- Board Games VR - Version 1.4.0 Available Now! - 21 February 2022
Hey everyone, This update includes major improvements and bug fixes to the game core as well as user experience. The full list is available below. What's new New: Input Action support for all VR controllers (Valve Index, Vive, WMR, Oculus, etc.) supported by Steam VR. Users can re-assign/override the VR controller actions for buttons/touchpads/joysticks using the built-in Steam client settings for this game. Oculus users who installed the game via Steam, can launch the game directly via either Steam client or Oculus PC app, without depending on Steam VR, yet benefit from Steam and Steam Workshop content for the game. Windows Mixed Reality (WMR) users (as well as other platforms supporting OpenXR) who installed the game via Steam, can play the game without depending on Steam VR, yet benefit from Steam and Steam Workshop content for the game. Users using WMR controllers can use the built-…
- Board Games VR - Version 1.3.1 Available Now! - 28 November 2020
Hey everyone! As some of you know I have been dividing my time between this game and my other project: Pimax VR Experience for the past two months. There are more updates on the way for Board Game VR. In this version the main change includes the redesign of the Main Menu. What's new New: Visual redesign of the Main Menu. New: Quick settings in menu: AI difficaulty, table height, grab button in VR (grip or trigger). New: Library Items in menu: Games, scenes, environments. New: Audio settings in menu: sound effects, music and master volumes. New: Display settings (monitor) in main menu: Resolution, Fullscreen mode, Vertical Sync, Refresh rate, Frame rate limit. Update: Core: Teleportation and snap turn (still using the old input system) in VR mode. Update: Core: Lighting and render quality. Update: Core: Settings are now human readable (stored as json file) Update: VFX: Main menu sound ef…
- Board Games VR - Version 1.3.0 Available Now! - 24 September 2020
Greetings everyone! As you've probably noted in the last beta announcement, I have been working hard for the past couple of months, to make it possible for anyone to side-load almost any content into the game. After beta testing it for the past week, it is time to release this to the public! 1.3.0 Beta Announcement Workshop Guide What's new New: Side-load custom maps, games and music into the game (local file-system). New: Steam Workshop support (maps, games and music). New: Steam Workshop Uploader Tool. Now users can create their mods and publish to Steam Workshop using the built-in uploader tool. New: Extensive documentation and guide on how to create, test and publish custom maps, games and music loops. New: Sample projects for custom content creation. Update: Complete re-write of the Teleport locomotion system. Update: Teleport rotation using left/right thumbsticks on the controller…
- Developer Livestream - 20 September 2020
On September 23, I'll be streaming live! Topic: game play and the story behind Board Games VR! You will see: gameplay of the upcoming release a little bit behind the scenes questions and answers Date: September 23, 2020 Time: 9:00 PM CEST Where: Twitch ⏰ Don't forget to set a reminder!
- Custom Games, Maps, Mods, Guides, Workshop! - 17 September 2020
Greetings everyone! In the past couple of months, I've been working hard on the functionality that allows anyone to side-load almost any content into the game. This way when anyone wishes to create a mod for the game, they can follow a structure supported by the game to make it happen. Workshop: https://steamcommunity.com/app/728110/workshop Guide: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2231148391 What kind of mods can be made for the game? You can: create any environment along with your own objects (stationary or allow user to interact with), animations, interactions and basically customizing almost anything in the game (visual as well as behavioral). add your own music loop files to be played during the games create and add your own board games with their own elements. What about Steam Workshop? Can the creations be uploaded and shared there? Yes! You can use the Steam…
- Board Games VR - Version 1.2.3 Available Now! - 24 July 2020
What's new New: Chess game without AI (online/offline multiplayer only). Update: Enabled the Chess game only in multiplayer modes, instead of not being available at all. Update: Chess AI has a significantly improved performance, but it is still disabled in single player mode, since it takes too long when making decisions (in compare with other chess games). Fixed: BG: Position of checker pieces in Tic-Tac-Toe are a few millimeters lower than where they should be when placed in fields. Fixed: BG: In backgammon, when multiple pieces are positioned on top of each other, at some point their arrangement goes wrong Fixed: BG: When taking the other player's piece, the green marker goes on top of the piece instead of on the board. Fixed: BG: Collisions with the TTT board and checker pieces causes extreme frame drops. Fixed: Core: App crashes when loading some improperly created user custom envi…
- Board Games VR - Version 1.2.2 Available Now! - 18 June 2020
