Daring VR adventure Eye of the Temple announced for Quest 2!

Accompanying the announcement is a brand-new trailer showcasing what the temple has in store for every adventurer.

A blue bird looks at you before flying into the depths of a mysterious temple. You get the sense it has something to tell you.

Explore a vast and treacherous temple in the daring room-scale VR adventure Eye of the Temple. Keep your balance and wits about you as you step between moving blocks, dodging hazardous traps and solving environmental puzzles with only your torch and whip. As you explore the temple complex and its past, you might uncover the mystery of the Eye and find yourself becoming part of its legend.

Features:

• Traverse a vast environment:Eye of the Temple makes unique use of room-scale VR to deliver an experience of navigating an expansive space. Lose yourself in the depths of the temple without teleportation, artificial locomotion, or other distractions.
• Use a fully physically simulated whip: Wield your trusty whip to grab levers and defend yourself from threats. Before long, you’ll have mastered it as a reliable tool and effective weapon, smacking enemies left and right. 
• An experience played with your own body: Step onto blocks, flick levers, stay on top of rolling cylinders, and dodge obstacles. Eye of the Temple is an exciting experience you’ll play not with controller buttons, but your body. It’s a physical game designed to be easily approachable regardless of whether you normally play video games.
• Search for secret areas and treasures: The Great Temple holds secrets that only the most observant would stand any chance of finding. Be on the lookout during your playthrough, or return to search the temple after finishing the game.
• Unlockable speedrun challenges: If you’re an extra daring adventurer, you can unlock speedrun challenges where you can build up incredible speed for a true test of your reflexes and temple-running prowess. 

Reception of PC VR launch

With 94% positive reviews on Steam, Eye of the Temple has garnered fantastic reception for its technological innovations. UploadVR stated its original Steam release is “a great reminder of just how powerfully immersive VR can really be.” Now that it’s making its way to Quest 2, it’s poised to capture new audiences with its innovative room-scale VR functionality, which delivers the experience of navigating an expansive temple complex. 

Quote from the dev

“I’ve worked extensively with Salmi Games to bring my vision of Eye of the Temple to life on the Quest 2,” says Rune Skovbo Johansen. “A lot of the game’s visuals, such as the lighting and water effects, had to be reimplemented from scratch in order to retain the same aesthetic on the lower-powered hardware. We also had to create our own manual occlusion system to supplement the engine’s built-in solution in order to support the game’s expansive world. We’re proud of the result and can’t wait for players to experience the game on its new platform.”

Press release: Rune Skovbo Johansen