We have just released a minor update for Richie's Plank Experience which includes the following: - Updated Safety message text - Updated EULA text - Reduced HMD removal threshold from 5s to 1s to trigger safety message
We have just released a minor update for Richie's Plank Experience which includes the following:
- Updated Safety message text
- Updated EULA text
- Reduced HMD removal threshold from 5s to 1s to trigger safety message
Turned on Santa Simulator bell in the elevator. Updated Santa simulator with shinier bell and shooting star VFX. Updated safety message. Now requires agreement from each user. Removed rope until we can figure out why it's glitching out. LIV sdk should be updated. Fixed bug where
Graphics Added subtle steam to the air conditioning vent near the plank. This is a small detail, but we think it's the little things that matter. This will help sell the feeling that there's working gravity in the experience. Added a DIGNITY billboard. A few months ago, during a
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Bugs
Richie's Plank Experience now has Hero Academy! This update includes all three game modes: Missile Defence, Rocket Race and Fire Fight. Missile Defence: Protect the city from the falling missiles by punching them out of the sky. Rocket Race: Use your rockets to fly as fast as you
Richie's Plank Experience now has Hero Academy! This update includes all three game modes: Missile Defence, Rocket Race and Fire Fight.
Missile Defence: Protect the city from the falling missiles by punching them out of the sky.
Rocket Race: Use your rockets to fly as fast as you can through the hoops across the city.
Fire Fight: Grab your fire extinguisher and your rocket to fly through the city putting out fires as fast as you can.
We also worked hard on fixing some bugs and making improvements:
- Fixed cars glitching out bug when at the menu.
- Fixed santa score.
- Fixed umbrella bug.
- Fixed rocket bug when picking up from the plank
- Fixed VR menu settings bug.
- Fixed the bug where controller models don't load if Steam isn't already loaded.
- Improved fire effect.
- Improved water effect.
- Improved flying mechanic.
We really hope you enjoy the new update - join us on Discord and let us know how long it took you to get all 3 stars in each mode!
Today is the day we say goodbye to the Clowns. They’ve given us plenty of scares over the years and we wish them all the best as they move on to chase their dreams as kid party entertainers. Good luck Clowns! In this update we have streamlined the Nightmare mode. It’s now more im
Today is the day we say goodbye to the Clowns. They’ve given us plenty of scares over the years and we wish them all the best as they move on to chase their dreams as kid party entertainers. Good luck Clowns!
In this update we have streamlined the Nightmare mode. It’s now more impactful allowing you to move through the experience at a better pace. Ultimately, this will make it easier for you to share with friends and family.
Other improvements include:
- A ton of bug-squashing, including better feet tracking,
- Graphical improvements to fires on Fire Deck,
- Graphical improvements to Santa Simulator,
- New caution sign in the elevator,
- Bug fix for falling through the floor on the way up the elevator.
We hope you enjoy the update. We would love to see your reactions - join us on Discord.
For those active on our Discord server the new massive decal "gemini - the decal hunter" isn't a big surprise. They would know the effort gemini has put into engaging with the present and missing decals in Richie's Plank Experience. To keep the decal hunting going, there are now
For those active on our Discord server the new massive decal "gemini - the decal hunter" isn't a big surprise. They would know the effort gemini has put into engaging with the present and missing decals in Richie's Plank Experience.
To keep the decal hunting going, there are now 3 colorful eggs on surfaces in the city. It should be a fun challenge for all ages to try to find them. Once you get the 3 screenshots of the egg decals you can head to our Discord and share the time it took you with the community :)
tldr: decal hunting is a thing now - find the 3 egg decals or for a real challenge find as many number decals as possible.
Add the Umbrella to the end of the plank from the Desktop menu. ( Press M on your keyboard) Magic Umbrella soften your fall. If you pull and hold the trigger, you can fly around the city at a relaxing pace.
Add the Umbrella to the end of the plank from the Desktop menu. (Press M on your keyboard)
Magic Umbrella soften your fall. If you pull and hold the trigger, you can fly around the city at a relaxing pace.
You may already be familiar with the old Santa Simulator bell inside the elevator in Richie's Plank Experience. Well, it's been polished and improved in a night time sleigh ride. Santa Simulator is now published as a Stand alone experience for sale on Steam for $6.99. Owners of R
You may already be familiar with the old Santa Simulator bell inside the elevator in Richie's Plank Experience.
