[BoofVR] Alpha Update v0.4!

Hello everyone! :)
This came bit later than expected, primarily because things are kicking back into plans and I've been going over a few things to restructure how BoofVR will be continuing for this point on.

First and foremost, thank you all for your patience, I sincerely apologize once again that I haven't been very active at keeping BoofVR going the last couple of months due to personal issues and was demoralized from continuing the project further. I realize that I wasn't very happy with the overall visual direction of the project either, in which has been bothering me for the longest while, thus this last entire month I've been researching and testing a few different styles to update the game's visual aesthetic with what I'll be more happy with. But I think we've got it now! It's still a work in progress, but it's heading towards the right balance of being stylized and detailed altogether! I would love to hear thoughts on this from all of you as well in terms of visual aesthetic of the character update. Please feel free to commend and share your thoughts as you please!

BoofVR Alpha v0.4 Download

ZIP Password: NC9u2qsZF5cVr2pk

Download mirror 1: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b5GM_pLPJQ0p5d2ezQ8-1H6msmvXEznJ/view?usp=sharing

Download mirror 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eQcfTydoGZTFrZZD5ssBoUViPcRWWCFD/view?usp=sharing

What's Changed?

This update isn't a big update by visual. It's a small update to preview the very base of mouse and keyboard controls, new settings, menu fixes, and loading levels. However, there's a lot more that happened for the backend support for the mouse and keyboard controls, and we're looking forward to expand upon it further after we've done our planning, which you'll see on the 2021 roadmap! Here are the changes, meanwhile:

• Preview of Sushi Bar level added
• Mouse and keyboard version has been added, please use the shortcut to launch the Desktop version of the game. If the shortcut doesn't work, simply make a new shortcut by right clicking BoofVR exe and make a new shortcut. In the shortcut, right click and open its properties, and add -nohmd at the end of the "Target".
• The mouse and keyboard version has very basic controls, please refer to the "How To Play" window to see what your controls are!
• Fixed up menus and UI interactions
• Added more setting options
• Loading screen and transitions are smoother
• Footsteps sound effects added
• Spatial ambient sounds added

What's Next?

I'm currently finalizing the roadmap and notes I'll be sharing with all of you for what's to come for BoofVR. With consideration of new visual style and re-planning of the project occuring, this required some time to lay out. All characters that currently exist in the project will be removed and updated with the new style, and while this happens, new features and interactions will be focused on to flesh out the experience further.

BoofVR will not just be a touching-simulator. Player to character immersive interactions and stories will be developed, and much more later. An immersive, explorative visual novel? I'm not sure what to even label it myself, hahah!

That'll be the teaser for now, until the roadmap drops within this coming week. <3

Other Notes

I've made an official account for BoofVR but it's currently having issues with login, so once I have it sorted, updates will also go there!

https://twitter.com/boofvr

Take care, and happy boofenings! :)

- Werethrope