Babel Builder

Note: VR recommended, but not required, both work just fine!
(Tested with HTC Vive, Windows Mixed Reality, Oculus Rift and Oculus Quest 2 with Oculus Link, also see additional instructions for VR below)

A tower building game made for the 2020 Epic MegaJam.

Gameplay instructions:

Direct your citizens to build the world's highest tower, reaching beyond the clouds!

Pick up citizens and place them near trees or rocks to let them gather them.

Place your citizens near or on the tower to let them build.

Explore your island to find more citizens to recruit.

Enjoy the unique music all over the island played on various medieval instruments!

Controls:

Grip button or right mouse button: pick up your citizens

Trigger or left mouse button: throw your citizens (hold to throw further in non-VR)

Touchpad, thumbstick, A or X button: teleport in VR (depending on your VR system)

WASD: walk in non-VR

Additional Instructions for VR:

To throw in VR, hold down the trigger while holding citizens, move your controller in the direction you want to throw them and release the trigger while moving your controller. If done well, you should be able to throw your citizens quite far and/or high (higher than the finished tower). Be careful though, furniture was harmed during the making of this game.

Unfortunately, throwing does not seem to work properly if you play the game through Virtual Desktop, however you can still play and finish the game.

Credits:

Made by:
Arne Bezuijen
Zhi Kang Shao
Joël van Neerbos
Mark Kloeg

Music recordings provided by:
Mark Kloeg – Music, Harp, Clavichord, Organetto
Dominique Bentvelsen – Double Bass
Pedro Lopes e Castro – Recorder
Paul Kloeg – Lute
Paul van Nispen – Dundun, Bodhran
Sofia Diniz – Treble Viol