VR game in there weeks

After releasing a game I worked on for nearly a full year I didn't think I would be building something again anytime soon.  Speaking with my kids they wanted a VR game where we can build and test and play together.  We wanted something with motion controls since we've been enjoying Gorilla Tag and Animal Company.  I wanted a quick win with retro graphics.  My kids thought of a game with flying and combat. At first I thought of Joust, but couldn't see a quick way to control the flying mount.  My oldest suggested flying blimps, and that reminded me of Vs. Balloon Fight.  From there it all clicks, a simple arena, some platforms, some bouncy obstacles, flapping motion for flying, flapping up and forward like swimming. 

The prototype was together in a week.  Movement physics and collision detection, with capsules, cylinders, and spheres.  Next week was the spites and the floating balloons following the players, hand tracking and the beginning of the motion controls were in.  The last week was polish and a lot of testing on the motion, it was very wonky at first and took a lot of refinement.  Even now I feel the balloons could use some larger hit-boxes and maybe some float time at the top of a flap but it all came together.

So thats a wrap on Flappy Flap Balloon Bonk.  I had a lot of fun working through the problems with the kids, watching them test out the motion controls and playing together in races to the top level and chasing each other around in the arena.