v1.3: Controller-free tour mode, better stick mode tracking and exposure slider
Author: indiefoldcreator
Date:
Wed, 12 Apr 2023
Game: Kayak VR: Mirage
Kayak VR: Mirage is now live on PS VR2! It’s a great version of the game with features exclusive to the PSVR2 such as specially designed haptics and foveated rendering. While working on the PSVR2 version we made plenty of tweaks to the game over time that will also benefit PC players.
Here’s a list of tweaks we made along the way:
- A brand new controller-free tour mode where the kayak moves for you.
- Improved stick mode tracking, especially for inside-out tracking headsets like the Quest
- Added the option to start at the beach or the jungle when playing in Costa Rica
- Added an exposure slider for night time variants that allow you to set the exposure to your liking, this can be found in general settings
- We’ve made the decision to remove simulation mode for now. We noticed very few users were using it and with an eye on the future it’s hard to maintain. Depending on feedback we might bring this back
Minor fixes:
- Cleaned up many minor visual flaws in Kings Canyon
- Improved performance of fish schools and other sealife
- Improved sound design in Norway and Antarctica
- Improved consistency and fidelity of kayak and paddle collision sounds
- Fixed a bug where paddle scraping sounds would disappear entirely after hitting certain objects
- Ambience in Kings Canyon and Costa Rica should now loop correctly
- Added a collision sound to hitting your head
- Improved fish animations
- Retweaked exposure at night time to generally be brighter
We’ve had to spend the last few months mostly working on the Playstation version but now that it’s released we’ll have more time to spend on new stuff!
Here’s a list of tweaks we made along the way:
- A brand new controller-free tour mode where the kayak moves for you.
- Improved stick mode tracking, especially for inside-out tracking headsets like the Quest
- Added the option to start at the beach or the jungle when playing in Costa Rica
- Added an exposure slider for night time variants that allow you to set the exposure to your liking, this can be found in general settings
- We’ve made the decision to remove simulation mode for now. We noticed very few users were using it and with an eye on the future it’s hard to maintain. Depending on feedback we might bring this back
Minor fixes:
- Cleaned up many minor visual flaws in Kings Canyon
- Improved performance of fish schools and other sealife
- Improved sound design in Norway and Antarctica
- Improved consistency and fidelity of kayak and paddle collision sounds
- Fixed a bug where paddle scraping sounds would disappear entirely after hitting certain objects
- Ambience in Kings Canyon and Costa Rica should now loop correctly
- Added a collision sound to hitting your head
- Improved fish animations
- Retweaked exposure at night time to generally be brighter
We’ve had to spend the last few months mostly working on the Playstation version but now that it’s released we’ll have more time to spend on new stuff!
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