Since the launch of the current VR game Cosmonious High, the studio has grown significantly and wants to set standards in VR with the new project. Vacation Simulator already received hand-tracking support in 2020, so the studio already has some experience with the new interface. It will be the first VR game designed specifically for hand tracking, and also Owlchemy’s first multiplayer title. What will be different about the new VR game? A pure hand tracking game with multiplayer The still unnamed project will be another colorful, crazy VR game – Owlchemy Labs is staying true to its style. The VR title from Owlchemy Labs generated more than 3 million in revenue as a launch title on the HTC Vive. They feature playful VR worlds, varied interactions, and squeaky-colorful characters.Īt Gamescom 2022, the studio’s new project was revealed in a short but still rather unimpressive teaser. Job Simulator was one of the big surprises in virtual reality in the past year. So far, the studio has made some excellent VR games like Job Simulator, Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality, and Vacation Simulator. One of these elements is your camera, which you’ll use throughout each location to capture beautiful scenery using a variety of lenses snap photos of the majestic Vacation Forest salmon, or immortalize the beautiful of the battery-powered snails of Vacation Beach.Owlchemy Labs was founded in 2010, acquired by Google in 2017, and is based in Austin, Texas. While all of the locales feature their own unique objectives, there are several specific activities you can find among each location. Of course, my favorite part is the lone bot continually smashing his face into the snow outside The Lodge. Help enough bots and you unlock The Overlook, a massive mountain area where you can ski or go rock climbing. Outside, you’re free to engage in a helping of snow-based fun, including carving ice sculptures, throwing snowballs at innocent bystanders, even play some handball (hockey). For cozy, inside shenanigans there’s The Lodge where you can find a host of fireside activities to complete, such as knitting mittens, completing puzzles of your in-game photographs and more. Then there’s Vacation Mountain, a snow-themed locale complete with every mountainside amenity a vacationer could ask for. Each time you collect five points, you unlock a special portion of each locale, opening up even more charming activities.Ĭhilling out, maxing, relaxing all cool. For every successful activity completed, you gain a point, which is then stored on your interactive wristwatch. Luckily, Vacation Simulator features three wildly-different ‘Destinations’ to explore: Vacation Beach, Vacation Forest, and Vacation Mountain each of which featuring their own set of activities to complete as well as Vacation bots to assist. Of course, it wouldn’t be a vacation without spending some time in the good old outdoors. You’ll begin your much-needed rest and relocation in your own futuristic bungalow, complete with a fully decked-out snack station, a personal computer with access to over four websites, luxurious sleeping amenities, an entertainment area complete with video game console–which you can find games for scattered throughout the world–and a spacious bathroom where you can change your hair, skin, and other physical features. Set to the backdrop of a relaxing vacation getaway, players are given an extensive variety of relaxation-inducing activities set across three colorful locales in which to partake. Widely-regarded as one of the first true AAA VR gaming experiences released on Vive, the title tasked players with performing over-the-top approximations of real-world jobs to the delight of a sarcastic cast of retro-futuristic robots fascinated with the mundane work-lives of human beings.Īvailable now on SteamVR and Oculus Rift, Vacation Simulator doubles-down on everything that made Job Simulator so fantastic, while at the same time injecting a refreshing sense of exploration and creativity to the existing formula. When Owlchemy labs released its freshmen effort Job Simulator back in 2016, I don’t think the team was fully aware of the impact their deceitfully-simple game would have on the budding VR industry. Trade in your cubicle for a snorkel in this delightful follow-up to the 2016 smash hit.
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