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VR Regatta - The Sailing Game

A big year of VR Regatta is over, with huge news to come! đŸ’šâ›”

Hello there, digital sailors!



2017 is sailing into the sunset, bringing to an end our biggest year so far of appearances and demos for VR Regatta. We’ve had a very eventful twelve months, and 2018 is already shaping up to be even busier!

Here is just a sampling of the things we got up to during 2017:




  • â›” MarineVerse was officially incorporated as a company in Australia.
  • â›” We demoed VR Regatta several times in our hometown of Melbourne, including exhibiting at PauseFest, an event dedicated to innovative technology and exciting startups, and giving racing fans a taste of sailing at the Australian Grand Prix in cooperation with Australian Sailing. We also showed it at the Melbourne Boat Show, the Royal Brighton Yacht Club, and more.
  • â›” We travelled around the world to show off our game, including demonstrating it to experienced sailors at the Singapore Yacht Show and partnering with M&G team to deliver a virtual sailing experience at a conference in Davos, Switzerland.
  • â›” It gave us a great sense of validation to be awarded a production grant from Film Victoria to help us develop our game by hiring some talented new people.
  • â›” An astonishing 4,000 virtual sailors in over 80 countries played VR Regatta in 2017.
  • â›” We’re not quite done yet! VR Regatta will be showcase at the Melbourne stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race on 28 December.





We already have big plans for 2018, mainly the official launch of the game in the first quarter of 2018. Stay tuned for our release date! After our great experience this year, we will also be returning to PauseFest 2018 to exhibit again.


Our sincere thanks go out to everyone who has played our game, given us feedback, reported a bug, or done anything else to help make VR Regatta: The Sailing Game even better.




It’s been an incredibly challenging and exhausting year with a lot of hard work and long hours of travelling, but it’s worth it to work on a project that we love so much. You can keep up with the latest by following us on Twitter or checking in on our blog.

What are you looking forward to in 2018?

Greg on behalf MarineVerse Team
https://www.marineverse.com/

Akalana Islands - VR Regatta 0.9.4


Ahoy Friends! :-)

We've just shipped VR Regatta 0.9.4..

Improvements:



  • Nicer motivation panels
  • Nicer race state UI
  • In Race rankings have a new style
  • Unlocking of levels - level up to unlock more content
  • When exiting the race, back to Race table in the Hut
  • Akalana Islands - the name of the place you're sailing in
  • Bug fixes


Please share your feedback and ideas for improvements in the next version!

Hope you meet you in multiplayer this weekend ( http://steamcommunity.com/games/468240/events/1440443600070879374 )

Greg
on behalf of MarineVerse team

Better ropes and nicer UI - VR Regatta 0.9.3!


Ahoy Friends! :-)

We've just shipped VR Regatta 0.9.3.

Improvements




  • improved ropes. Now you can pull in the rope using both hands
  • started work on improving and unifying UI


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nctaK9mVkj4

Because the new ropes are changing gameplay a little bit - Global Rankings have been cleared. It's your chance to claim #1 place on Leaderboards :-)

Please share your feedback and ideas for improvements in the next version!

Hope you meet you in multiplayer,

Greg
on behalf of MarineVerse team

Awake to this new wake in VR Regatta 0.9.1 :-)


Ahoy!

We've improved the wake on our dinghy and added it on the yacht.

Other changes in this update:



  • Ability to teleport to dinghy in the Hut (menu) scene and start sailing.
  • Nighttime mode improvements ( adjusted brightness )
  • Pirate ship in the Experiments can be controlled with steering wheel
  • Added "Progression Wall" in the Sailing Hut
  • Added "Sailing Trophies" for completing the races
  • Various small bug fixes




We love watching your Youtube play testing videos - please share link here if you make one :-)

If you have any comments, feedback or if you find bugs - please share here or feedback@marineverse.com

Greg
On behalf of MarineVerse team

New islands in VR Regatta 0.9
We've just shipped an update to our sailing game :-)



Change log



  • New starting area - your own relaxing sailing hut
  • New islands system - lots to discover
  • Completely reworked our sound system - featuring spatial sound and sounds we had recorded specifically for VR Regatta
  • Ability to adjust sitting height
  • New compass - on a sailing dinghy showing you directions
  • Completely rewritten underlying engine - this will make adding new races and boats easier in the future




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkjSJjzwFUk

Please leave comments with feedback and ideas for improvements. As this is pretty massive update, there might be still bugs - please report to support@marineverse.com or here and we will fix asap.

