
Want to give some feedback?Īwesome! I love feedback! Whether you love it or hate it, here's a form you can fill out to voice your opinion. That means there's a good chance things will be broken, weird, or even just plain not fun (though I hope that's not the case!) I'll be continuing to improve on things over time, so it will also go through a lot of changes.
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If you like what you see and want me to keep making stuff like this, you can donate a bit o' green when you download the game (thanks!)Īlternatively, you can become a supporter of my work via Patreon! Getting VR players playing with non-VR players over the internet is now my primary focus on this game, and though I have to balance that with my real job, it's about 50% networked already, and should be ready for online play in a few months. Creating a local multiplayer experience was my primary goal, but I sympathize with both the fact that VR is expensive and gathering friends can be like herding space-cats.

Nova Swarm pits a deadly goliath of a ship (the VR player) against an armada of little ships (up to four players with standard XBox or similar controllers). With games like Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes and Panoptic (which is currently a demo), it’s clear that there are ways to make VR feel inclusive and fun for both the player in VR and those outside of it. Local multiplayer in the usual symmetrical sense is currently difficult to achieve in VR, but there are a lot of possibilities for asymmetric gameplay. VR is such an amazing experience, and it should be fun not only for the person in VR, but for everyone else too. Also, those others may feel left out, especially after the novelty of VR has worn off. Even when others are watching, you’re stuck in a headset where you can’t see anyone around you. Playing a single-player game in VR can often feel isolating.

Either way, there will be tons of explosions. Grab four friends, or just face off against some CPU players. Not only that, but the ships are invisible when they’re not shooting. A maniacal AI ship (the VR player) with a powerful laser, rechargeable shield, and undying hatred of the human race faces off against an armada of humans (up to four players with standard XBox or similar controllers) piloting fragile but agile ships capable of using a variety of weapon and tactical item configurations. Nova Swarm is a 1v4 local multiplayer VR space battle game.