Well, it's been polished and improved in a night time sleigh ride. Santa Simulator is now published as a Stand alone experience for sale on Steam for $6.99.
Owners of Richie's Plank Experience on Steam receive it for free and should now see the new Santa Simulator in your Library.
We're happy to publish this update in time for Halloween party season. This update is purpose built for entertaining your guests. You now have an option to add a special pumpkin to the end of the plank. Whatever you do, don't pick it up. Not suitable for those with Acrophobia.
We're happy to publish this update in time for Halloween party season. This update is purpose built for entertaining your guests.
You now have an option to add a special pumpkin to the end of the plank. Whatever you do, don't pick it up.
Not suitable for those with Acrophobia.
Update Rise and Falls! tldr: the game should be stable now, if it isnt switch to pre-update. to use OculusSDK switch to oculussdk As everyone has noticed we got some new exciting updates lately - it sure was a long list. With that came a bunch of hidden bugs we found out about fr
Update Rise and Falls!
tldr: the game should be stable now, if it isnt switch to pre-update. to use OculusSDK switch to oculussdk
As everyone has noticed we got some new exciting updates lately - it sure was a long list.
With that came a bunch of hidden bugs we found out about from your feedback and we did what we could to respond to those fast. As a result we not only fixed the bugs that were reported so far, but also added a new structure for backup options in case there are still some hidden bugs:
To change the game to one of the listed versions you can right click on the game in your library, click properties, go the the BETAS tab and select the beta from the dropdown menu. After you download it you will be able to play and you can always change the version you are running
Now under the Beta options there are few different builds:
- NONE - this is the default option running SteamVR
- OculusSDK - this version runs ONLY OculusSDK for everyone that prefers to run RPE using the OculusSDK
- pre-update - the last stable update, if you are running a big party and a bug appears you can roll back to this safe option
- retroversion - the version of the game before the big features and graphics update that happened in december
- beta - this is where new features will be pushed to before we set them live
Let us know if you like this in our Community Hub!
Rock on,
Danny
Lots of small improvements and bug fixes this week. IMPROVEMENTS Added Mixcast SDK! This makes it much easier to film mixed reality videos, with or without a green screen. Removed some redundant objects / models for slight FPS boost. Improved spatial audio for 4 different Nightma
Lots of small improvements and bug fixes this week.
Congratulations to Mars S Malo for his entry into the SkyBrush competition. Impressively, he completed his entry in costume and in Mixed Reality. We really liked the result and was also very timely. HAPPY NEW YEAR 2018! He wins naming rights to a building in Richie's Plank City a
Congratulations to Mars S Malo for his entry into the SkyBrush competition. Impressively, he completed his entry in costume and in Mixed Reality. We really liked the result and was also very timely. HAPPY NEW YEAR 2018!
He wins naming rights to a building in Richie's Plank City and the $50 steam voucher.
Congratulations to Mars S Malo for his entry into the SkyBrush competition. Impressively, he completed his entry in costume and in Mixed Reality. We really liked the result and was also very timely. HAPPY NEW YEAR 2018! He wins naming rights to a building in Richie's Plank City a
Congratulations to Mars S Malo for his entry into the SkyBrush competition. Impressively, he completed his entry in costume and in Mixed Reality. We really liked the result and was also very timely. HAPPY NEW YEAR 2018!
He wins naming rights to a building in Richie's Plank City and the $50 steam voucher.
After over 12 months of development and improvements, Richie's Plank Experience is finally out of Early Access. Here's how it looked then and now. Plank View THEN NOW Flying THEN NOW Thanks again for your support. Merry Christmas!
After over 12 months of development and improvements, Richie's Plank Experience is finally out of Early Access.
Here's how it looked then and now.
THEN
NOW
THEN
NOW
Thanks again for your support.
Merry Christmas!
After over 12 months of development and improvements, Richie's Plank Experience is finally out of Early Access. Here's how it looked then and now. Plank View THEN NOW Flying THEN NOW Thanks again for your support. Merry Christmas!
After over 12 months of development and improvements, Richie's Plank Experience is finally out of Early Access.
