Board Games VR - Version 1.1.0 Available Now!

A new version of Board Games VR has just been released to the Steam store.

This release comes with huge improvements to the default scenery as well as bug fixes and other improvements.

Most of the game has been re-written and reconfigured from ground up to support all available VR headsets in the market as well as their controllers.

If you stay long enough in the game (around 1 hour), you may notice how dynamic the environment really is.

Visit artArmin Patreon page for more updates and behind the scenes.

Please use the menu button on your controller to show/hide the game menu.

What's new

• New: Rotation support on the controllers during teleportation

• New: Supports both joysticks and trackpads on controllers (Valve Index, Oculus and Windows MR)

• New: Difficulty Level selection in the main menu

• New: The default environment scenery (more updates will come in future releases)

• New: Dynamic weather environment (the Sun, clouds, starts at night, the moon, etc.)

• New: The Void (environment)

• New: Physical game boxes in the library instead of main menu

• AddedNewController interaction system to support all available controllers in the market

• Update: Redesigned the main menu

• Update: The default environment scenery

• Update: Sound and Visual Effects

• Update: Texture resolution and quality

• Update: Light and shadows issues

• Update: Re-spawning objects

• AdjustedUpdateDecreased CPU and GPU usage for rendering objects and effects

• Fixed: When loading DLC, sometimes the game hangs at the start

• Fixed: Touchpad on the Valve Index controllers allows the player to teleport

• Fixed: Physics issues between UI and intractable objects

• Fixed: Teleportation bug where the user could continuously teleport far far away from the scenery

Known issues

• The hand models and interactions are disabled in this build (will enable them again once the custom interactions are fully implemented)

• Unable to pick up checker pieces with the pinch gesture

• Settings are not synced on the Steam cloud

• The achievements in the game do not appear on Steam

• Multiplayer lobby on Steam fails to connect most of the time (multiplayer feature is currently disabled)

• Backgammon board triangles are not correctly positioned

• Checkers/Chess board material reflection is too high

• King checker piece indication glow is not always visible to the user

• When rolling a dice, the SFX is not audiable!

• When picking up and moving checker pieces the SFX is not audiable!

• When picking up and moving checker pieces the SFX is not audiable!

If you encounter any issues, please let us know in the Discussions page.

Thank you for playing the game and your continuous support.

Armin

Patreon: https://patreon.com/artarmin