Tiny Castles is a VR action puzzle game designed completely around a patented hand-tracking technology. Players use their own hands, and can articulate them in many real-world ways to interact with objects, characters and the world around them.
The design question was simple: if the hand is the controller, what should a hand be able to do without being taught? Every interaction starts from something a person already knows how to do.
PLATFORM
Oculus Quest (App Lab)
INPUT
Hand tracking
GENRE
Action puzzle
PRICE
Free on App Lab, per the trailer
DESIGNED AROUND THE HAND
Grab and pinch. Pick things up, pull and pinch levers.
Force grab and force push. Reach for objects at a distance and push them away.
Tether teleportation. Move through the level with a hand gesture.
Punch obelisks, press pressure plates. The whole hand, not just the fingertips, can solve a puzzle.
A Playground to learn in. A built-in Playground lets players try each interaction in four tiers: Basic, Intermediate, Advanced and Experimental.
IMAGES
A single hand reaching through a doorway.Both hands casting fire.The Playground menu, with its four tiers.Oculus Quest, the headset it runs on.
VIDEOS
Tiny Castles - Trailer - An Oculus Quest ‘App Lab’ game
Tiny Castles Oculus Quest Hand Tracking action puzzle game!
