Glider Island
January Tournament Prizes!
1st place on Forest, Desert and Volcano Island: $10 Steam Gift Card
2nd place on Forest, Desert and Volcano Island: $5 Steam Gift Card
3rd place on Forest, Desert and Volcano Island: Free Steam Gift key to give to a friend!
That is a total prize pool of $45 total!
Best of luck! So far it looks like aboogieman is dominating the leaderboards... so someone really needs to step to the plate and give him some competition!
If you wish to discuss the January Tournament see the discussion forum:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/500110/discussions/0/1620599015915620536/
Note: update coming soon to fix the leaderboards still saying "December Tournament".
December Tournament Winners! And Happy new year!
Ok, so let's go ahead and announce the winner here...
Forest Island: The winner is proteiN_as with an amazing score of 307! Just barely beating aboogieman with 306. 5$ Steam Gift card headed his way!
Volcano Island: The winner is aboogieman with a highscore of 302! Way to go man, thats pretty dang high!
Desert Island: The winner is aboogieman again with a highscore of also 302!
So aboogieman has $25 steam gift card headed his way! Congrats!
More info to come on the January Tournament! Note it has already started but in-game says the December Tournament… So we will fix that bug here in the next week. Prize info will get posted on Tuesday for the January Tournament. It will be a tad different then the December Tournament with actually more prizes!
Thanks all for playing and we look forward to growing the Glider Island VR community to make it better and better in the year 2018!
-Joey
Leaderboards and Monthly Tournament Prizes!
December Tournament Prizes:
Forest Island Winner: $5 USD Digital Steam Gift Card
Volcano Island Winner: $10 USD Digital Steam Gift Card
Desert Island Winner: $15 USD Digital Steam Gift Card
Note: That if you finish the map with time remaining you get bonus points! That is why you see some people with scores higher then the hoop count of each map ;)
Leaderboards coming soon!
Update 1.5.2: Additional Flight Physics Tweaks
- Updated the game to make the flight physics behave even more realistic.
- Updated the character animation so you can now see the pilots hands while in first person mode, giving a better sensation of flight.
- Made first person mode default while in VR!
- Updated the launch pad of all 3 levels so it's easier to launch, and people don't get confused and go in circles.
- Updated mouse flight mode to behave smoother.
Update 1.5 (Airspeed Indicator and Flight Physics Update)
Hey all! We just updated the flight physics so they act a bit more realistic. Before the glider would increase or decrease velocity based on your pitch, and a couple other factors. As this works, it’s not quite how a glider would work in real life. The glider now gains and loses velocity based on how much altitude you lose or gain. As well as looking at the angle of attack. We also programmed in gravity to act correctly. So when you jump, gravity pulls you down and you have to overcome it by gaining lift. Also notice that it is easier to come to a landing as well, by flaring (pitching up and pulling back). Give it a try!
Airspeed Indicator:
We also added a simple airspeed indicator in the center of your HUD! We had some feedback that it was hard to judge how fast you were going. But now you can use the easy to read airspeed indicator that goes from Red (too slow) to Green (fast) to show your speed. See the screenshot posted!
Let us know what you think! Enjoy and more updates on the way soon.
Update 1.4 (New Rating System!)
New Scoring System:
So after talking to actual hang glider pilots we realized there is an actual Rating System for hang gliders! So we decided to upgrade the game to account for this. Your scored is based on how many hoops you collect, and if you collect all the hoops you get a time bonus. (Sorry, old scores have to be erased to account for this) The ratings look like this:
- H0 - Student Pilot
- H1 - Beginner Pilot
- H2 - Novice Pilot
- H3 - Intermediate Pilot
- H4 - Advanced Pilot
- H5 - Master Pilot
- Bronze (all hoops collected with little time remaining)
- Silver (all hoops collected with moderate time remaining)
- Gold (all hoops collected with lots of time remaining)
We also update the User Interface showing the score and awards! Now looks much cleaner and prettier. Some other bugs fixed:
- Now display score while flying with +1 floating after collecting hoops.
- Fixed an issue with first person mode. Before it would glitch as you turned left and right. Now it is smooth as butter!
- Collision data for the arch under the bridge in Desert Island was too hard. Made the collision data a little wider.
- New Simplified UI after completing flight. Also we show a vertical bar showing where you score ranks.
Hang Glider Simulator! At Seattle MoPop this weekend.
We hope to get a more consolidated/ prettier contraption created and shipped to various arcades in the near future, but this is a good step forward. Be sure to follow on Twitter @5DRealities and GliderIslandVR on Facebook for the latest news and video from the event!
Thanks,
Joey
1.3 Major Update! (VR Arcade Mode)
If you start it as a “Normal User” you will get all the normal menu options including Xbox Controller Mode, and Mouse Controller mode. When you start in "Arcade Mode" everything is VR exclusive. This mode is meant for people who have purchased the Steam Site Licensing and will be showcasing the game in VR Arcades. Also in Arcade mode the score will be visible on the computer monitor so people watching can get an idea of how well the player is doing as they stand behind them.
On top of the new VR Arcade mode we have spent lots of time adding new features to the game. Most of them have to do with improving usability. Here is a list of all the new features:
-User now starts directly at launch pad instead of menu:
Before the user had to go through 3 steps to enter the glider which was time consuming and confusing. We now reduced it to 1 step!
-New improved way of entering the glider:
Before the user would have to repositioning themselves to grab the handlebar of the glider which was extremely frustrating for some. Now all the user has to do now is sit up straight and press both triggers and the glider will snap to their position!
-New and improved UI:
We redid the graphics showing the controls for the glider as well as the how to play the game.
-Oculus Rift Hand Controllers now supported:
We made sure if you are using the Oculus Hand Controllers in Steam VR everything works and you get the correct UI/ graphics.
-Much improved hand controller flying mode:
This has been totally reworked! We found people would get disorientated because they would end up upside down or crooked. We now simplified this mode so you can no longer get upside down or disoriented. Also the hands are now tracked based off of your heads position, so moving both your head and hands has an effect. So far we have heard people love the new hand controller steering!
-3rd person mode and 1st person mode:
The new version now has a fully animated character attached to the glider. So flying in 3rd person mode is more realistic and what you would find in real life. When you enter 1st person mode the camera snaps to the position of the characters head. So you get a first hand experience of what the glider pilot would actually be seeing.
-Coming soon:
The next month will be spent creating achievements and leaderboards. We really want to get more of the Steam community involved so we will be adding a monthly tournament mode with prizes at the end of each month. Also looking to have custom leaderboards for Arcade Mode! More on this to come!
We have been demoing Glider Island around Seattle and each time improving the gameplay from what we learned. Here are some pics/ videos of events we have been at. And be sure to follow Glider Island on Facebook and Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SLQbJIG4XQ
Huge update on the way soon!
-More user friendly head controller steering and hand controller steering.
-New 3D Animated Glider Pilot attached to glider.
-First and 3rd Person Camera Modes
-Leaderboards! (much more info on this to come!)
-Oculus Rift touch controller support.
-Laser Pointer User Interface interaction with touch controllers.
Stay tuned and if you haven’t bought Glider Island yet there are fun times ahead!