Design whiteboard
Unity development
Pseudo-code for game logic
Plate notes

Pyramid Scheme

Inspiration

We had a VR headset and Unity experience, and wanted to do something with it. Combined with the art/design experience of some of our teammates, we decided why not, let's make a VR game. We figured the immersive virtual environment would provide endless possibility, and allow us to gain a new skillset. Naturally, as this hackathon has a desert theme, our game takes place in a pyramid, with lots of fun puzzles that take advantage of the interesting functionalities of our headset and controllers.

What

As stated in our preview: "You wake up in a strange pyramid... with and even stranger cube... complete puzzles to escape to the desert". You start inside a pyramid, and as you complete puzzles you rise to the top and escape!

How

Game logic: Writing C# in Unity
Hardware: Oculus Quest VR Headset (and hand controllers)
3D design: SOLIDWORKS, TinkerCAD, Blender
Source control: GitHub and a USB drive (bad wifi...)
Audio design: YtMp3 and voice memo app

All the planning, architecture, and drafting for this project was done on a whiteboard and a glass window. We kept architecture and pseudo-code on the window (cause our developers were facing it), and general game logic/design was done on the whiteboard.

Challenges

Getting any app running on the Oculus was a massive challenge, as there were difficulties connecting to the headset
Making objects grabbable/throwable involved interpreting complex Oculus provided code
Difficulty integrating our design tools with Unity
Integration of 3D shapes into Unity

Accomplishments

Completing an entire series of three full puzzles (being ahead of schedule at a hackathon is rare)
Throwing objects in the game
General design: added nice textures, pyramid shapes, environmental dialogue.
Sleeping a decent amount