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ONESTRIKE development is underway with network play, a new soundtrack, environment assets, level designs, and a sharp sword upgrade.

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Soundtrack
Sound Designer, Christine, put together our first slice of original soundtrack for ONESTRIKE. This piece is a procedural audio demonstration for rising tensions between Vive and PC players. Listen to the track below and read over the intended audio conveyance for asymmetric play between PC & Vive players.


  • The ambiance track plays on all the player character's listeners.
  • PC players hear the ambiance track at a normal volume.
  • Vive player hears the ambiance track at a very low volume.
  • The Vive player activates their special and the attack track fades up thus making both tracks play at full volume for the Vive player.
  • The attack track is not on the PC player's listener, but rather they hear the track play spatially from the origin of the Vive player.
  • All music needs to be spawned and run on the same time line so they all sync no matter who/how they are listening; the song is heard seamlessly.

Network Play Testing
The programming team, Matthew, Tyler and Corbin, put together functioning asymmetric Network play between a single Vive player and several PC players. We tested out the time delay between actions spoken and what we received visually, testing shows that the Network runs smoothly between Tallahassee and Orlando, Florida clients. More testing will take place over the coming week.

Testing ping between VR and PC player



Sword Upgrade
Our Lead Artists, Noah, has been hard at work making a sleek upgrade for the Vive player's sword. Overall, the blade is close to the original design but the hilt received a major update in minor details.

Outdated Sword Hilt Updated Sword Hilt


Updated Sword Topology Updated Sword Hilt


Updated Sword in Sheath Updated Sword Hilt


Updated Sword Blades Updated Sword Hilt



Level Design
Now that many of the game mechanic details have been hammered out, it was time to start making a level. Nathan, has been working on this play area, first boxing out the general concept in Unity and then copying the design in Maya for more precision. The general concept is that the Vive player stands at level center with limited visibility while the PC players spawn on their platforms located at the cardinal directions. The PC players are all visible to the Vive player at the start of the match. Once the match begins, the PC players must navigate through the environment to find upgraded weapons, one of the 8 entrances to the central area, and form a tactical strike against the Vive player.

First concept built inside Unity Brought designs into Maya to clean up


The most difficult part of making the map was handling how the PC players would initiate with the Vive player so that play mechanics would be balanced. The central room forces the PC players to commit to an attack and if they miss their One Strike, then that PC player must distract while their teammates find the means to take out the Vive player. The Vive player can only see right up to the threshold of the surrounding doors, creating a heightened sense of concentration and nervous or determined anticipation.

First PC obstruction area Creating entrance zone obstructions.


Not all of the doors are easy to get to from the start of the match. PC players are thrown into a warehouse like environment, navigating through hallways and around storage supply models [not pictured here]. Several paths lead to access points that are higher up on the central octagon's wall, providing the PC player's with a goal to find the best access point that works for them and their counterparts.

The original goal for the level was to provide a very large maze space for the PC player to venture before making way to the Vive player but for the sake of match time and player's not getting lost, cutting the map down 75%.

Fixing level size issues


This design is still in construction. Testing will heavily decide future adjustments and any further designs.


Environment Assets
An new environmental asset, made by Jordan, is our industrial factory fans to help get the game spinning. They will be a decorative piece in the large holes behind the 4 PC player spawns. A handful of different weapons are also in the works but that will be in the next update

The active scenery placed behind PC player spawn



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kelbycasebolt
kelbycasebolt

Looks badass! Stoked!

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