Jesse Schell and Shawn Patton give lessons learned from creating "I Expect You To Die" for Oculus VR.

1. Lessons Learned from
Shawn Patton & Jesse Schell
(@ShawnDesign & @JesseSchell)
New Puzzles, New Hands

3. Lessons Learned from
Shawn Patton & Jesse Schell
(@ShawnDesign & @JesseSchell)
New Puzzles, New Hands

12. PRESENCE

13. Presence > Gameplay

16. Seven Common
Presence Breakers

17. 1. Motion Sickness
1. Keep Framerate > 60 fps
2. Avoid Virtual Camera Motion
3. Don’t Accelerate / Decelerate
4. Keep the Horizon Level

18. 2. Confusion

19. 3. Shallow Object Interactions

20. 4. Too Intense

21. 5. Unrealistic Audio

22. 6. Proprioceptive Disconnect

23. 7. Unintuitive Interactions

32. We Need New
Puzzles!

33. Window
Washing
Backstage
Big
Yacht
Bathroom
Security
Room
Bank Vault
Hunting
Lodge
ElevatorAir Vent
Hotel
Penthouse
Submersible
Casino
Lighthouse
Hot Air
Balloon
Lifeboat
Commence Brainstorming!

35. Affordances Helpful Deaths
Comfortable On Budget
Feel Clever
What made
the Car Puzzle
work?

36. 0 = Nah
1 = Maybe
2 = Yes
3 = Absolutely
Voting + Spreadsheet Time!

37. 0 = Nah
1 = Maybe
2 = Yes
3 = Absolutely
Sweet, Sweet Data

38. 0 = Nah
1 = Maybe
2 = Yes
3 = Absolutely
Sorted!

39. 0 = Nah
1 = Maybe
2 = Yes
3 = Absolutely
Path Forward

40. Hunting Lodge Window Washing
Designer
Engineer
Two
Artists
Designer
Engineer
Two
Artists
Two Pods

41. Whitebox

43. At Work!

44. At Work!
At Home!

45. At Work!
At Home!
At the
Airport!

46. The levels were terrible

47. mostly terrible

48. mostly terrible
1 4
2
5
3

49. Solutions:
 Put goal in front (literally)
 Support Goal Types:
• Long Term, Mid Term &
Immediate
 Be careful switching goals
Problem 1:
No clear visual goal
from start.

51. Solutions:
 VR is freeing, embrace it!
 Don’t focus player too much
 Balance parallel and serial tasks
 Player should feel in charge
Problem 2:
No (perceived)
freedom.

53. Solutions:
 VR is freeing, embrace it!
 Don’t focus player too much
 Balance parallel and serial tasks
 Player should feel in charge
Problem 2:
No (perceived)
freedom.

55. Solutions:
 Build goals from affordances
 Lead from one to another
 Goals need to fit together
Problem 3:
No clear bread
crumbing.

57. Solutions:
 Solves should make sense
 Solves make you feel clever
 Solves make you feel cool
Problem 4:
No great puzzle solves.

58. Solutions:
 VR is AWESOME! Use it!
 Let player cause moment
 Player is hero in that moment
Problem 5:
No awesome moment.

59. Yes.
Could we have done
it faster and cheaper?
Brownboxing
How?

61. #Brownboxing

62. Recap

63. Affordances Helpful DeathsComfortable On Budget Feel Clever

64. Affordances Helpful Deaths
Clear Goal Freedom Path to Clever
Comfortable On Budget
Great SolvesFeel Awesome
Feel Clever

65. AffordancesClear Goal Freedom Helpful Deaths
Path to Clever
Comfortable On Budget
Great Solves Feel Awesome!Feel Clever

66. Thanks!
Slides: jesseschell.com
Email: shawn@schellgames.com
jesse@schellgames.com
Twitter: @ShawnDesign
@JesseSchell