My beloved loguelite shooter RoboQuest (2023) It’s not a VR game, but it’s quick thanks to VR porting team Flat2VR Studios. In a first-hand interview with the VR developer, Flat2VR talks about what lies behind the studio’s next big port.
“Roboquest It started as a passion for the Flatscreen game. Because I love games,” says Flat2VR COO Eric Masher. We saw a dynamic movement, a double jump – there’s a crush in it – when I was there, I was just like that,Man, this will be the perfect virtual reality game. Why is this not in VR?”
Masher detailed how he flew to Sweden to “cold call” the game’s publisher Starbreeze Entertainment, and asked if an official VR port was possible.
“We’re really VR –ifiying All the mechanics we can think of,” Flat2VR CEO Jasmine Uniza reveals that the game’s large gun assortment is physically modeled for manual reloading.
“Do you even understand how much work is to just do it? One weapon. To understand how to make it One Weapon Will VR feel good and be the VR version? But in a game like that Roboquestbecause it’s fast-paced, if you suddenly run this reloading process, it really breaks the balance of the game. We had to do it with something like 80 weapons, not just one, not two, not ten. ”
Masher was a major concern for the studio to move the game’s UI to the user’s wrist, place the ammunition counter on the gun, and make the game’s minimap “repressively on the face.” These immersive touches are what “make the difference between ports and conversions,” says Masher.
Flat2vr says he is currently working to bring the project’s slate to as many VR platforms as possible. Surviving Mars pioneer, Invisible VR, Anger: Abandoned of Aeon, Postal 2 VR, and Flat-out VR.
Meanwhile, the studio says there’s still more to be announced, but we should look forward to it at the Next VR Games Showcase, scheduled for August 2025.
Meanwhile, RoboQuest VR It is expected to arrive at all major VR headsets in fall 2025. This allows you to add your wish list to the Horizon Store for Quest 2 or higher, Steam for PC VR headsets, and PlayStation Store for PSVR 2.
