Z-Grav: Clash Release Date

20 Mar 2024Developer post

Create Content to win Quest3!

Participate in Official Discord: Share your impression on Z-Grav: Clash via YouTube to get QUEST3! The winning videos will be showcased on all our official social media platforms. Join now and show us your creativity! 🔥 🙋‍♂️WHO CAN PARTICIPATE? Everyone! 🕙WHEN TO START AND END

Participate in Official Discord: https://discord.gg/zgravclash

Share your impression on Z-Grav: Clash via YouTube to get QUEST3! The winning videos will be showcased on all our official social media platforms. Join now and show us your creativity! 🔥

🙋‍♂️WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?
Everyone!

🕙WHEN TO START AND END?
The event starts from Mar 21th at 00:00am to Apr 03th at 24:00pm (EST) .
The result will be announced on Apr 10th.
The rewards will be distributed from Apr 27th.

🙌HOW TO PARTICIPATE?
1. Join the Beta and have a try with Z-Grav: Clash.
2. Screen record the Highlights/Interesting/(Anything you think is attractive) Clips of your gameplay.
3. Edit and post the video on YouTube and include our Discord Link（https://discord.gg/zgravclash) in the video intro.
Ps. TikTok Video is also welcome, but it can only earn the Dev Selected Award.
4. Copy the Video Link and post it in the ⁠#video channel of our Discord.
5. Wait for the Winners List and win your Prize!

🏆WHAT CAN YOU EARN?
The official team and moderators will evaluate the submissions and announce the winners on all Z-Grav: Clash official social media platforms. Check out the fantastic rewards you can win!

Top 3 Views Reward (It is ranked by views of a single video) - YouTube
We prepared 3*Quest3. The top 3 videos will receive a Quest 3 for each video creater.

Dev selected Award (It is ranked by the overall quality of a single video) - Youtube & TikTok
Top 5 winners will receive a $25 gift card (Steams/Amazon)

🔔ANY TIPS?
- We need you to be aware and agree that the official has the right to re-create and share the creators' works on all official social media platforms.
- You MUST submit the link of your video to the ⁠#video Channel. You CAN NOT attend the event if you don't do so.
- You MUST include the Discord link（https://discord.gg/zgravclash) of Z-Grav: Clash in the intro of your video. Your video will be Disqualification if you don't do so.
- You can ONLY take part in ONE of the above awards.
- Further questions about the event or want to be an official content creator to gain more perks, please contact @Pax via Discord.

We would appreciate your help with growing our community and getting our name out there. Together, we can make our community and the things we love more popular!

Can't wait to see your video! Wish you guys a great gaming experience in Beta!

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20 Mar 2024Developer post

Beta starts on Mar 21

In the previous test, we received a lot of feedback from you. In order to improve, we embarked on a multi-stage closed development spanning several months, during which we even went through the painful process of redo. Finally, we made this build. In this build, we optimized the

20 Mar 2024Developer post

New name is Z-Grav: Clash

With this new name, we would like to emphasize more intense combat elements rather than just Battle Royale.

20 Nov 2023Developer post

DEVBLOG 007 — Gravity Royale VR Game— Biweekly progress

Hello everyone, I’m Lucas. Just finished a week of development and now it’s time for a happy weekend. Let me take a sip of coffee and chat with you about what we’ve been up to in the past two weeks. The concept art design for the melee weapon is nearing completion. We’ve designed

Hello everyone, I’m Lucas. Just finished a week of development and now it’s time for a happy weekend. Let me take a sip of coffee and chat with you about what we’ve been up to in the past two weeks.

The concept art design for the melee weapon is nearing completion. We’ve designed a transforming knife that elongates when held with both hands, emitting a dazzling light to intimidate enemies XD. At the same time, the second handgun has also completed its concept art design. We have two efficient and talented weapon concept artists producing at a crazy pace, drawing so fast that they leave afterimages.

The idea of throwable items has entered the optimization phase. Interestingly, due to an unexpected twist, all items — weapons, healing items, ammo boxes, and anything throwable — had their damage set to 1 point by the game designers XD. So, in the testing of the bi-weekly version, we had a “throwing battle,” and in the end, everyone was tired but no one was eliminated.

