DESCENT

2016-2017
Solo Project
Bachelor Thesis Project
Interactive/Media/Design
The Dutch Royal Academy of Art

Roomscale VR is an incredibly powerful medium for creating games and interactive experiences that are accessible to the general (non-gaming) public.

Descent leverages that new power in a short interactive narrative that thrusts the viewer into the perspective of the author on an exploration of the darkest recesses of his memory.

If this description piques your interest, don’t hesitate to contact me (builds are available upon request).  If you intend to experience it yourself I highly recommend you avoid the following images as it is a much stronger experience blind.

CREDITS
Created by Luke Pierson

Logo Design Consulting by Nikki Hes
original audio samples provided by the awesome folks at freesound.org (listed below)

SPECIAL THANKS
_the open source VRTK Team
_Sinister Games and ChermandirKun for the free background buildings assets
_Unity Technologies for the awesome engine and free water assets
_Nikki Hes for the awesome last minute help with the logo
_Micah Westera for help with logistics and running the installation
_Hany Saad for being the handiest of handy man when I needed it most

The following freesound.org contributors:
mystiscool, arctura, sagetyrtle, juskiddink, jankoehl, sithjawa, vrodge, syphon64, colinpoh, hubyduby,
davidco80, adam-n, 0xmusex0, willstepp, omar-alvarado, jaraxe, gentlemanwalrus, speedenza, mentalsanityoff,
klangfabrik, delta-omega-muon, dimoz, cejordi84, speedygonzo, toiletrolltube, bpayri, klankbeeld, hunter4708,
iccleste, paul368, snumen, lwdickens, myluckyfeet, cabled-mess, sethlind, soundslikewillem, tsidilin, kayasavas87,
hubyduby, rickmk2, sky-watcher, hard3eat, mentalsanityoff, atiliobaez, myluckyfeet, cyborgcollective, and floydp

and, of course, the endless stream of playtesters (thanks mom!) whose valuable feedback guided my process