. i think vr will finally make it happen but i think first person multiplayer hockey with non vr gear would be amazing.

[@shankark3250]

How ypu coded that ball hitting a bat sequence...it is so realistic

[@SpaceDodo]

I wish I could take more credit. I leaned hard on unreal's Natural systems. I use pure engine physics for the hit with a high tick rate. Then I use the "on hit" to cue an sfx with some random on the pitch and volume.

[@shankark3250]

@@SpaceDodo can you do that has tutorial or share any reference you....watched... Because i'm preparing to create a cricket game..so it is useful fpr me

[@samsee23]

Just downloaded this and it is great. 2 questions. 1: is there any way to edit the speed of the ball? 2: can you enable hand tracking for the oculus Quest 2?

[@SpaceDodo]

Thanks dude! I can't promise a timeline, but I'll add the speed feature in the next big feature update. The hand tracking, I can promise I'll look into it. It depends on how well it works. Thanks!

[@samsee23]

@@SpaceDodo that’s awesome. I tried it with hand tracking but the hands are at the wrong angle and knock the bat out the hands

[@MonkayMakesGames]

Nice vid I watched the whole thing. Very informative since I want to make a baseball game for my stepdad thats simple for him to play. We don't have VR though lol. The ball is using physics? You gonna try curve balls?