Here's how it looked then and now.
THEN
NOW
THEN
NOW
Thanks again for your support.
Merry Christmas!
Toni and I have come to the sad realisation that we can no longer be a part of the /r/Vive community. What the Hell Happened? Yesterday we posted about our grand opening update to /r/Vive . This update isn't a regular update. It is essentially a remake. Rebuilt from the ground up
Toni and I have come to the sad realisation that we can no longer be a part of the /r/Vive community.
What the Hell Happened?
Yesterday we posted about our grand opening update to /r/Vive. This update isn't a regular update. It is essentially a remake. Rebuilt from the ground up by a 3D artist, feet tracking, a nightmare mode and a bunch of surprises. For perspective, it cost us 8X more than the original Richie's Plank.
Minutes after posting, upvotes started coming in. It was upvoted to #4 spot and for a short while, it was the only post in 2 pages that wasn't about Fallout 4 VR. (which does deserve 2 pages. It's pretty damn epic) We were thrilled. Unfortunately, it was removed by the moderators before most people saw it.
We Broke the Rules
Around this time last year, we released the Santa Simulator update. I was so excited, I asked our Steam fans to upvote the post on Reddit. This broke the rules and it was removed by the moderators. Desperate, I broke the rules again to post Santa on /r/Vive. Then I doubled down and tried to mislead the moderators about this. I tried to reconcile with the moderators througout the year. I didn't receive a response.
Yesterday, we Broke the Rules Again
For the first time in a year, we broke the rules again by posting about the grand opening update. We were excited for /r/Vive to see our surprises. We used a 3rd account. The post is deleted and we're now banned again for ban evasion, probably beyond reconciliation. Please don't blame the mods. They were just following the rules.
Unfortunately, we have now come to the realisation that we can't be a part of the /r/Vive community anymore. If you don't see us being involved, it's not because we don't care.
Memories
We immediately felt connected to /r/Vive. There was this constant buzz with the giant leap in technology with proper room-scale VR. We still feel it. Here's some of our fondest memories...
First post about Richie's Plank
(Cringe. Geez it looked bad)
Hearing about different plank setups
People sharing their first experiences
WGEM Tower being named after Redditor, /u/wgem67/
What Now?
In future, we'll spend more time on the Steam Community and over at /r/SteamVR and /r/Oculus where we'll be happy to respond to any questions or comments that arise.
Goodbye /r/Vive. We will miss you.
Sincerely,
Richard Eastes
EDIT:
I want to clarify something about our vote manipulation ban. Yes, our initial ban was because of vote manipulation. It was the wording we used when we shared the Santa Simulator reddit post in 2016 on steam. The wording was "If you like the Santa Simulator update, please share the love on /r/vive" Although an honest mistake, we agree that this was technically vote manipulation. We suspect it was filtered by a sensitive bot/tool. Interestingly, at the same time, it was organically voted to the top of /r/gaming so I doubt the /r/vive vote manipulation made much difference.
Our 2 intentional offences after that were from creating new accounts out of desperation to stay involved in the /r/vive reddit. After 12 months of attempted reconciliation with no response, we had to say formally say goodbye. I hope that clears some things up.
Toni and I have come to the sad realisation that we can no longer be a part of the /r/Vive community. What the Hell Happened? Yesterday we posted about our grand opening update to /r/Vive . This update isn't a regular update. It is essentially a remake. Rebuilt from the ground up
Toni and I have come to the sad realisation that we can no longer be a part of the /r/Vive community.
What the Hell Happened?
Yesterday we posted about our grand opening update to /r/Vive. This update isn't a regular update. It is essentially a remake. Rebuilt from the ground up by a 3D artist, feet tracking, a nightmare mode and a bunch of surprises. For perspective, it cost us 8X more than the original Richie's Plank.
Minutes after posting, upvotes started coming in. It was upvoted to #4 spot and for a short while, it was the only post in 2 pages that wasn't about Fallout 4 VR. (which does deserve 2 pages. It's pretty damn epic) We were thrilled. Unfortunately, it was removed by the moderators before most people saw it.
