I should have been posting about this before now, but here it is...
The short sweet version is that we are reaching the end of our project for HVRE 2018. The game is now titled Catopia. It's a mobile AR game. If you are interested in testing for us please fill out this short form so we can send you a link. Testing will be done at your leisure December 1, 2018 through December 15, 2018. https://goo.gl/forms/q4JpVOHRKMBS0wj63
Now here's the nitty gritty...
In January 2018 HVREdev started a new experiment we called "role-play studio." During this experiment we would each perform the role we wanted experience in most for a mock game studio that was to make a mobile AR game within 12 months. Others in the group voiced a desire to get leadership experience, so I stepped back to be the "client" to make room for others to be "project managers" but still be available for feedback. We had as many as 20 people working on the project at one time from around the world, we met online every week, and in the first few months had a demo worthy of entering a competition, Sweden VR . Alas, it proved to be a lot of work and most of the contributors were students or professionals that ran out of time, and we are down to a team of 8 finishing up the project. As the client, I revised the scope to around 20% of what it once was. We removed collecting items using map data, which was sad but needed, and focused on interacting with the cat first, and crafting second to make it more fun. We narrowed our scope to just two levels as a playable demo. If we get enough interest, we plan to continue development as a project for profit using Crowdsourcer.
Now we are reaching the final month and a half. We will be doing our public testing for two weeks in December. Please help us out if you have time. We'd love to get your feedback.