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Defend your sheep from a pack of wolvesIt’s a moonlit summer night in the rolling pastures of this serene environment. You’d like to kick back and enjoy the tranquility but It’s your job to defend a flock of sheep against predators in the night. Stay alert or they may come for you too!
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Pastoral is an multi-player, open-world VR game. The player has to defend a flock of sheep against a wolf pack. The wolves keep their distance by hiding in the foothills that surround the player and the flock.
This version is an early release with two wolves and ten sheep. The objective is to defend your sheep by throwing a rock to scare away the wolf. As the sheep disappear the player is more likely to become the prey. Pastoral was submitted to Oculus Share in 2015 for the Rift DK-2. 
Controls
Space Key throws ‘stone’. WASD- Arrows: Standard movement, + Left-shift moves faster. Mouse: Turn virtual body Play Hints - After a wolf attack the, count the baa’s to know how many sheep are left in your herd. - Avoid using the mouse to turn, use head tracking instead. - The HORN & IVRY logo will disappear after about 30 seconds. Alpha Release Notes - Oculus spacial audio is used for tactical sounds. - Disembodied experience Privacy
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Pastoral
Genre: Simulation, game First released: July 14, 2015 Version: 0.5.1 Credits
Produced by: Constantly New Corp in conjunction with Horn & Ivry LLC. Thanks to the following Unity Asset Store vendors for various purchased assets. Greg Fodor at AltspaceVR for the github MacMoveToRift library. Oculus VR for their Unity Integration package and the developer forums. Constantly New Corp. for VR software libraries and support. Fonts TenaliRamakrishna-Regular.ttf: Copyright (c) 2012 Andhrapradesh Society for Knowledge Networks (fonts.siliconandhra.org). Copyright (c) 2011, Wojciech Kalinowski (wmk69@o2.pl), with Reserved Font Names 'Classica’. Distributed under SIL Open Font License, 1.1 Trailer iMovie and iTunes for trailer development. Special thanks to the following Oculus forum users for advice: Drash, Jyakku, Ruszek83, vrdaveb And of course, thanks to Oculus for making this all possible. Tested on the foliowing systems HMD
Legal Information
Product Copyright 2015, Constantly New Corp. All Rights Reserved. Free to use and distribute, but may not be used for commercial purposes without explicit permission from Constantly New Corp. ‘Pastoral’ is a trademark owned by Constantly New Corp. Non-Commercial License: You agree not to charge "admission" or "cover charge" to play 'Pastoral', either directly or indirectly. If you wish to profit off of it, either directly or indirectly, you agree to request a quote from Constantly New Corp and reach an agreement with Constantly New Corp that allows this. You agree not to conceal the fact that 'Pastoral' is created, developed, and is a copyright owned by Constantly New Corp. You agree not to conceal the fact that 'Pastoral' is a trademark owned by Constantly New Corp. |
Notes for the VR Professional (2015)
Pastoral is a pastoral-style video game, go figure. The game is an experimental attempt to invoke presence. The current version does not yet reach that goal.
To help induce presence, the game is designed to be played from within a small area, approximately 1 meter square, minimizing the the need for mouse driven (x,z) movement. All rotation is controlled by the HMD thus maintaining the synchronization of the ocular and vestibular systems in the brain. Targeting is driven by calculating the gaze/landscape intersection then performing an inverse projectile arc calculation.
We also experiment with low light design. This decision reduces the screen door effect and the uncanny valley, as well as the negative effects of anti-aliasing and strong contrasts.
To help induce presence, the game is designed to be played from within a small area, approximately 1 meter square, minimizing the the need for mouse driven (x,z) movement. All rotation is controlled by the HMD thus maintaining the synchronization of the ocular and vestibular systems in the brain. Targeting is driven by calculating the gaze/landscape intersection then performing an inverse projectile arc calculation.
We also experiment with low light design. This decision reduces the screen door effect and the uncanny valley, as well as the negative effects of anti-aliasing and strong contrasts.