What's new New: Tic-Tac-Toe game, board and pieces. Update: Core: Logic data and performance. Update: VFX: Non-VR player movement is more refined. Update: VFX: Default checker pieces models and textures. Update: VFX: Default room decoration with picture frame. Fixed: VFX: Checker piece destination reticle (small green cylinder) is not visible from certain angles. Fixed: VFX: Checkers/Chess board material reflection is too high. Known issues Core: Chess game AI takes too long when making decisions. Chess is not available in the game yet until this issue is resolved. Core: The score system is disabled. This will be published once it is decoupled from Steamworks. Core: The hand models and interactions are disabled in this build (will enable them again once the new input system and custom interactions are fully implemented). Core: Unable to pick up checker pieces with the pinch gesture. Cor…
- Board Games VR - Version 1.2.1 Available Now! - 22 May 2020
What's new New: Core: Achievements Update: Core: Stats and achievement icons Fixed: Core: Steamworks is not working! Due to issues between the current Steamworks API framework and IL2CPP, non of the Steamworks functionalities work properly. This includes player information (name, avatar, etc.), cloud storage, achievement system, scores. Fixed: Core: Settings are not synced on the Steam cloud. Fixed: Core: The achievement system is not public yet. Fixed: VFX: Surrounding objects in the room are not affected during scene change Known issues Core: The score system is disabled. This will be published once it is decoupled from Steamworks. Core: The hand models and interactions are disabled in this build (will enable them again once the new input system and custom interactions are fully implemented). Core: Unable to pick up checker pieces with the pinch gesture. Core: Sometimes music playback…
- Board Games VR - Version 1.2.0 Available Now! - 15 May 2020
A new version of Board Games VR has just been released to the Steam store. This release comes with brand new features including multiplayer (online and offline) along with lots of improvements and bug fixes. In addition, players can now play the game with or without a Virtual Reality headset. That's right! No more VR headset is required to play the game. Visit artArmin Patreon page for more updates and behind the scenes. Please use the menu button on your controller to show/hide the Main Menu. What's new New: Non-VR play mode. Players without a VR headset, can now play the game in Non-VR mode, using mouse (left and right clicks) and/or touch screen input New: Online multiplayer is publicly available (no private rooms yet) New: Offline multiplayer at the same computer New: Teleport locations at both player sides of the table for players to easily play the games (in VR) New: Auto-detect V…
- Board Games VR - Version 1.1.0 Available Now! - 12 January 2020
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 weat…
- Board Games VR - Version 1.0.0 Available Now On Early Access! - 26 August 2019
A new version of Board Games VR has just been released to the Steam store. This release comes with huge improvements and bug fixes under the hood as well as major scenery and visual improvements. 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 Added basic support for Valve Index controllers Added basic support for Windows MR headsets Added basic support for Oculus PC headsets New: Settings tab in main menu New: Settings option: Adjustable music volume New: Settings option: Adjustable table height New: Radio in the room for music playback New: Default room scenery New: Room objects, materials and textures Update: Texture resolution and quality Update: Light and shadows Update: Grabbing objects is now done using the palm of the hand (grip button) on the controllers Update: Picking up c…
- Board Games VR - Release and price annoucements - 14 August 2019
Hi everyone, Board Games VR has been in Early Access mode and Free to Play for a very long time. As it was mentioned before in the Early Access description, the game will have a price and no longer available for free. With all the design and development hours that I've put into this game in the past years, it is now time to update you on the pricing. Good news The game will be coming out of Early Access in Jan 1st, 2020. This means the game will be fully released, without the current bugs and issues and will work on currently available VR headsets. More content will be added to the game one at a time once the game is released. This includes new board games, environments, music and more. Price update The game will have a new price from September 1st, 2019. Until then, anyone who owns the game for free, will be able to keep the game for free. Nothing changes. Once the price is updated, an…
- Board Games VR - Version 0.1.4 Update Now Available! - 21 March 2018
This release comes with heavily updated AI for the checkers game and lots of improvements. Please use the menu button on your controller to show/hide the game menu. What's new The backgammon game has a basic AI and no longer has the crazy random movement behaviour. The checkers game has a completely new AI. Let us know if you can beat it! Fixed the light-bleed issues in the room caused by the direct light from outside Fixed the occlusions. Improved the room's lights and shadows. Improved the lobby room. Improved the overall game performance, to make it smoother to run on older machines Known issues Steam account connection is not yet working with the game. The high score system is still disabled. Windows MR is not working properly. Oculus is not working with the game. If you encounter any issues, please let us know in the Discussions page. Thank you all for playing the game and your sup…
- Board Games VR - Version 0.1.4 Update Now Available! - 21 March 2018
