the vr jam jam is finally over and now i can get back to tutorials but i want to thank each and
every person who participated in this game jam it was super fun really hard because it's 72
hours and it's a vr so that just adds on its own kind of complexity and i just wanted to make this
very special video to shout out the winners of our game jam you are each going to get some kind
of prize the top three will get a hurricane vr key thanks to the developer of hurricane vr
for providing these for our game jump and then we have two more keys to give away for the winners
of the presentation category and the concept category donated by members of our discord so
thank you very much if you don't remember the theme was escape room or more of a genre in this
case the participants of this jam had 72 hours to create a escape room themed game from start
to finish they could not start until the theme was announced and then after the theme was announced
there was a 72-hour countdown timer in order to submit their project and let me tell you we got
a ton of really good submissions if you missed me playing the games over this past weekend then
go back and check them out the vods are posted under live streams with justin and i've added
time stamps in there so you can skip around to whatever games interest you most and yes
i personally played all 42 games live but i think i missed one or two that i wasn't able to get
running live but i went back and played them on my own and i just have to say y'all are amazing
so without further ado let's get into the winners so if you don't remember the rating was based on
enjoyment so how much you enjoyed playing the game concept so how interesting or unique was the game
idea presentation which comes down to how well executed and completed the game was and finally
use of theme how closely did the developers stick to the escape room thing we'll go from the bottom
up so sixth overall but first in the presentation category was the residence this was a game all
about using your wits to find all four family heirlooms in a spooky residence and escape with
your will still intact it was a really fun game it was actually really nicely put together the door
mechanics worked very well this game actually used hurricane vr as a framework and that did
really well for it all of the interactions were very crisp the backpack system was very nice the
keypad interactions were very clean and realistic and also they added in a really cool interaction
where you could lift up picture frames and see clues behind them that was pretty fun
so really cool game i really liked this one and congrats to the developers on getting first in the
presentation category next we have third overall and that was the wailing well in this game you are
locked in a well and you have to find the keys by using your environment to escape your shackles and
climb the chain to escape the well and honestly i was very pleasantly surprised about how immersive
this game was so from start to finish the game was fully immersed there weren't really any hiccups
or glitches or anything it was a really cool concept you are shackled into a chair and you
have limited use of some of your appendages which makes for some really interesting problem solving
and honestly the way this game was put together it felt like a releasable game from start to finish
with the menu system to a beginning kind of cut scene to all the ambiance and the environment it
was really nicely done good job y'all coming in at second overall and first in the concept category
was the rune door this is a game where you are inside of a cavern and you have to draw runes in
the air with a feather in order to get that door to open and so it's a really really interesting
and unique mechanic that i really enjoyed the first door gave me a little trouble but after
that i kind of got the hang of it and being able to draw in the air was really cool and the
particle effects and everything were very nicely done so congrats to the roon door development team
and finally first overall first in the use of theme and first in the enjoyment category is
magical escape in this vr escape room you have disrupted the plans of a powerful magician who
then challenges you to leave his dungeon to be eligible to become the magician's apprentice you
must get out of the dungeon by learning magic to do this you must find the six hidden keys to open
the magic door can you meet all of the challenges and wow this was a really really good game just
the wand mechanic was spot on it was so clean i honestly felt like harry potter the whole time it
was it was so cool so you have three different spells that you can cast with your wand by
moving it around in a particular pattern and it worked very nicely the particle effects the
sound effects the haptics they all were combined together very nicely the underlying framework
was hurricane vr which is very nicely made and never disappoints and i honestly felt like this
was a very very nice escape room experience that made me feel like i was in hogwarts
it was so fun so congrats to the developers of magical escape well done placing first in overall
and in two categories very nicely done but before we end i want to give a shout out to one game that
felt the most escape roomy and i honestly had the most fun playing and this game is called through
the lens and it placed fourth overall so so close runner-up but it is super fun it is a puzzle game
set around a magical spy glass so you reveal hidden secrets to solve interesting puzzles
escape the dark tower you woke up in and in this game you have to overcome lights lasers different
locks it's very it has that escape room feel where there's like seven different puzzles and you have
to you know go around and solve this puzzle and that unlocks this puzzle and it was it was really
fun it made me feel like i was back in one of those you know outlet mall escape rooms it was it
was pretty fun i highly encourage you to try out any one of these they're all going to be linked in
the description if you are interested in playing all these for yourself they're all for free
and if you especially liked one of them consider donating to the developer through itch when you
download the game it would help them out and will encourage them to come back and keep making games
if you missed this game jam and you're interested in participating in another one let me know in
the comments when we should host the next one i've been hearing a lot of people wanting it
very soon like early march and then some people want to wait till the summer so which one would
best suit your needs or should we do both let me know one last housekeeping thing my wife and
i are going on our yearly valentine's day trip this weekend and over the next week so there'll
be no live stream this weekend and i won't have a video posted this next week but after that we will
be back on our regular scheduled program and doing lots more tutorials so if you are just in this for
the tutorials thanks for hanging with me and we'll get back to doing several tutorials over
the coming months so appreciate each and every one of you all and i'll see you in the next one