My first time playing -- thanks for the opportunity!

Didn't try spectator mode, as I am only one person. 

Overall: Very cool game, but gave me some motion sickness.

The game itself is sweet.  Environment is awesome.  I love how you use roomscale to avoid the entire locomotion & chaperone issue.  This creates a huge sense of immersion.  In one of those really thin (1-block wide) corridors with the spike pit beneath, I felt like I was really there!  Also, one time I tried to adjust the brim of my hat.  You've nailed the immersion / atmosphere IMO.

At first I didn't know what to do with those flying scarab beetles and so it took me 2 tries to kill them.  I figured it out, though.

I get motion-sick pretty easy in VR (I usually use teleport locomotion) and I did have to stop playing after an hour or so.  [how long I lasted: I had opened the first dual-lock door to get inside the large temple, and then got to that large room with the second dual-look door, with puzzle rooms off to either side, where you complete the puzzle and come back out over the top.  I had done one of those side rooms-- the puzzle where that chess-piece style guy is chasing you around on blocks -- which was pretty fun, btw--and then got back to the main room, and had to quit due to motion sickness.]. 

Anyway, motion while turning or looking to the sides is what usually does me in with VR games.  So, lots of cases here where  where you'd be on a moving platform, and then turning to look at the next moving or stationary platform as you came to a stop and jumped off.  I think that's what really messed me up.  I tried only looking forward while on moving platforms, until each platform had come to a complete stop, and that helped a little, but there's often not that much time to wait.   But, yeah.  All the turning with motion really shakes me up.  I did try both smooth and linear platform motion, I think I preferred smooth and would probably prefer smoother.

I'm not sure what my advice is for fixing the motion sickness issue--it will be interesting to hear if other people have the same issue.  I've seen other games obscure part of the FOV while in motion, maybe that would help.  Making more platforms where you walk directly off the front of the platform, rather than the side, would likely help,

I may go back and try to finish the game later, but I don't think I'll be able to get farther than that--my head is spinning and need to go lay down for the rest of the evening!

Thanks for the fun build! Overall, I enjoyed myself despite the motion sickness.

First launch had an error.
  Data Folder not found. There should be 'EyeOfTheTemple_WhipPuzzle_Data' folder next to the executable
This was fixed by renaming EyeOfTheTemple_Data folder to the expected name.

Using Oculus Touch, the whip was push down stick and menu button was B, so it worked fine. I suggest an option for switching hands since you can't swap which controller is held when it comes to the touch.

I've recorded my first 17 minutes of game play, currently as an unlisted youtube video here

This was also my first time playing the game, and it was great!

I actually did record a 30 minute video, but for some reason, as soon as I lit the torch and entered the game, the mic cut out on obs. I don't know if that's my problem or yours, but I guess you can look into that. (I just checked obs while writing the message, and it seems the mic isn't picking up anything, so  I think its my problem actually) Anyway, if I can remember my reactions, here they are:

The whip: the physics were a little float-y, but if we were in a world with a little less gravity, I think that the graphics would be perfect. I think that's what I actually said while recording. It was great, but I think I was struggling a bit trying to grab the lever correctly with the whip. I think I was just pretty bad at aiming, probably not your fault.

In-game menu: during the recording, I tried out all three modes for a bit, and *pauses writing to review footage* okay, I have realized that I am bad with recording on obs. The whole time I was in third person, I.... to keep some of my integrity I will not continue that sentence. Though what I did see of it, it seemed like it followed me pretty well. 

   The smoother, but still first person thing was basically what you said it would do. And that's what it did. then the mirror was the mirror, not much about that either.

   I did like how it showed gems you've collected, but maybe you can just put that on the torch if you get rid of the menu in the final game, or maybe just put it on both for now and gauge people's reactions. I don't know i'm not good at those types of things. 

   With the smooth and sharp platform transitions I think I just like putting it on maximum smoothness, its more natural, because that's how things work in real life,slow at first, speed up, then slow down toward the end. it was also nice to have the buttons at the bottom easily accessible.

Though, with Jay's complaint about seeing the orbs, I didn't have that. I could see them perfectly fine. Maybe it's an oculus thing...idk. If I have anything else I want to say, I will say something. Hope this helps!

Tried this out today. Really liking the extra addition! Feel more like Indiana Jones with a whip in your hand :-)

Noticed that the torch doesn't hit the lever all the time, just passes through it sometimes. I think the whip doesn't crack unless it hits something? I could be wrong but that's how it appeared, as I couldn't seem to crack it in the air like a real whip would. 

Liking the water & the background scenery. Adds a bit of a wow factor when you overlook the valley of mountains after the room of pillars. Speaking of the pillar rooms, I surprised myself by beating both rooms without being knocked off once, when I played the very first build it took me at least 10-15 goes. If I remember correctly, the routes you have to take seemed very similar in both rooms. Maybe that could be changed up a bit?

The flying bugs surprised me, wasn't expecting them! Like others have said, some indication that you're actually doing damage would be good. Some other creatures/animals would be great, but I'm sure you'll be working on that already.

Some of the gems were clipping into the corners of some walls, I think in the same places where I spotted them from the first build where they were introduced.

