Bootstrap Island News

VR players will get a chance to test out the latest version of Bootstrap Island this week during Steam VR Fest (December 4-11th), finding themselves shipwrecked on a mysterious tropical island in the 17th century. They will need to quickly learn to adapt and survive by exploring for food and drink, collecting materials to make fire; and surviving the dark night from being attacked by ferocious beasts.

Focused entirely on PCVR headsets, like Valve Index and Meta (Oculus) Quest PC-link devices; Bootstrap Island offers a realistic survival adventure in an immersive, yet comfortable VR experience designed with minimal menus and natural feeling controls.

Some of the game’s features PCVR players can look forward to exploring are:

• In-depth systems-based gameplay like tearing open coconuts for nourishment and tinder
  
• Realistic and detailed interactions such as striking together flints to create sparks for a fire
  
• A dynamic day and night cycle on the island
  
• Finding randomized resources inside locked treasure chests
  
• The grande finale of witnessing an active volcano erupt 🌋
  

The Bootstrap Island development team will also make an appearance during Steam VR Fest for 2 livestreams scheduled for Wednesday Dec 7th on Youtube, and Thursday Dec 8th on Twitch. The developers will be discussing the origins and future development of Bootstrap Island, answering players' questions, as well as sharing a few tropical survival tips.



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Join the MaruVR team for a livestream discussion of Bootstrap Island's current development roadmap and the future! We will be answering players' questions, as well as sharing a few tropical survival tips.

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Youtube

Join the MaruVR team for a livestream discussion of Bootstrap Island's current development roadmap and the future! We will be answering players' questions, as well as sharing a few tropical survival tips.

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The Bootstrap Island demo has been updated with some most requested features. The day is now significantly longer! We cleaned the flintlock pistol and reworked the hop-up system to be more useful.



Hello, survivors! We have some news:

🌴 The endless mode of the Bootstrap Island demo has been updated with some most requested features. To access the endless mode, please right click the game in your Steam library, choose Properties, choose Betas, enter the code [b[morningcomes and choose “endless mode”. We would love to hear your feedback!

☀️ The day is now significantly longer! This is the most requested change and we implemented it to the endless mode, so give it a shot and let us know what you think.

🔫 We cleaned the flintlock pistol, turned out there was some sand and seawater in there. It's now much easier to use and more reliable. The current world record of beasts killed per night is 4, can you beat it?
🫳 Also significant, we reworked the hop-up system to be more useful. The way it works now is that you hold your palm facing the thing on the ground and then hop the item up to your hand. It might feel strange at first but it's noticeably slicker than before. Again, feedback is welcome!

🔥 There is no embargo on the endless version, you can feel free to make videos or share on social media. Please also note that currently the playtest key is not necessary to play the regular demo on Steam, as you can just download the demo from the Steam page but this might change in the future.

Steam VR players looking for a challenging and innovative demo during Steam Next Fest (October 9-16) will have the opportunity to get a first look at Bootstrap Island, a Robinson Crusoe-style virtual reality survival game set in the 17th century.

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VR gamers who download the demo will awake to find themselves shipwrecked on a mysterious tropical island, where they must quickly learn to adapt and survive by exploring for food and drink, collecting materials to make fire; and surviving the dark night from being eaten alive by ferocious beasts.

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Some of the game’s features PCVR players can look forward to exploring are:

• in-depth systems-based gameplay like tearing open coconuts for nourishment and tinder
  
• Realistic and detailed interactions such as striking together flints to create sparks for a fire
  
• Dynamic day and night cycle on the island
  
• Finding randomized resources inside locked treasure chests
  
• Witnessing an active volcano erupt!
  

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During the week of Steam Next Fest, a variety of top VR talent including Soul Fox Gaming, Atom Bomb Body, IndieVR, Misery VR, ChickenMeChanga, c0ld vengeance and MrsAllHerShots will all lend their expertise to show off the many facets and pitfalls this roguelike game has to offer. The choices these VR gamers make will be critical to their chances of survival, with every decision perhaps resulting in life or death consequences.