Snowglobe

I really liked this game. The puzzles are a bit obscure sometimes, and there were two which I completed at random (seemingly).

Played v1.02 on the Rift (no official support but mostly worked). Summary: - An OK starter VR experience marred by interaction issues and lack of cues - A very short (< 1 hr) experience vaguely similar to M.I.A. Observations: - Now that games suddenly have freely interacting "bodies" instead of decade+ standard controller expectations, devs need to really consider physicality as if they were making actual objects. - I suggest every VR dev go read something like Don Norman's "The Design of Everyday Things" - Spending longer reviewing the game than playing it... Pros: - Decent atmosphere - Puzzles provide a "reason" for basic VR interactions like pickup/pull, smash/throw, inventory, and bow - Animal companions having stronger emotional impact in VR than pancake games -- BUT, add some interactions. A human instinctively reaches out to pet or scratch their animals. Cons: - I assume this was intentional but the 2 voice overs are so distorted I could barely make out 10% of what was sai...

Snowglobe is a title made by a developer with a lot of promise. If it really was made primarily by one person as it seems, then it's a credit to their talent and resourcefulness. There are occasional interaction issues, and changing some puzzle cues could have smoothed out unnecessary confusion at a few points. Neither of those problems took me out of the world or stopped me wanting to discover what was behind the next door. Keep it up!