Thought the added music, swinging blades and fire were a great addition too. The flames particularly were awesome, almost felt the heat from them :-)

I didn't attempt a speedrun, as I think it just wouldn't be safe for me in my minimum playspace and with the Vive cable. I almost ripped the cable out of the link box a few times when I was just taking my time :-| Can't wait for wireless VR to be the norm, as my cable gets tangled like crazy.

Noticed you'd not changed anything on the top of the temple. Do you have any plans for that part? I just spent the whole time travelling across the top just playing with the whip some more.

I think that's all for now, if I remember anything else I'll let you know.

Just did a play-through! I have to say, this is turning into a must-play title for me, I'm very impressed with the direction you've taken this. I recorded my run, it's just about an hour, available here (obviously with spoilers) with possible points of interesting marked in the description. I'll try to summarize my thoughts...

1. Torch, very enjoyable, it is so nice to have a personal light source, it helps a lot with transporting me, especially when I can make shadows play. Also really nice that the burning noise increases with flailing of the torch.
2. The rolls are new to me, that is so clever, I love that the distance we move back is physically correct! And they work just fine, not at all as disruptive as the old rotating things. These worked really well, but I also had the floor center marker visible so that might have helped. I'm pondering if showing a wire-frame floor grid could be a comfort option... ?
3. The gauntlet corridors, those are super nice. I'm not sure if it only was the surprise factor, but they had me in giggles and panic in equal shares, good stuff :) I both got excited and slightly wary whenever that drum beat would start :D (I noticed the beams in the video, I didn't realize it at the time, but they do create a static reference while looking at the stuff to avoid, that's really clever!)
4. I quite miss any sounds for the floating gem-inserters, I know this is WIP but figured I should just comment on it, as it sticks out.
5. Collecting gems is nice, it spreads my attention and generates plenty of confused whipping of arms and falling accidents. They seem a bit weird after respawning though, I'm not sure if I'm just not seeing them, or if they only spawn after I have reached where I died or something. I would go from the checkpoint and forward, just to turn around and see the glows behind me. I would kind of expect for a gem to stay after I've once spawned it, with the whip it would be possible to pick them up from a slight distance which is impossible when they fade back out.
6. The boss rooms, I never finished that last time I tried this, now I actually completed the whole thing :) Very nice. It took some pre-planning and observation, which is a nice change of pace from frantically jumping between platforms, which is what we do after planning ;) Quite enjoyable, and surprisingly tense for being such a slow moving danger! :O
7. I love the art direction, with the environment and sounds and effects. It's all very coherent and fits well together, I like it :)

I'm actually kind of exhausted now, and I need to eat something, my mind is blanking out xD More thoughts in the video if you want them ;) Cheers!

Impressions of first play: Started up right away, no problems (Vive, Steam beta, just running the .exe). Tried lighting the "start game" thing with the torch. Intuitive, worked right away, sweet.  Saw two footprints on the ground, "stand here"? Ok, worked, nice. Now in real game.

Nice scenery, graphics looks good, polished. The whip is great! Fun to just play around with. I acctually understand why someone who was afraid of snakes had some problems with it, it does feel a little bit "snaky" :) Tried to make it crack in the air, couldn't, slightly disappointing. Then noticed it seems to crack kinda randomly when hitting surfaces.

Next step: into the platforms. Immediate jarring feeling as you suddenly start moving without really moving when before you were in complete control. I'm sensitive to motion sickness (and also semi-old, 37). Have had VR since DK2 but never really gotten used to beging moved around. So not sure how many people this applies to, but for me it's a huge problem. Would have uninstalled and never played again if it wasn't for testing. Ok, braced and moved on to next platform. Leaned forward this time, like snowboarding, anticipating the movement. Still jarring, but a little bit better.

Next step: platform that you have to step off at the end. First time I didn't step off and was surprised when getting moved backwards again (unlike the first platforms). Almost stopped playing once more.

Next step: Roller that you have to walk backwards to stay on. Tried one, started feeling naseous, got across, exited the game.

Ok so sorry for the negativity, but this was the reality for me. I hope it's not for many others! One of the most motion sickness inducing games I've tried, the other being some platform jumper for Oculus. It's sad, because I really think the idea of staying in your chaperone bounds and moving between platforms is a genius idea. Alot of other things also seem really polished and well done. Some other thoughts: I think motion sickness induction can be graded a little bit like this (at least for me):

1: Movement is 1-1 real movement - very little motion sickness. For instance Holopoint.

2: Movement is 1-1 but also with teleportation - very little motion sickness. Vanishing Realms, The Lab.

3: Movement is not 1-1, but you control the movement directly via input - some motion sickness.

4: Movement is not controlled by you but anticipated - quite alot of motion sickness.

5: Movement is not controlled by you and not anticipated - lots of motion sickness.

So Eye of the Temple hit level 5 for me, and might go down to level 4 with some more playtime, but might go up to level 5 again in new areas.

I don't see any good way to solve this without changing the core gameplay (atleast the part I saw), so the correct strategy is probably to ignore people with high motion sickness and just go for the rest of the demographic.

Will give it one more try later, but probably wont get much further.  Hope this input was of some help though!