As for the level design, there’s some great news — our buildings in Float City are finally getting doors! The residents of Float City no longer need to keep their doors unlocked at night. The door creation has entered the model production stage, and we look forward to unveiling it in the next version’s test. Apart from doors, the creation of airdrop crates is also nearing completion. The airdrop crate has a very interesting interactive feature; we are gonna keep this secret and surprise everyone in the next version’s test.

Concerning Float City, we are planning to renovate and transform an area you’ve already seen, making it more exciting. Can you guess which area it is?

In terms of UI and interaction design, this week’s development has been progressing steadily, with the iteration of the mini-map and the weapon attachment interface being the more significant updates in these two weeks.

Outside the game world, an exciting feature is about to enter the testing phase — friends teaming up! It’s always more fun to play together, so invite your friends, put on your VR devices, and fight side by side in Gravity Royale!

That’s it for the bi-weekly update. Good morning, afternoon, and night, everyone!

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08 Nov 2023Developer post

DEVBLOG 006 — Gravity Royale VR Game-Biweekly Progress

Hello, everyone. I'm Lucas, and I'm wondering - have any of you purchased the Quest 3? Our development team has already gotten their hands on it, and the results are quite exciting! Today, I'd like to share some of what we've been working on. Firstly, we've adjusted our goals for

25 Oct 2023Developer post

DEVBLOG 005 - Gravity Royale VR Game-Level Design

Hello everyone, I'm Lucas, one of the designers of Gravity Royale VR. Today, I'd like to share how we designed the game levels in Gravity Royale VR. Game-level design for VR games posed a significant challenge for us. Before starting the design process, we researched VR open-worl

Hello everyone, I'm Lucas, one of the designers of Gravity Royale VR. Today, I'd like to share how we designed the game levels in Gravity Royale VR.

Game-level design for VR games posed a significant challenge for us. Before starting the design process, we researched VR open-world game levels, such as Population One, Ghost of Tabor, Stand Out VR Battle Royale, etc. During this process, we realized that most open-world VR games were limited by the capabilities of all-in-one headsets, which restricted the design possibilities of the game level. Therefore, we made some new attempts, hoping that this direction would be right and loved by players. Drawing from our previous design experience and insights from traditional PC shooting games like Valorant, COD, and CSGO, we expanded our design thinking.

Our first focus was to ensure that players wouldn't feel bored while moving through the levels. We discovered an issue while playing a VR game where the non-combat moments consisted of long movement and item collection periods. Without adding some points of interest, this part of the gameplay could become dull. Therefore, in addition to the inherent fun of character movement mechanics, the environments themselves had to play a role. We wanted players to experience a sight for sore eyes and make a lasting impression on various areas and buildings as they moved through our scenes. Therefore, we placed a strong emphasis on the visual presentation of the game levels, aiming to showcase the aesthetic appeal to the fullest extent.

Secondly, we wanted players to experience combat in a futuristic world. Who wouldn't want to be a warrior fighting in space like Alita? Hence, our scenes were designed to have a technological and futuristic feel. Taking the first BR map in Pre-Alpha as an example, in our world-building, it's a floating city with industrial zones, residential areas, and even gardens. We have extensively crafted the setting for the first map, forming a small society within it and giving the city a beautiful name - Floating City. (It's both a floating city and "Float" is a programming term, XD).

Thirdly, considering our character's unique movement mechanics and emphasizing multidimensional combat, we incorporated a significant amount of verticality into the level design. Unlike traditional PC levels that mainly focus on flat combat, VR players have more freedom to observe the vertical dimension. Therefore, we added numerous buildings and terrains with height variations. By combining this with the special rules of the BR mode, players who secure high ground in the safe zone early on gain a significant advantage.

In addition, our level design team has many imaginative ideas for VR scenes and can't wait to introduce these levels to players in the future. Of course, if you have any good ideas or suggestions, you are highly welcome to leave a message on our Discord community or other media platforms.

We will continuously improve Gravity Royale VR and let's create an incredible gaming experience together!

