The response has been incredible and we're overwhelmed by how much fun people are having with the game so far. Here are a couple of our favorite moments so far from the community.
Falandorn's latest video that shows off the core gameplay really well. Specifically check out this sweet jump shot!
A unique way to add a table to lean on:
Bottle stacking is it's own mini-game apparently:
It's great to see so many players finding unique ways to enjoy just being in VR, much less having the opportunity to play a match of pool. That being said we know there are a few areas we need to improve upon and we're already hard at work on addressing them. Here's the short list of issues so far:
Performance issues for many people with reasonably powerful PCs, along with reports of degradation over multiple matches
Intermittent online multiplayer issues, some reports of crashes or strange behavior
Reports of certain movements causing nausea (although we suspect many of these are likely related to cases where framerate is lower than 90fps)
We hope to have a public beta build available within the next day and if all goes well we'll publish the improvements live. If you're curious you can always see everything we're tracking in our Jira database.
There's also been a number of great suggestions from the community that we're tracking as well for future updates. Once we work through the initial issues identified around launch we plan to jump full into our first major game update. Look for more info on those plans with next couple of weeks! Please keep the feedback and reports coming - we are absolutely committed to ongoing improvements to the game and we need your help in identifying all the ways we can make that happen.
Thanks once again, this is just the beginning!
- Pool Nation VR Team
Pool Nation VR 1.0 Available Now
Launch Day Is Here!
We've released Pool Nation VR for everyone to finally enjoy! Come join us for the most compelling pool experience possible thanks to an advanced physics simulation engine combined with the magic of virtual reality and life-like natural controls. We have been toiling away for many months to build what we think is an incredibly fun VR experience and we're excited to hear what everybody thinks. A huge thanks to all of our beta testers that helped playtest and provide valuable feedback over the last few weeks.
Jump on in and play some matches, give us your thoughts and as always let us know what you'd like to see in future updates - there's a LOT more to come! Thank you for all your support!
- Pool Nation VR Team
June 1st Launch Date Announced!
Pool Nation VR friends and fans, we're excited to announce that Pool Nation VR will be coming to the HTC Vive June 1st!
Special thanks to everyone who signed up for the beta and an absolutely massive thanks to our beta testers! We really ironed out a lot multiplayer issues and got some great feedback making sure the game will be so much more fun for every player.
We also want you to know that this is just the beginning! We have so many things planned over the coming weeks and months and we'll continue to be listening to your feedback all along the way, so stay tuned here for some awesome announcements.
Can't wait to see you at the tables!
Announcing Pool Nation VR Closed Beta!
Hey Everyone!
We hope you're excited to get your hands on Pool Nation VR and to start knocking balls around with your friends across the globe. We've been working tirelessly the last two months to transform the best stuff about the other Pool Nation games into a great VR experience that feels like hanging out and playing real pool with real people, no matter where they are. It's been such a blast that lately we've even started having some of our team meetings inside the game instead of over video conference!
As you may know, the original plan was to ship April 28th, but with limited hardware and a small team we don't feel like we've had enough time to test the multiplayer features and game flow at scale. The only way to do that is with a bunch of help from you all, so starting today we're taking applications for a Closed Beta beginning later next week. If you're selected for the beta you'll get a free retail key for the final version of Pool Nation VR and full access to the game through launch (we're now targeting late May).
Sign up for the Pool Nation VR Closed Beta here and we'll let you know before the beta begins on May 6th if you've been selected to participate.
One last thing: we'll be handing out keys and taking direct feedback and bug reports in our beta testers channel in Slack. If selected, you'll need to login through the Slack web or desktop client to access the channel.
