Ship It: VR block stacking puzzle gameplay on HTC Vive
12Gameplay from Ship It, a block stacking puzzle game where you prepare boxes for shipment by arranging blocks.
Ship It is a $14.99 VR game for HTC Vive where you are a factory worker who has to fill boxes of various shapes and colors with blocks. The blocks have to match the color of the box and have to fill up every empty slot in the block. The game has multiple game modes, including Endurance where you work until you commit too many infractions, and Deadline where you have 3 minutes to ship as many boxes as possible.
Official game description of Ship It on Steam:
"ABOUT THIS GAME
Fast-paced block stacking VR fun! Fill a box with a variety of colorful shapes, then ship the box to earn your wage before the 'workday' is over. Designed for VR, you will enjoy physical satisfaction when grabbing blocks from the conveyor field, rotating them with you hands, then smashing them into their boxes.
Pack fast! These blocks contain volatile commodities and won’t last long outside of their containment fields. The supervisor is watching your every move, so losing a block will lead to a citation and your wages will be docked.
CHOOSE HOW TO STRUCTURE YOUR WORKDAY:
-Training - Block Stacking 101 guides new employees through the basics of stacking and shipping.
-Deadline - Test how productive you can be when under a tight 3 minute timer. The production line speeds up as the deadline gets closer. (Great for passing around the VR headset and challenging friends)
-Endurance - Pack boxes as fast as you can, but earn too many citations for exploded blocks, and your workday is over!
-Break Time (Coming Soon) – It is said ‘play is the highest form of research’. So why don’t you go ahead and rearrange the room, experiment, and stack blocks however you like in your off time. No wages earned and blocks are non-volatile.
-Special Order (Coming Soon) – Fill a series of increasingly difficult customer orders, earning higher wages the faster you complete the task. These special customers demand perfectly packed boxes and don’t supply any extra parts, so figure out how to pack them full without wasting any pieces.
ENJOY AMAZING FEATURES:
-Leaderboards track the highest earners
-Multiple game play modes
-Comedic story content and training from your management supervisor
-10+ levels of difficulty
-Eight different box sizes to pack
-Five main block shapes with three different face types
-VR-friendly physical controls
-Surprisingly amusing hand gestures
-Color-blind friendly
-Oculus Touch support coming soon
-Best for Room Scale VR, but now supports standing room only!
PLANNED FUTURE UPDATES:
-Competitive Online Multiplayer
-Cooperative Online Multiplayer
-Motivators and Demotivators to power-up your workday…or hinder your coworkers
-Semi-random shape generation for some game modes"
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Computer Specs:
OS: Windows 10 64bit
Video Card: GeForce GTX 1080
Memory: 32 gigs
Processor: 4.0 GHz Intel Core i7-5820K
Motherboard: MSI X99S GAMING 9 ACK EATX LGA2011-3
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