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14 Sep 2023Developer post

DEVBLOG 003 - How We Make Firearms Into VR

Hi guys, I'm Patrichor, a designer for Gravity Royale VR. Today, I want to share some ideas on how we design firearms. Let's start with the external design of our guns. Visually, we aim to provide players with a fresh visual experience while maximizing usability in VR interaction

Hi guys, I'm Patrichor, a designer for Gravity Royale VR. Today, I want to share some ideas on how we design firearms.

Let's start with the external design of our guns.

Visually, we aim to provide players with a fresh visual experience while maximizing usability in VR interactions. With this goal in mind, we have designed futuristic-looking weapons while retaining the interactive structure of modern firearms. We want to give players a sense of novelty while ensuring that the way they handle the guns in the game aligns with their expectations. Additionally, the most notable feature of Gravity Royale's firearms is their ability to transform. This transformation goes beyond changes in appearance; it also affects numerical attributes. For example, when dual-wielding the YF-30, you will notice the barrel shroud contracting and extending, resulting in more stability and accuracy during shooting.

Furthermore, we pay attention to the details of the guns' appearance. In VR games, I often enjoy observing the items I'm holding in my hands, and feeling their realism. I believe players in our game will do the same. Every detail on firearms is meticulously designed and polished to ensure perfect representation from any angle and distance.

Now, I will discuss how we tightly integrate guns with gameplay.

Firstly, we design a diverse range of firearm types. In Gravity Royale, players can choose from various weapon types, including handguns, rifles, submachine guns, sniper rifles, shotguns, machine guns, and more. Each weapon is carefully designed with unique characteristics regarding damage and handling. Whether you prefer agile close-quarters combat or long-range sniping, Gravity Royale can cater to your needs.

Secondly, we offer a wide range of attachments for firearms in the game. In Gravity Royale, we have introduced an accessory upgrade system to provide players with flexible options for different game scenarios. Throughout the game, you will come across various types of attachments such as scopes, grips, laser pointers, etc. These attachments provide different enhancements to your weapons. You can equip or swap attachments on your guns during gameplay, giving you the upper hand in combat.

And now about the interaction design of firearms.

In VR, reloading is a crucial action to maintain continuous firepower during combat. However, automatic reloading breaks immersion in VR. But fumbling for a magazine in front of your chest can hinder the gaming experience. To address these issues, we have designed a compromise of both solutions. We have placed a magazine retrieval area around the player's waist, allowing them to retrieve the magazine from their currently equipped firearm when they need to reload. The position and size of this area have been precisely measured and adjusted to ensure players can easily locate it and perform quick magazine changes during combat. Once the magazine is retrieved, players can insert it into the firearm and chamber a round to continue shooting. This design not only maintains VR immersion but also allows players to operate their weapons more smoothly during combat, resulting in a better gaming experience.

Additionally, aiming is an involved and challenging task. When designing holographic sights, we aim to provide a solution that preserves the experience of raising the gun in VR while optimizing the aiming experience afterward. Our holographic sights have two notable advantages. Firstly, they have a large size, allowing players to easily see and aim through them without worrying about obstruction or difficulty in identifying the reticle. Secondly, they have highly reliable reticles, enabling players to aim at any enemy and engage in shooting effortlessly.

In conclusion, we are continually improving our physics simulation system to provide a more immersive and realistic VR interaction experience. We are focusing on better simulating various interactive scenarios, allowing players to interact more naturally with the virtual environment, teammates, and enemies, and providing a more authentic feel and feedback.

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30 Aug 2023Developer post

DEVBLOG 002 - Gravity Royale VR’s Three-Dimensional Space Combat Design

Hello guys! I’m EchO, one of the Game Designers of Gravity Royale VR. I am mainly responsible for character movement design. I wanted to share some words about our three-dimensional space combat design with you guys. Our game, Gravity Royale VR is a BR game. This means that you w

Hello guys! I’m EchO, one of the Game Designers of Gravity Royale VR. I am mainly responsible for character movement design. I wanted to share some words about our three-dimensional space combat design with you guys.