Best regards,
MarineVerse Team
https://www.instagram.com/marineverse/

New yacht in VR Regatta 0.8


Ahoy Friends,

We've just shipped a new update to VR Regatta - 0.8 featuring new upgraded yacht model.

If you have any feedback or comments - please share here or contact us directly feedback@marineverse.com

Best regards,
Greg

VR Regatta 0.7.1 - Upgraded sailboat


Ahoy Friends,

We've just shipped VR Regatta 0.7.1 - featuring new upgraded dinghy model with shiny textures.

Let us know how you like it and what would you like to see improved next ( https://trello.com/b/rPJvOyB9/vr-regatta-public-roadmap ).

In terms of graphics improvements, our next target is to bring similar level of polish and quality we now have on a dinghy to our existing yacht ( made last year and due to some good paint refresh :-) )

Also, just a heads up - we are planning to leave Early Access with 1.0 release - it's still some time away, but with 0.7.1 we are slowly but surely approaching this milestone. Let us know what things in your opinion are crucial to fix/improve before we leave Early Access.

Best regards,
MarineVerse team

VR Regatta 0.7
Ahoy Friends!

Just pushed an update to VR Regatta. On the surface, it may look like not much have changed (if you ignore those new fancy water reflections), however quite a lot have changed under the cover.

This update upgrades game engine and some of the major components (for example the one responsible for water simulation) - so if you notice any problems, bugs or performance regression, please contact us support@marineverse.com

Some of the changes in this version:


  • Experimental wind sound depending on where the player is looking ( in Tutorial, Race and Long Race)
  • Option to attach controller to Wheel and Tiller ( use grip button instead of trigger)
  • Oculus: Using grip instead of trigger to grab things
  • Experimental game progression system ( see http://steamcommunity.com/app/468240/discussions/0/135509758530163792/ )
  • Experimental Player's profile ( see http://steamcommunity.com/app/468240/discussions/0/135510393195098530/ )
  • Performance optimisation: Single pass rendering


As always, looking forward to hearing your thoughts and feedback :-) ( please contact us via e-mail or comment here )


Best regards,
Greg on behalf of MarineVerse team.

Relaxing in improved Sailboat!


Ahoy Friends ːsteamhappyː,

We've been busy working on improvements to VR Regatta.

Since last update, we added:


  • New sailboat model in "Sunrise" and "Easy Race #2" levels
  • Boat tilting based on Players position in levels with smaller boat
  • Sails flapping when mainsheet is too loose.
  • Improved mainsheet blocks in "Sunrise" and "Race" level
  • Ability to give us voice feedback from within a game (thank you for using it, all great suggestions and nice comments!)


We looking forward to hear what you think about the update and what in your opinion we should work on next. Let us know!

Our plans involve: rolling out improved boat in all small boat levels, improving the yacht model and working on AI for races (see full road-map here: https://trello.com/b/rPJvOyB9/vr-regatta-public-roadmap )

Best regards,
MarineVerse Team (Greg, Olga, Nate & David)

PS. Love the ideas of sailing in VR? Help us: http://steamcommunity.com/app/468240/discussions/0/143388132202106860/

Thank you for 2016!


Thank you for setting sail in virtual reality with VR Regatta in 2016. It's been 6 months already :-)

Your feedback, ideas and encouragement keeps our small team going!

We look forward to sailing together in 2017 - hopefully there is enough of us to get the Multiplayer sailing going :-)

What’s your personal virtual reality sailing wish for 2017?

All the best,
MarineVerse Team: Greg, Olga, Nate & David
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