KINOKO VR

KINOKO VR is a VR game I made as part of a school project at Høyskolen Kristiania. The game is a short little puzzle/horror-ish game set in a trippy/sci fi world. Im a 3D graphics student and this is one of my first ever games Ive made, and my very first VR game, so its very simple, but I hope you enjoy it. The game is available for download on my itch (https://malinblie.itch.io/kinokovr)

The game is fully functioning, but has some minor bugs, and problem areas that I will work on fixing, and I will also probably add more content to it in the future.

Story and thought process:

I made the game wanting to not explain literally to the player what they have to do, but let the visuals speak for themselves, and hopefully lead you in the right direction. Dont read the next part if you dont want to be spoiled the plot of the game.

My story behind the game is that you wake up on an island not remembering how you got there, and you meet this character no shroom that is creepy but you understand that they clearly want something from you and you want to help them. Whether you help them from fear or compassion you don't really know, maybe both, but you know that you have to move quickly, if not you will have the same faith as no shroom: withered away on an island alone infested by the things that grow there.

This was my initial story just thinking it was sci-fi/fantasy like world, but while working on the game and thinking more about it I think the story could also be about mental health and struggling to beat the challenges in your own head. Having the pressure to try to find something that makes you feel better and settle down. The mushrooms and colors being a metaphor for a kind of psychosis, and no shroom being a dark and withered away version of yourself that you are trying to help.

The game will have elements that hopefully will spark some sort of interpretation for the player themselves. My goal is at least to create an unsettling stressful feeling for the player.

Resources:

All assets are made entirely by me. Tthe music and audio are made by my boyfriend Daniel Bækkevold Bakke (applause and confetti pop sounds are from freesound.org).

Programs used:

Unreal Enginge, 3ds max, Nomad sculpt, photoshop