HOME: Our Journey

HOME: Our Journey

Kavan Bahrami · 2019 · Simulation, VR, Indie, Space Sim

PC
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About HOME: Our Journey

Explore the Solar System! Stand next to the Sun and gain perspective for the true vastness of space beyond our home planet.

You're in control of this virtual orrery. Fast-forward and rewind time itself as you highlight planetary orbits and discover a bit more about your nearest celestial neighbors.

Are you curious to know how the planets were aligned on your birthday? Want to check out specific moments of celestial alignment? Hopefully, because that's about it for the moment. Enjoy!

HOME is not a complete experience:


It is very much a current work-in-progress. It is being built with, and for the moment has only been tested on, the Vive HMD with generation one ‘wand’ controllers. Other headsets and controllers may currently work, but I haven't yet put any effort into testing if they do.

HOME is an interactive section of a larger experience currently in active development:


Updates will be pushed out as more sections are fleshed out. Future versions will expand on the current Solar System model as well as add deeper dives into our home planet and the other planets in our Solar System.

Please, send me feedback. I've made the development process public at this stage to encourage a feedback cycle. Are there any celestial bodies you would like to see added?

The recommended system requirements below are what I use. If your system does, or doesn't, run properly please let me know so I can better get a feel for how demanding the experience is...

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Not recommended May 1, 2022
HOME is not a game. Games contain meaningful gamelike interaction and game loops, which are absent in this software. HOME is self-described as a "virtual orrery", and for those who don't know, an orrery is an old mechanical model of the solar system where you can observe various planets and their orbits. So it should be no surprise to anyone that a virtual representation of something which isn't a game doesn't suddenly become a game just because it's running on a computer. For those unfamiliar with what actually makes something a game, a "game loop" describes the interaction and feedback a gamer has when playing a game. Tetris, for example, has a game loop where a random block appears, the gamer interacts with the block to position it, and then the game decides if that finishes a row or not, increases the players score if any rows were completed, then gives the gamer another block to position. Counter-Strike has a game loop where a player seeks another player, tests their skill against that player by shooting them or being shot, the computer rewards the player if they win, and then if the player survives, they repeat that loop. There's no loop here, no true interactive feed…
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Recommended Sep 2, 2021
HOME: Our Journey is a free to play virtual orrery. It worked on my HTC Vive and Index system, looked ok, played ok, sounded ?. Brief journey through space in our solar system. Says you can change the time to see the positional changes. Dev says this program is still WIP. Try this free virtual solar system, if you are interested in space science.
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Recommended Apr 12, 2024
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Recommended Nov 7, 2025
Игра 'HOME: Our Journey' - это трогательное приключение о любви, потере и возвращении домой. Визуальный стиль, выполненный в минималистичной, но выразительной пиксельной графике, создает атмосферу меланхолии и тоски. Сюжет разворачивается медленно, позволяя игроку прочувствовать боль потери главного героя и его отчаянное желание воссоединиться со своей семьей. Геймплей прост, но эффективен: игрок исследует окружающий мир, собирает предметы и решает несложные головоломки. Главная сила игры кроется в повествовании, которое подается через диалоги, записки и визуальные образы. Музыкальное сопровождение идеально дополняет атмосферу, усиливая эмоциональное воздействие на игрока. Несмотря на свою простоту, 'HOME: Our Journey' оставляет глубокое впечатление. Это игра, которая заставляет задуматься о важных жизненных ценностях, таких как семья, любовь и дом. Рекомендуется всем, кто ищет эмоционально насыщенный и запоминающийся игровой опыт.

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