Update #4 - Real Photos & Facelifts (May 5, 2017)
For those that like to spend time at each tour stop, the "real photos" feature may prove to be significant. Otherwise, this update does not contain a major content update, and instead brings in all of the improvements made while polishing up Titans of Space PLUS for the Gear VR, minus the narration. Details below!
Changelog:
REAL PHOTOS
Added real photos to most tour stops. These are curated images that highlight fascinating yet lesser-known features of the planet or moon in question. They can be viewed by paging through the additional info pages via the yellow "i" button on the left side of the dashboard.
In playtesting, I find that many players often miss out on the additional info pages, so I've taken steps to highlight this feature during the tour.
Also, for ease of browsing, I'd like to reiterate that info pages can be changed by:
HTC Vive: Clicking the left or right sides of the trackpad
Oculus Touch: Tilting a thumbstick left or right
Oculus Remote: Dpad Right
Gamepad: Button B
These controls are displayed in the app as well.
FACELIFTS
The following objects have received a significant facelift:
Steps have been taken to avoid looking at a static scene while stationary at a tour stop. This means faster planet rotation in some places, small moons whisking around, and so on.
The first few screens have also received a cosmetic boost.
COCKPIT
MISC
Changelog:
REAL PHOTOS
Added real photos to most tour stops. These are curated images that highlight fascinating yet lesser-known features of the planet or moon in question. They can be viewed by paging through the additional info pages via the yellow "i" button on the left side of the dashboard.
In playtesting, I find that many players often miss out on the additional info pages, so I've taken steps to highlight this feature during the tour.
Also, for ease of browsing, I'd like to reiterate that info pages can be changed by:
HTC Vive: Clicking the left or right sides of the trackpad
Oculus Touch: Tilting a thumbstick left or right
Oculus Remote: Dpad Right
Gamepad: Button B
These controls are displayed in the app as well.
FACELIFTS
The following objects have received a significant facelift:
- Earth
- The Moon
- Venus
- Chariklo
- Io
- asteroid belt
- orbit lines
- ... and the "vortex" at the end of the current tour.
Steps have been taken to avoid looking at a static scene while stationary at a tour stop. This means faster planet rotation in some places, small moons whisking around, and so on.
The first few screens have also received a cosmetic boost.
COCKPIT
- Smoothed out the player's legs which were looking a little too low-poly in the past.
- Updated the dashboard, and tweaked certain dashboard UI elements. More work is being done on the cockpit itself but it isn't ready for release yet.
MISC
- Plenty of info text has been adjusted to be up-to-date with the latest news and discoveries.
- Button rollover tick sound effect
- Background cockpit noise can now be heard whenever the music intentionally dies down.