Duel It Yourself: Rechambered

DePaul Originals Studio Prototype

This is a game that was worked on as a side project for the DePaul Originals Game Studio. It was approved for development by Lead Programmer Will Meyers. It is essentially the VR version of our Global Game Jam 2020 Entry and that is how the game was originally envisioned. Duel It Yourself (DIY) Rechambered was supposed to be our second chance to develop this idea: A Virtual Reality Western Duel with puzzle solving. I was project lead and lead artist on this prototype.

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We wanted to get so much done for this project/ prototype for our last few months at DePaul but COVID-19 had other plans. With the pandemic and other course work that was on the docket, I made the decision to minimize the scope into just having a firing range to showcase the game play loop. Unfortunately, we also lacked the tech that an on-campus course could have provided which were VR Sets. As unlucky as the circumstances were, the team was able to get a level populated with all original assets, lighting, and blueprints ready to test for the next set of students who pick up this project during their time in the studio.

All of our triumphs as well as frustrations and difficulties are documented in the post-mortem document below.