We Broke the Rules
Around this time last year, we released the Santa Simulator update. I was so excited, I asked our Steam fans to upvote the post on Reddit. This broke the rules and it was removed by the moderators. Desperate, I broke the rules again to post Santa on /r/Vive. Then I doubled down and tried to mislead the moderators about this. I tried to reconcile with the moderators througout the year. I didn't receive a response.
Yesterday, we Broke the Rules Again
For the first time in a year, we broke the rules again by posting about the grand opening update. We were excited for /r/Vive to see our surprises. We used a 3rd account. The post is deleted and we're now banned again for ban evasion, probably beyond reconciliation. Please don't blame the mods. They were just following the rules.
Unfortunately, we have now come to the realisation that we can't be a part of the /r/Vive community anymore. If you don't see us being involved, it's not because we don't care.
Memories
We immediately felt connected to /r/Vive. There was this constant buzz with the giant leap in technology with proper room-scale VR. We still feel it. Here's some of our fondest memories...
First post about Richie's Plank
(Cringe. Geez it looked bad)
Hearing about different plank setups
People sharing their first experiences
WGEM Tower being named after Redditor, /u/wgem67/
What Now?
In future, we'll spend more time on the Steam Community and over at /r/SteamVR and /r/Oculus where we'll be happy to respond to any questions or comments that arise.
Goodbye /r/Vive. We will miss you.
Sincerely,
Richard Eastes
EDIT:
I want to clarify something about our vote manipulation ban. Yes, our initial ban was because of vote manipulation. It was the wording we used when we shared the Santa Simulator reddit post in 2016 on steam. The wording was "If you like the Santa Simulator update, please share the love on /r/vive" Although an honest mistake, we agree that this was technically vote manipulation. We suspect it was filtered by a sensitive bot/tool. Interestingly, at the same time, it was organically voted to the top of /r/gaming so I doubt the /r/vive vote manipulation made much difference.
Our 2 intentional offences after that were from creating new accounts out of desperation to stay involved in the /r/vive reddit. After 12 months of attempted reconciliation with no response, we had to say formally say goodbye. I hope that clears some things up.
This is Toni and Richard from Richie's Plank Experience. Below you'll see details of a rebuilt city, feet tracking, nightmare mode and a few other surprises that came out today. Announcement video here (8min) If you have any questions, we're here to answer them for you. REBUILT C
This is Toni and Richard from Richie's Plank Experience.
Below you'll see details of a rebuilt city, feet tracking, nightmare mode and a few other surprises that came out today. Announcement video here (8min)
If you have any questions, we're here to answer them for you.
The city has now been rebuilt from the ground up. Textures, buildings, rooftops, interiors, sky, roads, the plank, elevator. Pretty much everything has been rebuilt. We admit, the early versions looked pretty bad.
Old Version
New Version
New Version from the Ground
Here's how it works:
Vive Controllers
Using a rubber band, attach the controller upside down, with the head of the controller on the outside of your shoe. This works pretty well, straight out of the box. Attach additional rubber bands if it's not tight enough. Please note that flying and other levels won't work since you obviously won't be able to use your hands. Feet tracking enables hands free mode.
Vive Tracking Pucks
Great for arcades and serious VR demo fans. Screw the tracker onto some immitation Crocs (or real crocs) for a universally fitting shoe. Purchase the screw from a hardware store. You'll need to dampen harsh vibration with some rubber bands. This stop the shoe from glitching slightly. Please note, the latest update is still being uploaded to the Vivestore.
Oculus
You'll need two rubber bands for each controller. Both individually looped onto the wrist strap. Then, run them under the shoe and finally use the touch controllers' "circle of lights" to hook the rubber bands. See announcement video for details. We noticed that with most Oculus setups, camera's can't see the ground. Please promise you won't attempt this if your Oculus cameras can't fully see the ground. You'll be setting yourself up for frustration, otherwise.
Press 666 into the number panel in the elevator to enable Nightmare mode. Hope you enjoy the surprise! We'll be improving this over time. Not suitable for children.
Faster sounds. Tuned Rockets. Note: If you enable Ludicrous Speed mode in settings, you can easily die if you hit something at high speed. Pressing code 112 on the number panel will automatically give you rockets.
