itch.io

Are you using an Oculus headset? If so, I didn’t build it to support Oculus, as Facebook is trying to build the metaverse as well. But if you load it up without a headset, you can still use it with a more limited experience (WASD to move, Q and E to turn, shift to jump, but no ability to really move the view much, so typing in the browser window is limited).

You bet I’ll keep developing this! There’s a lot more yet to come, stay tuned.

By the way, I have more details about the algorithm now, as well as a tool to convert 3D models into web pages for viewing in The Gridd: https://www.gridd.xyz/how-it-works/. Check it out and let me know how it works for you!

Hey, sorry about that. I haven’t built it for Oculus devices. Largely because I’m kind of competing directly with Facebook’s own ambitions of building a metaverse, so I figured it probably wasn’t a good idea to build on their platform. But it should work a little in non-VR mode on any Windows machine, but the inputs aren’t as intuitive or fully featured yet compared to VR (WASD to move, Q and E to turn, shift to jump, but no ability to really move the view much, so typing in the browser window is limited). Thanks for the feedback though, let me know if you get a chance to test it out another way (either another VR headset or a limited experience on non-VR)!

Thanks so much for the feedback! I’ve actually put together a tool that turns a 3D model file (obj format) into a structured webpage, so that when viewed in The Gridd, it shows the structure! Once I get that tool online so anyone can easily create these web pages, I’ll have an explanation of the algorithm included to encourage experimentation :)

As for the turning around aspect, I see your point. I was going for more of a “surprise!” feel for the player, but maybe I should include something in the UI that encourages the user to turn around (in case it’s their first time in The Gridd). On the other hand, one thing I didn’t make super obvious was that the structure changes as the web page changes (visit a Twitter feed and interact with it to see what I mean); having the web page in the same view as the structure would show how those changes happen simultaneously, which is actually really cool to see.

Thank you for leaving feedback, it’s really motivating for me to see people using it!