Vajont VR
Artheria · 2022 · Choose Your Own Adventure, Choices Matter, Interactive Fiction, Story Rich, Dialogue Heavy
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5 user reviews60% · 5
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About Vajont VR
"Vajont" is the name of a dam in Northern Italy, built in a valley of the same name. In 1963, during a test, the water that filled the dam basin caused a massive landslide. A giant wave was created and it destroyed the nearby villages: the "Vajont Disaster" remains one of the greatest Italian tragedies since the end of World War II.
This piece is an interactive first-person experience that was inspired by real events. Some hours before the flood, a wife and her husband - inhabitants of the area - are talking about their future: the wife senses the risk and wants to leave, while the husband refuses any idea of danger.
Can we accept the idea of having to protect ourselves from something that is part of us - the place we were born in? You, in the shoes of the woman, have the opportunity to move into the space, interact with objects, and make choices that influence the course of the narration.
Are they going to leave (thus saving their life), or are they going to stay?
That is up to you.
This piece is an interactive first-person experience that was inspired by real events. Some hours before the flood, a wife and her husband - inhabitants of the area - are talking about their future: the wife senses the risk and wants to leave, while the husband refuses any idea of danger.
Can we accept the idea of having to protect ourselves from something that is part of us - the place we were born in? You, in the shoes of the woman, have the opportunity to move into the space, interact with objects, and make choices that influence the course of the narration.
Are they going to leave (thus saving their life), or are they going to stay?
That is up to you.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
[h1]Experienced on the Meta Quest 2[/h1] You can view my review & gameplay here: https://youtu.be/uZrhCBEvzBg Vajont VR is a narrative-driven game / educational - historical app (edutainment?). It's very heavy on the cinematics, with very few, simple interactions, most of them being point & click. The experience is based on a real-life event, the Vajont dam landslide disaster in Italy in 1963. The app is a fictional recreation of a couple discussing whether they should leave their home or stay (they don't know if the threat is real or not). Whole thing takes about 22-30 minutes, for one playthrough, but you'll probably want to do 2 separate playthroughs to see all the dialogues. There are three possible endings. App / game is running on the Unity Engine. On my RTX 3080, I was getting a steady 90 fps, even with resolution scale set at 2.0 and anti-aliasing all the way up. I did not experience any issues or bugs. Only teleportation is available, along with snap turning. Most interactions are point & click, but you do grab some things, including the door or the faucet. Most of the experience is just listening to dialogue and then choosing one of two reactions. I thought this app h…8 found this helpful
Vajont VR is a paid program that is an VR experience about a historical event. It worked on my HTC Vive and Index system, looked ok, played ok, sounded ok, was understandable. Has a choice of languages English and Italian, and voice overs in English was clear and understandable. I had no clue of what was going on about this historical event till i got to the end. Has choices you can make that matter. Has teleport for the VR movement and you need to be standing. They give your avatar a full body. Very short story. Maybe buy this VR experience on sale, if you like history, but maybe not worth the price. I got a free key for this from the Steam Curator program. [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/23133713-VIVE-VR/]ViVE VR curator group[/url]4 found this helpful
Do you know the feeling when you go to a museum and then there are headphones hanging around or the same video clip is running on a monitor in an endless loop and you think to yourself ... Boring! This VR experience is something like the answer to that. It tells an interesting short story with different endings and you feel transported to a different time and situation. Since it is not long but limited to what is relevant, I also was interested to try another way after my first attempt.4 found this helpful
It was short but I liked the animations, it was wonderfully made.
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