{"id":137,"date":"2025-11-30T23:28:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T18:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.proximaprojects.com\/blog\/?p=137"},"modified":"2025-12-16T04:57:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T23:57:52","slug":"deep-sleep-vr-devlog-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.proximaprojects.com\/blog\/deep-sleep-vr-devlog-3\/","title":{"rendered":"DEEP SLEEP VR: devlog 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>So there is a reason I don&#8217;t usually talk about projects while their in progress, and it&#8217;s because I am terrible at estimating how long something will take, and I have no idea how to account for unexpected challenges or emergencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All this to say, the game is nearly done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DEEP SLEEP VR: Official trailer\" width=\"422\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D--7k0_k4Mg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a video installation at at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/publicartottawa\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/publicartottawa\">Karsh-Masson Gallery<\/a> in Ottawa on view now until early 2026. The installation there is excerpts from the intro and some of the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steam page will be up soon, just putting together a game-play trailer now!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many things to be done still, but soon it&#8217;ll mostly be fine tuning things and adding details. Really re-thinking release date, so I will share that when things are finalized. I want to get everything done ASAP but I also don&#8217;t want to burn out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From what I have right now, I am not sure how <em>fun <\/em>the game will be but it&#8217;s barely a game to begin with and I knew that from the start. It&#8217;s more of a little movie where someone is talking at you the whole time. Maybe I am underselling it, regardless I think it will be cool. I am starting to be concerned about receiving feedback from players, I just don&#8217;t want anyone to think it is <em>stupid<\/em>, or <em>ugly<\/em>. If they think it&#8217;s boring that&#8217;s fine. But I want to make sure it is at least worth the small price I will be asking to sell it, just to keep it out of the under $5 &amp; free categories on Steam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I will be giving out free keys, so if you happen to be reading this and you think you&#8217;ll want a key, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/proximaprojects.com\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"proximaprojects.com\">proximaprojects.com<\/a> and sign up for the email list!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So there is a reason I don&#8217;t usually talk about projects while their in progress, and it&#8217;s because I am terrible at estimating how long something will take, and I have no idea how to account for unexpected challenges or emergencies. All this to say, the game is nearly done. 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