This release comes with heavily updated AI for the checkers game and lots of improvements. Please use the menu button on your controller to show/hide the game menu. What's new The backgammon game has a basic AI and no longer has the crazy random movement behaviour. The checkers game has a completely new AI. Let us know if you can beat it! Fixed the light-bleed issues in the room caused by the direct light from outside Fixed the occlusions. Improved the room's lights and shadows. Improved the lobby room. Improved the overall game performance, to make it smoother to run on older machines Known issues Steam account connection is not yet working with the game. The high score system is still disabled. Windows MR is not working properly. Oculus is not working with the game. If you encounter any issues, please let us know in the Discussions page. Thank you all for playing the game and your sup…
- Board Games VR - Version 0.1.3 Update Now Available! - 28 November 2017
A new version of Board Games VR has just been released to the Steam store. This release comes with improvements. Please use the menu button on your controller to show/hide the game menu. What's new Steam VR is checked when the game starts (since the game is currently being made to work with Steam VR hardware) Minor under the hood improvements to the overall game performance Automatically hide the game menu, when user makes a game selection Fixed an issue with the backgammon, when suddenly the computer played a turn for the user, after the user rolled the dice Fixed an issue with the checkers game where sometimes the game was won/lost mid-game Fixed the issue with the checkers game where dice numbers were displayed by mistake Known issues Often the computer AI does not play a good game in either backgammon or checkers User still has to use the menu button on the controller to show the ga…
- Board Games VR - Version 0.1.3 Update Now Available! - 28 November 2017
A new version of Board Games VR has just been released to the Steam store. This release comes with improvements. Please use the menu button on your controller to show/hide the game menu. What's new Steam VR is checked when the game starts (since the game is currently being made to work with Steam VR hardware) Minor under the hood improvements to the overall game performance Automatically hide the game menu, when user makes a game selection Fixed an issue with the backgammon, when suddenly the computer played a turn for the user, after the user rolled the dice Fixed an issue with the checkers game where sometimes the game was won/lost mid-game Fixed the issue with the checkers game where dice numbers were displayed by mistake Known issues Often the computer AI does not play a good game in either backgammon or checkers User still has to use the menu button on the controller to show the ga…
- Board Games VR - Version 0.1.2 Available Now On Early Access! - 21 November 2017
A new version of Board Games VR has just been released to the Steam store. This release comes with a new Checkers game. Along with it are visual and under the hood changes within the game. Please use the menu button on your controller to show/hide the game menu. What's new New Checkers game Improved the displayed text Improved the backgammon game logic Improved the camera performance Improved the room content textures and materials Improved the room light/shadow system Known issues Often the computer AI does not play a good game in either backgammon or checkers After selecting a menu item the menu does not disappear The checkers game displays dice numbers, even though there are no dice in the game If you encounter any issues, please let us know in the Discussions page. Thank you for playing the game and your support. artArmin
- Board Games VR - Version 0.1.2 Available Now On Early Access! - 21 November 2017
A new version of Board Games VR has just been released to the Steam store. This release comes with a new Checkers game. Along with it are visual and under the hood changes within the game. Please use the menu button on your controller to show/hide the game menu. What's new New Checkers game Improved the displayed text Improved the backgammon game logic Improved the camera performance Improved the room content textures and materials Improved the room light/shadow system Known issues Often the computer AI does not play a good game in either backgammon or checkers After selecting a menu item the menu does not disappear The checkers game displays dice numbers, even though there are no dice in the game If you encounter any issues, please let us know in the Discussions page. Thank you for playing the game and your support. artArmin
- Board Games VR - Beta channel now available! - 18 November 2017
Board Games VR is Now Available on Beta channel! The new beta channel provides you with the latest game as it is being developed. The content in this channel is not stable and is for users who wish to play the game as it gets made every day. To enable it, install the game on your Steam client. Then right click on it and go to properties. In the Properties dialog, head over to the BETAS tab and select the beta channel from the drop down. Thanks again for your support! artArmin
- Board Games VR - Beta channel now available! - 18 November 2017
Board Games VR is Now Available on Beta channel! The new beta channel provides you with the latest game as it is being developed. The content in this channel is not stable and is for users who wish to play the game as it gets made every day. To enable it, install the game on your Steam client. Then right click on it and go to properties. In the Properties dialog, head over to the BETAS tab and select the beta channel from the drop down. Thanks again for your support! artArmin
