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How to Wizard is a VR puzzle game where players devise their own solutions with custom crafted spells. With respect to this, the levels are designed to be solvable in many ways, subverting the predetermined nature of the puzzle genre and placing the focus on player freedom and creativity.
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How to Wizard features 13 spell modules with which up to 5 can be combined to craft custom spells. These are unlocked with progression in the story mode. Once story mode is completed, new game+, where all modules are unlocked from the start, and challenge mode are unlocked. In challenge mode, each level is slightly altered and various modules are restricted to add an extra layer of difficulty and to encourage approaching the level differently from story mode.
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My roles in this project were co-leader with responsibility in team management as well as programmer. I programmed a majority of the spell modules, half of the puzzle elements and core functionality such as player control and the save system. I also designed some of the non-tutorial levels and most of the challenge levels. Additionally, I maintained a devlog over 2 months from our first prototype to our final release.
One of the greatest challenges during development was preventing clipping in VR from breaking the levels. To resolve this issue, I've implemented a tracking system to detect when the player is out of bounds to reset them as well as detecting when their controller is clipping through walls to know when to ignore input. I've also developed a teleportation system that can account for complex room layouts to alleviate clipping occurrences.
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