Butterfly Catcher VR (DEMO)

In Butterfly Catcher you are an entomologist who has come to a beautiful and mysterious island entirely inhabited by butterflies. Freely explore the open-world, capturing all the different species of butterflies for your studies. Visit the different  Japanese-inspired landmarks hand-placed around the map. Go back to your Base to relax and deposit your butterflies. Discover hidden areas with even more butterflies to catch!

This is a demo for a game was developed by a team of French game design students for their final year exam.

Features:

• The Map: Features multiple distinct areas created by our art team, fully immersive and explorable through VR.

• The Net:  Your trusty net, once you have a butterfly in it, complete the capture challenge to keep in in.

• Capture Challenge: Once you have a butterfly, capture the spheres that appear in order to confirm the capture.

• Jars: Once you have completed the challenge, open a jar with the trigger button on the controller and put the butterfly in, it's now ready to be released back at the Base.

• The Base: Currently has two Vivariums where you can release your butterflies once you have them in a jar. Visit them anytime you like and admire your collection.

• Movement: Directly move with the joystick to be stealthy. Press the button on either controller to teleport, you move faster but be careful: the further you teleport, the more sound you generate, scaring the butterflies.

• The Butterfly Index: Keep track of your collection of butterflies and access the teleport function.

• The Utility Belt: A handy way of storing the net and your jars around your waist

This game was developed with the Oculus Rift S and HTC Vive using Unity's SteamVR asset but should be compatible with Valve Index.

Game Design Team

• Alexis Sonnier - Project Manager
• Arcadia Jacob - Lead Programmer
• Aaron Mai - Level Artist
• Léni Beguin - Sound Designer
• Nathanel Angevin - Level Design/Programmer
• Charles Moeuf-Courtois - Lead Game Designer
• Clément Gallardo - Art Director

Art Team

• Romain Maistre-Bazin - 3D Artist
• Thibault Empereur - 3D Artist
• Bastien Maistre-Bazin - 3D Artist
• Guillaume Perret - 3D Artist
• Maeliss Giraud - 3D Artist
• Sid Gapihan - 3D Artist
• Laura Vuillerme - Concept Artist
• Sophie Kinet - Concept Artist
• Emilie Bartlett-Rawlings - Concept Artist
• Valentin Petiteau - Composer

Find more artwork by Aaron Mai here