To celebrate coming out of early access, we're hosting a competition. Win a $50 Steam voucher and naming rights to a Building in Richie's Plank Experience. Post a photo or video of your skybrush art to Steam, Twitter or Instagram with #SkyBrush hashtag. Winner picked December 31st.
Yes, we're working on a new game. All we can say for now is that it'll involve flying and a super hero academy. ETA 2019.
It's that time of year to say Merry Christmas!
It looks better and works more smoothly. There's also an option in settings to have the sleigh automatically center itself to the center of your play space. It does this when you first enter the sleigh. Required for smaller play spaces. HO HO HO! My best score is 59 presents delivered. Can you be a better Santa?
Thank you to everyone who has supported us while in early access! We hope you enjoy this update. The early access price will finish when this post is 48 hours old, so if you've been sitting on the fence, consider buying it now. We will strive to keep bringing you bug fixes, improvements and a SPACE Y launch late next year.
This is Toni and Richard from Richie's Plank Experience. Below you'll see details of a rebuilt city, feet tracking, nightmare mode and a few other surprises that came out today. Announcement video here (8min) If you have any questions, we're here to answer them for you. REBUILT C
This is Toni and Richard from Richie's Plank Experience.
Below you'll see details of a rebuilt city, feet tracking, nightmare mode and a few other surprises that came out today. Announcement video here (8min)
If you have any questions, we're here to answer them for you.
The city has now been rebuilt from the ground up. Textures, buildings, rooftops, interiors, sky, roads, the plank, elevator. Pretty much everything has been rebuilt. We admit, the early versions looked pretty bad.
Old Version
New Version
New Version from the Ground
Here's how it works:
Vive Controllers
Using a rubber band, attach the controller upside down, with the head of the controller on the outside of your shoe. This works pretty well, straight out of the box. Attach additional rubber bands if it's not tight enough. Please note that flying and other levels won't work since you obviously won't be able to use your hands. Feet tracking enables hands free mode.
Vive Tracking Pucks
Great for arcades and serious VR demo fans. Screw the tracker onto some immitation Crocs (or real crocs) for a universally fitting shoe. Purchase the screw from a hardware store. You'll need to dampen harsh vibration with some rubber bands. This stop the shoe from glitching slightly. Please note, the latest update is still being uploaded to the Vivestore.
Oculus
You'll need two rubber bands for each controller. Both individually looped onto the wrist strap. Then, run them under the shoe and finally use the touch controllers' "circle of lights" to hook the rubber bands. See announcement video for details. We noticed that with most Oculus setups, camera's can't see the ground. Please promise you won't attempt this if your Oculus cameras can't fully see the ground. You'll be setting yourself up for frustration, otherwise.
Press 666 into the number panel in the elevator to enable Nightmare mode. Hope you enjoy the surprise! We'll be improving this over time. Not suitable for children.
Faster sounds. Tuned Rockets. Note: If you enable Ludicrous Speed mode in settings, you can easily die if you hit something at high speed. Pressing code 112 on the number panel will automatically give you rockets.
To celebrate coming out of early access, we're hosting a competition. Win a $50 Steam voucher and naming rights to a Building in Richie's Plank Experience. Post a photo or video of your skybrush art to Steam, Twitter or Instagram with #SkyBrush hashtag. Winner picked December 31st.
Yes, we're working on a new game. All we can say for now is that it'll involve flying and a super hero academy. ETA 2019.
It's that time of year to say Merry Christmas!
It looks better and works more smoothly. There's also an option in settings to have the sleigh automatically center itself to the center of your play space. It does this when you first enter the sleigh. Required for smaller play spaces. HO HO HO! My best score is 59 presents delivered. Can you be a better Santa?
Thank you to everyone who has supported us while in early access! We hope you enjoy this update. The early access price will finish when this post is 48 hours old, so if you've been sitting on the fence, consider buying it now. We will strive to keep bringing you bug fixes, improvements and a SPACE Y launch late next year.
So our update is delayed by a few days. Really sorry about that. We wanted to add a little more polish and make sure Santa Simulator is still included. In the meantime.... First person to guess what happens when you answer this phone, will get a building named after them.
So our update is delayed by a few days. Really sorry about that. We wanted to add a little more polish and make sure Santa Simulator is still included.
In the meantime.... First person to guess what happens when you answer this phone, will get a building named after them.