Unity was useful for the rapid development of the demo, but the now-larger team had more combined experiences with the more robust Unreal 4 engine. One of the first steps was to transition the game from the Unity game engine to Unreal 4. While the core concept of an immersive dogfight was solid, the game needed to be fleshed out with additional depth. CCP Newcastle had previously been supporting Dust 514, but now the 20-30 odd developers there we tasked with turning EVE-VR into a full-fledged title.ĭuring this time, a number of game mechanics, modes and systems were prototyped and tested. The small team moved from CCP’s headquarters in Iceland to a studio branch in Newcastle, England.
Over the past year since the initial demo, the team behind EVE: Valkyrie has been diligently working to expand on the game or, borrowing a Pinocchio analogy, “turning it into a real boy”.
EVE VALKYRIE FLIGHT STICK FULL
The fans loved it, the press was gushing over it, and the one question on everyone’s mind was: “When was this going to become a full game?” Well it wasn’t a huge surprise when it was later announced that EVE-VR would be expanded into a full game, EVE: Valkyrie. While the team knew they made something they enjoyed playing, they weren’t prepared for the massive response that EVE-VR got at Fanfest, and then again at E3. You could be flying in one direction and firing missiles out at targets perpendicular to that, letting you swoop and dive with complex maneuvers all while keeping your enemy in your sights. For instance, not only could you look around the cockpit, but where you were looking was also tied to locking on to enemy fighters with your missiles. The real secret sauce was how they leveraged the VR headset with gameplay mechanics. It was lightning in the bottle for anyone that grew up playing games like Wing Commander or X-Wing vs Tie Fighter, people like yours truly. The initial demo was titled simply EVE-VR, but to say that it showed promise would be a serious understatement.Įven in this early stage, which was thrown together in only a few months, EVE-VR managed to capture that feeling of flying around in a space dogfight perfectly.
EVE VALKYRIE FLIGHT STICK FREE
The team had taken a keen interest in the then-almost-brand-new Oculus Rift virtual reality headset and, using a stipend of time available to work on independent projects and a healthy dose of their free time, they created a little dogfighting VR simulator. At last year’s Fanfest, CCP’s annual fan focused event in Iceland, a small team of developers at CCP had a little demo to show off to the press and fans.
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