Fixey 2 (VR Only) by shadowbrain

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made by shadowbrain for Ludum Dare 57 (JAM)

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Dive in, fix up, and see if you have what it takes to keep everything from going underwater!

Average runtime: ~15 minutes

The art has some rough edges in a few places because I ran out of time!

Ratings

Overall 458th 3.526⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 487th 3.316⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 321th 3.447⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 338th 3.842⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 296th 3.947⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 218th 3.417⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 376th 3.658⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 21🗳️ 0🗨️

Feedback

IDos
08. Apr 2025 · 17:34 UTC
I Love how the game look
LDJam user 297990
08. Apr 2025 · 17:43 UTC
Writing here, so I can remember it when I have access to my VR station :D
Botch Frivarg
08. Apr 2025 · 17:57 UTC
Impressive bit of work for a game jam VR game!
bolenochek
08. Apr 2025 · 18:31 UTC
When I log into the game, for some reason I can't perform any actions ((
Christian Zommerfelds
08. Apr 2025 · 18:34 UTC
Does this game support non-VR? I couldn't get to run it on my normal Windows machine (I couldn't move or click on anything). Maybe write it explicitly?
🎤 shadowbrain
08. Apr 2025 · 21:28 UTC
This game is VR only (as it says in the title) sorry!
stepa
09. Apr 2025 · 02:53 UTC
Nice, I like it
RyuSoHyeong
09. Apr 2025 · 10:13 UTC
So good visual! Im sure if you will make a none VR build your game will be more popular. Amazing job!:)
someone
09. Apr 2025 · 12:50 UTC
Very nice visuals. The dynamic water spurts were a neat effect, though it seemed odd they just stopped in mid air.
The robot arm took a while to figure out and the water level rises way faster than I can plug all the holes.
I had trouble flipping the switches in the first room, and the robot arm grab button. I feel those would work better if you could affect them by just touching them rather than having to grip.
Nailing a metal plate to a leaking glass window while underwater seems like a bad idea.

The final stage was a bit disappointing, just do all the things once with no consequences. It would have been nice if there was a continuous narrative where you have to rush around and fix stuff while reaching some kind of goal.
🎤 shadowbrain
09. Apr 2025 · 19:20 UTC
Yeah sorry I ran out of time to finish up the water effects so they remained fairly basic!
Same with the final stage...
BinarySpark
13. Apr 2025 · 12:24 UTC
I would have loved to play this, but every time I start the game, I fall through the floor! :( Using a Quest 3 headset through Steam Link. Tried standing in different corners of my play space, and even on top of a chair to elevate myself above the ground plane, but sadly no dice.
🎤 shadowbrain
13. Apr 2025 · 14:04 UTC
That is odd! I can't recreate that, maybe try the native build and install the APK? The game is virtually identical, should be solid enough.
SequoiaSan
13. Apr 2025 · 20:15 UTC
Nice game! Good graphics. Was fun to play it. Wish to have even more puzzles!
I was amazed to find a VR game on this jam! super cool :)
AdamG
16. Apr 2025 · 05:16 UTC
I wasn't able to get past the robot arm room, is there something I'm missing? I tried putting the green thing into the red thing, and to the side of it, but it just gets dropped. I was enjoying it until then, I hope to try it again later.

Very neat to do a vr game for ludum dare, one of these days I hope to do the same.

EDIT: I realized pretty quickly on a second playthrough that I need to remove the red pipe. Duh. Great game!
designernap
24. Apr 2025 · 16:19 UTC
Hey there! I really wanted to play this as I used to work in VR a few years back and am still passionate about it. I am on a RiftS and when I boot, I have no way to move out of the initial room. I can jump and the right hand controller is visible, but aside from that, I can't move! Any ideas? Will definitely give it another go if you have a workaround. Great entry anyways for trying VR! :)

EDIT: I think it is my setup... left controller not recognised! Apologies! Will give it another go later :)
designernap
24. Apr 2025 · 18:46 UTC
I did it! Great work :) humor was ace, awesome mood and lovely effects. Great work!
🎤 shadowbrain
24. Apr 2025 · 19:27 UTC
Thanks for sticking with it! Glad you were able to get it working :)
WiredOverload
25. Apr 2025 · 19:34 UTC
This was a good looking VR game! Things were great until I got to the robotic arm, after which I spent 15 minutes getting the green pipe into the outline multiple ways without it counting, at which point I gave up. I did enjoy what I was able to access though.
🎤 shadowbrain
25. Apr 2025 · 22:29 UTC
Ah the outline is not an outline! It's a broken fuse! Sorry, I really rushed the art on that bit because of time constraints...