ALICE VR
Release Date: October 27, 2016
Adventure, FPP, science fiction, Polish, Meta Quest / Oculus, exploration games, VR, singleplayer
Steam
A first-person adventure game developed for VR goggles. Its prototype has been prepared for the VR Jam contest by the Polish Carbon Studio, established by the former employees of Farm51. Inspired by the famous novel by Lewis Carroll, Alice VR is set in a science-fiction world, where we play as a hero whose ship has been forced to land on an unknown planet.
ALICE VR is first-person adventure game for PC set in science-fiction world, developed for virtual reality goggles. Its prototype has been created for VR Jam contest, organized by Oculus and Unity companies. After it reached last round of finals and received a lot of positive feedback, it has been decided to make it into full-scale game. The developers are Carbon Studio, established by former employees of The Farm 51, who previously worked on graphics in mobile productions, and architectural visualizations.
Plot
Though the story of ALICE VR takes a lot from Lewis Carroll’s famous novel Alice in Wonderland, it takes us into science-fiction world. Our character has been forced to land on an unknown planet to refill ship’s supplies of graphene. This simple task gets complicated when we learn that all of the planet’s inhabitants have disappeared in mysterious circumstances. Now we need to solve various riddles and uncover the secret of the lost locals, and in turn shape their future.
Mechanics
We see the world from the first person perspective, the gameplay mainly focuses on exploration and solving puzzles. We visit many visually varied locations, such as the interiors of a futuristic ship, or an oriental city of alien civilization. Due to planet’s changing gravity, we can also walk on walls and ceilings, which is an interesting feature. Puzzles that await us are inspired by Alice in Wonderland, requiring shrinking or enlarging ourselves to reach otherwise unattainable places. The game is nonlinear and offers many alternative paths that will lead us to one of a couple of endings. This means we can’t experience in a single playthrough everything that ALICE VR has to offer, it’s required to finish the game more than once to fill up all the blank spots in the plot.
Technical aspects
ALICE VR for PC has been created using the advanced Unreal Engine 4 – a basic tool for those developing virtual reality games. While the title has been developed for Oculus Rift and Oculus Touch controller (support for other devices was added in later updates), ALICE VR can be played in a traditional way – though obviously that will rob us from majority of the experience.
Last updated on March 25, 2016
Videos and Screens
[2:01] ALICE VR launch trailer (PL)
[3:37] ALICE VR developer's diary - finding inspiration (PL)
ALICE VR Summary
Platforms:
PC Windows
Developer: Carbon Studio
Publisher: Klabater
Age restrictions: none
ALICE VR System Requirements
PC / Windows
Minimum: Intel Core i5 4590 3.3 GHz, 8 GB, graphic card 2 GB GeForce GTX 660/Radeon HD 7870 or better, 10 GB HDD, Windows 7(SP1)/8.1/10 64-bit
Recommended: Intel Core i7 4770 3.9 GHz, 8 GB, graphic card 4 GB GeForce GTX 970/Radeon R9 290 or better, 10 GB HDD, Windows 7(SP1)/8.1/10 64-bit
Alice in Wonderland-inspired sci-fi exploration game Alice VR to launch this month
Fans of virtual reality experiences should check out Alice VR, an exploration adventure game set in a sci-fi environment. The game will be out on Steam this month.
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