SAFTEY ADVICE: This adventure can get intense!  If your not used to intense VR experiences then please take care and it's advised that you initially play this game whilst sitting for your own safety.

Marooned!

Experience the thrill of being marooned on a desert island, feel the fear of utter isolation get obliterated by the power of survival. When rescue isn't an option you must save yourself.  Gain vital survival skills, find clues and craft items that will help you discover a way off the island.

This VR game was developed to be a standalone game for Oculus headsets without the need for an internet connection so you can play where ever you wish, so go discover the island you may even discover places that lay undiscovered where no human has set foot including the developers of this game!

You start the game locked inside a log cabin, find a way to escape and explore the island, travel anywhere you wish your only boundary is the ocean.  The last poor souls trapped kept a journal as they worked on an escape plan, sadly they never managed to see it through but maybe you can.  The journal has long since deteriorated but some pages remain, these remaining parchments are strewn about the island, they have drawings on them which hold clues, certain drawings may be maps if they have a compass heading on them and some parchments contain drawings that will teach you new skills.  If you find any of these study them carefully and question every little detail from the number of items depicted to the direction of small things like footprints and arrows.

We don't want to give to much away and spoil the fun but there is so much more to this game than first meets the eye, the island holds many secrets and you'll face many challenges along your adventure.  One challenge in particular involves climbing across piece's of rope knotted together high above a valley floor, for a good workout try climbing across using only your hands!

You can climb the mountains, abseil down sheer cliff faces or walk through deep valleys and eerie dark forests, you can even swim in the ocean or lakes and if you can find them you can explore sub terraranan caves and ice sake on a frozen lake.  Alternatively you could just relax on the sandy beaches, no matter where your adventure takes you always keep a look out for pages of the journal.

Skills, Abilities & Crafting Tools

You can craft useful tools in the game by placing certain items together, some items take skill to craft which you'll need to learn, learning new skills or gaining abilities is done by reading certain parchments or finding special items and you'll receive a game message when you do.  (see below).

Game messages & Heads up display (HUD)

You will receive game messages through the HUD which displays them in your field of view, when you gain any skills or abilities in the game you will receive a message, they will appear for a few seconds but you can press the "A" button on your left controller to read the message again.

Health

You can find a watch in the game that has sensors to monitor your health without this watch you'll have to rely on your hearing, if you hear your heart beat it's a sign to slow down and take it easy the less energy you use the faster you will heal unless you are freezing to death or drowning then you'll need to move and move fast!

Finding hidden treasure on your journey will help boost your moral this contributes to healing from minor injuries you gain along your adventure, small injuries can take a toll so be carful.

Avoid getting stung by poisonous insects they usually nest around water and their stings contain a poison which slows down your ability to heal.

You also use up health diving underwater, the rate you use up health depends on how deep you dive. Buoyancy also becomes a factor when swimming, rocks will have a negative effect on your buoyancy and logs will have a positive effect, so be mindful of what objects you have in your backpack before jumping into deep water, the last thing you want to do is jump into deep water carrying a backpack full of rocks unless you want to quickly sink to the bottom.

Save Game

The game remembers if you destroy or move anything except for barrels and talismans these items reset to their original location once you die or exit, you'll need to reach a game save point to keep these items.  Game save points are mostly the cabins, once you enter a cabin the game will automatically save your progress. To start a brand new game press the dial on your watch or burn the interactive scroll in a log fire, both methods will clear your progress and start a new game from the very beginning (this cannot be undone).

Guardian floor level:

The floor level in the game can be adjusted by changing the floor level in the guardian.

Controls & settings scroll

When the game starts you will find a scroll hanging on the cabin wall, this scroll contains the game controls and settings, using this scroll you can create a more personalised gaming experience.  you can customise your virtual hands by making a pointing gesture with your thumb down and touching a skin tone on the scroll.

