Projects Archive – Virtual Play

Projects

ProRail Future Simulation Game

Virtual Play developed a future simulation game for ProRail. In this 3D game, the player pulls the strings. Which policy decisions will they take for ProRail, and what predictions will the player make for societal changes in the post Covid era?

Every choice and prediction will influence what a virtual city will look like. There might be single-person pods instead of trains, a hyperloop, or even flying cars! You’ll see them appear in and around your city, along with the changing central station and railway lines. Did you choose to plant more greenery, or build new shops at the station?

Every player gets their own unique procedurally generated city, and a smart traffic system keeps the traffic moving smoothly, whether regular trains and trucks or the aforementioned flying cars and pod trains. What will your future city look like?

Outranked – Coming Soon!

If you’ve followed our dev streams on Twitch you’ll have heard about our upcoming new game Outranked! It’s a social capture-the-flag game where you take up arms against your friends in two teams of up to 10 people each. Choose a rank and try to capture the enemy flag. When you encounter another player, you compare ranks to see who wins! But even the highest rank can be brought down – watch out for mines and assassins…

We’re planning to release a version of Outranked for testing very soon. It will be available on PC and mobile devices. You can already wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1451770/Outranked/

Fear Lab

Virtual Play caused a furore with the futuristic Fear-Lab installation.

As a commissioned project for the Critical Mass Foundation, we’ve created a VR installation for a traveling experience theater: “De Angstfabriek” (Fear Factory). The well-attended opening of the Angstfabriek in RAUM Utrecht was a great success. The premiere was even completely sold out. After a period of four months at this location, the Fear Factory has been installed in various places around the country, each time for a period of four months. Much praise was given for the performance and installation.

In the biometrics VR experience created by Virtual Play, the bio-physiological response of visitors was measured. How did their bodies react to terrifying news images? We looked at the skin conductance response (GSR), heart rate and EEG.

We are very happy with this successful project, which fits the specialties of Virtual Play well. The Angstfabriek has seen a lot of visitors and was well received in the media: “The Angstfabriek is completely absurd and scarily close to how it really is” (Utrechtse Communicatie Kring, May 18, 2019).

Hatchball

Hatchball is more than just digital pinball – this game is played with eggs! Guide these eggs to your Hatchery, where they will be able to hatch into adorable creatures. Given love and care they will become powerful allies in your quest for the high score… and your best friends!

Afterplanet: First Encounters

Afterplanet: First Encounters is a multiplayer cooperative generated 3D shooter, diplomacy, trading and vehicle building game for PC/macOS (and maybe consoles in the future), with optional second (or third) screen support on a tablet.

Alpha Mind

Alpha Mind is a VR game that you fully control with your brain. The goal of the game is to stay in a calm state of consciousness as fully as possible for as long as you can. Initially, the game helps you with this, but as you progress the challenge grows!

Aquaphiles

Aquaphiles is our Virtual Reality game project.
Swim through the ocean with different sea creatures, each moving in their own way.

Strong Bones Quiz

Virtual Play made an exhibition game experience for the Strong Bones Foundation. The aim of this foundation is to educate the public about how to keep their bones strong. Bones can’t be treated as a given over a lifetime – they need maintenance. The secret of keeping them strong is good nutrition, sunlight, and physical exercise.

Virtual Play made an application with a quiz on these topics. Young players enter their answer to this quiz by jumping on a dance mat. Move your body and learn! With each correct answer given, a bone is added to the screen. The result will be a whole dancing skeleton in the end!

This application is part of a permanent exhibition in the Corpus museum in Leiden.

Legislation Game Prototype

We made a prototype of a game to explain new Dutch legislation.

In the fall of 2016 we were selected as one of four game companies to gather for a crunch and brainstorm week at a remote location. During this week we designed one of the prototypes for an applied game for the Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment. This game was designed to explain the new Omgevingswet legislation (Dutch Environmental Law) to citizens. The game was an interactive education game, which simulated a neighbourhood. It allowed players to experiment with the implications of the new law.

The game uses a clean yet distinctive style to appeal to audiences of all ages.

ReValidate!

Virtual Play developed an applied game for AMC (Academic Medical Centre) Amsterdam and Motek ForceLink, to provide a means for regaining motion and strength in the wrist after a wrist fracture. The game stimulates, structures and measures progress during the entire rehabilitation process.

Virtual Play designed this game in such a way that the player controls sea creatures in a 3D virtual world by moving (and training) their wrist. Every wrist motion results in a corresponding movement of the sea creature. Targets to reach are placed thus that the player is challenged, but never pushed to force his wrist movement too far. This way the game ensures an optimal recovery process.

The 3D characters and assets in the virtual world have a playful cartoony style. The underwater world is styled to be beautiful and relaxing as well. Virtual Play uses this virtual environment as a basis for other games, for instance Aquaphiles VR.

For more information see: https://revalidate.nl