Our game, Gravity Royale VR is a BR game. This means that you will be collecting loot on a very large map, moving and fighting through different environments as the ring shrinks, and winning the game or being eliminated. Most popular VR shooter games at the time, like Contactors VR and Pavlov VR, are all CQB Games. Players are allowed to fight in limited close quarters. The main way the character moves is by walking and running. Obviously, for our game, we don't want players to traverse such a large map using only their two legs. It would be tiresome and boring. So we need more interesting movement abilities to allow players to move and fight freely and quickly in a larger environment.

I love VR shooter games in VR and PC. I had a lot of fun with Pavlov VR, Contactors VR, and Population One. I also realized that most VR shooter games' levels are very flat, and movement is slow. You have to hold your weapon and move carefully in the game. When you meet enemies, you must react quickly, raise your gun and shoot, like cowboys in a western duel. It's also great, but I think for VR shooting games, there are still many things to do. We hope to design more dimensional levels with more flexibility and free mobility, allowing players to enjoy the fun of moving and shooting at the same time.

So we do more three-dimensional diverse Level Design, including many multi-story buildings, air platforms, cliffs, and more. To match it, we added GrappleHook and Air Jetpack to the character. This way, players have faster Z-axis movement ability. I know you'll ask: Why don't we add climbing ability to the character? In fact, we have considered it. Although the climbing experience is great in VR. But climbing requires players to constantly wave their arms. This has certain requirements for players' physical endurance. In tense and thrilling battles, you need to constantly climb to reach higher and more advantageous positions, which will exhaust you. We don't want Gravity Royale VR to be like this. We hope that players can play the game easily and happily, so we have designed an Air Jetpack, which is more convenient and interesting.

You can imagine that characters can use the AirJetBag to fly onto rooftops or jump off tall buildings. And use GrappleHook to switch between different floors, and fight with other players in the air. Although you need some practice and patience, it will be a cool thing.

We have done a lot of interesting level design. The entire map is divided into multiple different areas. Each area has different styles and gameplay. For example: urban areas with more buildings; fields with many cliffs; large spacecraft with complex interiors. Most buildings have multiple floors and multiple exits and entrances. With your Air Jetpack and GrappleHook, you will be able to reach most of the places you want to go. (However, I'm very sorry to inform you that in Pre-Alpha we have only opened some areas with high completion rates and some areas are still in the making）

Each player has an Air Jetpack. Long press the A-key and you will jet up. At the same time, the Air Jetpack will give you the ability to move horizontally, and you can use the left joystick to move horizontally. When you want to stop, all you need to do is release the button. Try it a few times and you will quickly master it. In combat, you need to jet and move as much as possible to keep your advantage. It should be noted that the energy of a jet backpack is limited and when you run out of energy, it also means that you are vulnerable to enemies on the roof.

Each player also has a GrappleHook. Lift your hand and aim, then press the trigger to launch it, and the hook will take you to the target location. During the movement, the Armkit will also project a virtual joystick, attempting to rotate your wrist and arm to control it, which will bring you additional directional speed. The speed of the hook lock is very fast, and when you want to escape or pursue the enemy, this will be your best choice. It should be noted that the CD of the hook lock is very long, and you may not be able to use it many times in a battle.

These are some of our designs of three-dimensional space combat. In the process of turning our ideas into reality, everything is still in an early stage. In this test, you may encounter some bugs or may feel that some game designs are not good or make you feel tired or dizzy（Motion Sickness. We deeply apologize for these poor gaming experiences. I hope you can actively give us feedback and share your experience with other players on the channel.

And finally, I hope everyone has fun in Gravity Royale VR!

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Z-Grav: Clash

Updates & announcements

Create Content to win Quest3!

Beta starts on Mar 21

New name is Z-Grav: Clash

DEVBLOG 007 — Gravity Royale VR Game— Biweekly progress

DEVBLOG 006 — Gravity Royale VR Game-Biweekly Progress

DEVBLOG 005 - Gravity Royale VR Game-Level Design

DEVBLOG 004 - Pre-Alpha Test Review

Pre-Alpha test Results:

Player suggestions:

1. Interactions:

2. Weapons:

3. Teammates:

4. Others:

Future Plans:

DEVBLOG 003 - How We Make Firearms Into VR

DEVBLOG 002 - Gravity Royale VR’s Three-Dimensional Space Combat Design

DEVBLOG 001 - Words From Gravity Royale's Dev Team Leader