Hint:

Follow the butterfly's

Special items you can find on the island:

Rare Gold Coins

There is more than one kind of treasure on the island, there's chests of gold and also treasure in the form of rare gold coins, these are not just coins however they are in fact talismans that emit a strange energy, you'll know when you find one so watch out for them along your adventure.

The island may seem tranquil some might say it's a paradise but be under no illusion this island is a treacherous place.

A word to the wise always keep alert when climbing the narrow mountain paths where one miss step will be your last!  The forests are dark and dangerous places these should never be entered unless you have quick reflexes and if you dare to swim in the deep lakes stay calm because if you panic its game over!  Not forgetting the ocean there are strong currents around the island that can easily drag you out to sea and the ocean has a way of relaxing you so you forget how much danger your in!

This adventure is not for the faint of heart, it will take great skill and will test your survival instincts to their core.

Before you go to the island only an elite few will ever manage to escape it, if your are one of them you will have earned the right to be on the escapees wall of fame, which hanging in the island tavern.

To be added to the wall of fame you must to send us an email with the title ESCAPED and in the email text leave the player name you wish to be on the parchment and tell us what happens when you escape the island including what's on the last parchment.

Wall of Fame email: escaped@juicygrapeapps.com

Game controls:

When playing the game you have virtual hands (looking a bit cut and bruised from your adventures) which mimic your actual hand movements or poses when you use the Oculus touch controllers, you can grab items by squeezing the controller then throw or drop the item by loosening your grip.

To swim through water press both hand triggers then move your hands to turn in the water just press one trigger. when you are swimming you can release a trigger to swim one handed.

To open and close doors grab the door or far grabbing them will also work.

You can grab objects at a distance by preforming a pinching action, pinch softly and a beam appears, point this beam at the item you wish to grab and pinch harder, if you are in range and the item can be grabbed it will start to move towards you,  bring it right to your hand and then grab it or place it directly into your backpack by clicking the thumb stick.  If you stop pinching before you have the item it will return to it's original position.

You can combined certain objects in the game by grabbing them in each hand and placing them together. 

You can also wear or look through certain objects by bringing them close to your face then take them off by moving them away or release the item to keep wearing it until you pull them off or put them in your backpack.

You can point your finger with your thumb down to press any button or clasp in the game, you can use this on the interactive scroll (above) to change the hands skin tone for a more personalised experience. 

Backpack

You carry an unseen backpack with you that can be used to store items, to store an item in the backpack just drop it behind your head, to search through the backpack make a grabbing action behind your head then each backpack item will appear in front of you so you can simply grab it, or continue searching by preforming grabbing actions.  If you skip passed an item use your other hand to search back through items.  If you just wish to clear an item in front of you preform a far grab briefly without actually grabbing the item.

Player Movement:

Turning Player

Turning in game can either have a smooth or a snap rotation when using the right thumb stick, the control scroll has these options at the bottom, you can select, just point at the one you prefer. 

Move left thumb stick: 

Move in any direction to move about the environment.

Move right thumb stick: 

Move to left or right to turn around if your playing sitting down otherwise if you are playing standing or moving you can just turn around.

Move up or down to increase or decrease energy, you can use this to climb ropes or increase speed of walking but this comes at a cost as using energy will slower your healing. 

Click any thumb stick: 

Clicking either thumb stick to jump or release grappling hook if attached.

Triggers: 

Apart from being used for grabbing near and far objects, triggers are also used to fire a dart from a blow pipe when raised to your mouth.

You can also press any trigger when the game over parchment (skull and crossbones) appears this restarts the game from the last save point which is usually the last cabin you entered, you restart with all the items in your backpack even those collected after last save however if you exit the game before reaching another save point these items will be lost.

To start a brand new game from the very beginning you'll need to be wearing the watch in the game and press the centre dial on the watch.

'A' Button: 

Reviews last HUD message received or will do nothing if you haven't received a message.

If you have any questions or need any support you can contact us by going to our contact page or by email at:

marooned@juicygrapeapps.com