Hey Pizza Masters!
It's been a while since our last announcement or update on the game, and we are really sorry about that.
We had a huge issue with burnout as a team and weren't able to continue updating the game. With lockdown happening and only having access to one VR headset to work with, as well as personal circumstances, it made it difficult to work.
However, the long awaited and long due time has come, and we wanted to let you know that the Pizza Master VR dev team is back and more motivated than ever to deliver the game to full release.
So what have we been working on?
- Performance. We know the game never performed the best, so we have been profiling and using analytics to figure out the bottlenecks, and have been working heavily on this.
- Port to the Universal Render Pipeline. While we had to redo most of the materials and shaders, there is now a huge increase in performance, and minimal impact on visual quality.
Do you notice any difference?
- Remaster of almost every model in the game. Some of these you will not notice the difference, as some are just remade for performance(e.g lower poly's, less materials). But you will notice some of the models will have some extra detail or higher resolution texture, but with no additional performance overhead.
- Restructuring of the Pizza Master code base. A good code base is essential for being able to easily extend and refine the game, so a lot of work is being done on that.
What about the features?
- We have been working on the Zombie mode. In this mode you have to make pizzas in time and throw them to infected customers to eat, before they come eat you.
Here is a little preview of the food stand you will be fighting from.
- Potentially a new online multiplayer mode called Clash of the Pizza Chefs. Do a cook off battle with a friend, more news will come regarding that.
- New ingredients. We'll have polls on social media to decide what to add.
- Yes, the accursed controller/sprint bug... that will be addressed.
Oculus Release
A lot of these updates are also to prepare for the Oculus Store release, for both the Rift S and Quest platforms. We are determined to optimize the game to a degree that it runs on the Quest natively, while having minimal compromise on visuals.
While these updates have not been released yet, we are working to have at least 60% of what was listed to get released as an update before October 10th.
We have also been working on our social media more, so please follow us on Facebook and Instagram, and check out our swanky new website too :)
We also have Facebook, Twitter, and a website for our studio too, please follow to support us!
We're grateful for the messages you've all been sending us, and we really want to thank you for your patience and understanding.
We want to bring this to full release as much as you guys, stay tuned for more updates!
-The Pizza Master VR Team