Zach Tsiakalis-Brown @MrZulubo Twitter profile

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Zach Tsiakalis-Brown

7 months

I'm leaving twitter. Elon has irreparably fucked this website and it's simply not fun to be on here anymore. If you want to keep in touch or follow my work, I've set up a linktree:

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Zach Tsiakalis-Brown

@MrZulubo

2 years

null propagation is NOT funny. Game engines only do this when they are very stressed.

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2 years

Mfs be like "Wow this beta is so fun! I can't wait for the full game!" like bitch you won't be playing it, The Fog is Coming 😭😂😂

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Damn it this popped off and I accidentally typed null propagation instead of nan propagation

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8 months

Trying out making some short tutorials on lesser-known gamedev tricks! I want to share my esoteric knowledge

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@MrZulubo

2 years

maurice hd???

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2 years

@Tones3D Yeah write a shader involving convolution and set any pixel to NaN. Convoluting it will set nearby pixels to NaN too, repeat every frame and you get this

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@MrZulubo

5 years

More fun with my volumetric parallax shader. Thinking with Gordles!

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@MrZulubo

2 years

Very disappointed in the current direction of the vr industry. Facebook’s vision for vr is a sterile, corporate, privately owned dystopia, and it’s doing irreparable damage to public perception of vr. It’s hard to see a way forward from here honestly.

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@MrZulubo

1 year

@drmistercody it's wild that there's universal consensus that touch screens are worse than physical dashboards but these tech bro designers keep adding them

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@MrZulubo

3 years

At this 2 year anniversary I must reiterate: you’re not a real half life alyx fan unless you got in line at 3am to get the physical edition day 1 😤

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@MrZulubo

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me and @GetGianni communicating through jermas chat

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@MrZulubo

2 years

Vertigo 2 is coming on March 30th, 2023. Here's a new gameplay trailer!

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@MrZulubo

4 years

See people brushing this off because who cares about the nemesis system. But this is more about the precedent this sets! Game mechanics should not be patentable! If it becomes profitable to patent game mechanics en masse it would be reeeally bad for games as a whole

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WB Interactive has finally secured the patent to Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War's signature Nemesis system after multiple failed attempts.

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@MrZulubo

5 years

SPOILER: At the end of HLA, hidden firmware on the Valve Index is activated, causing it to latch on to your skull, perform invasive bio-synthetic modification, and turn you into a transhuman soldier. Immediately following this, Valve will reveal they were the Combine all along.

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@MrZulubo

4 years

Half life but it’s a stealth game where you play as g man and sneak around Gordon and stare at him from the distance

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Zach Tsiakalis-Brown

@MrZulubo

1 year

Extremely scummy to knowingly post AI generated nonsense and pass it off as a review.

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Zach Tsiakalis-Brown

@MrZulubo

2 years

Vertigo 2 is OUT NOW! This has been my most ambitious project ever, and I hope it was worth the wait.

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@MrZulubo

5 years

Made a magical orb based on a writeup by @HarryAlisavakis , with a few additions of my own!

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@MrZulubo

5 years

Perks of having Valve friends

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@MrZulubo

2 years

It wouldn't be a real indie fps without @GetGianni . That's why he's joined the cast of Vertigo 2, playing the charismatic security robot Officer 13.

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@MrZulubo

5 years

Starting to see people saying the #HalfLifeAlyx trailer is all keyframed, that there’s no way VR gameplay is that smooth. Y’all are gonna feel silly when you try it and realize no, the game literally just plays like that

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@MrZulubo

5 years

@MadScientistRCT huh, mine are working ok. Try verfiying integrity of game files

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3 years

bold choice in halo infinite to have you go into the citadel from half life 2

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5 years

It's weird, but this is one of the most satisfying interactions I think I've ever put together in VR

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@MrZulubo

2 years

@GreenDave113 It looks like these volumetrics are actually world space (likely only updated when on screen though) so moving to new areas gives you some time before it catches up

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@MrZulubo

5 years

Boneworks: We realistically modeled the physics of the entire body, you can even hang from a crowbar! Vertigo 2: s t r e t c h e y a r m

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@MrZulubo

4 years

more detailing lol

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@MrZulubo

4 years

Poorly Aged Things

@PoorlyAgedStuff

4 years

happy birthday

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4 years

High fidelity VR interactions for a very half-lifey health station. Now with home grown rope physics. sound on!

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@MrZulubo

10 months

Vertigo 2 got PCVR GOTY!!

Road to VR

@RtoVR

10 months

Road to VR’s 2023 Game of the Year Awards Catch them all 👉

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Zach Tsiakalis-Brown

@MrZulubo

5 years

for extra immersion play half life alyx while in an actual quarantine zone

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@MrZulubo

8 months

Secret Gamedev Tricks episode 2: Specular Probes. This is my solution to a lack of good specular highlights when using baked lighting.

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Zach Tsiakalis-Brown

@MrZulubo

5 years

It was my last day at Valve today. Thanks so much to everyone that gave me the amazing opportunity to work here for the last couple years. I’m sure I’ll return some day, but for now I’ll be making the weird jump back to being a student.

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Zach Tsiakalis-Brown

@MrZulubo

2 years

Vertigo 2 first week in review: ✅ "Essential" rating from UploadVR ✅ 9.5/10 rating from Road to VR ✅ 98% positive reviews on Steam ✅ 5 bug fix patches ☭ 62% of players joined the communists ⬡ 38% of players joined the church

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@MrZulubo

2 years

lets fucking go, 7th most popular upcoming on steam

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3 years

@DUSKdev I drew it

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@MrZulubo

9 months

gaming

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Zach Tsiakalis-Brown

@MrZulubo

3 years

one of my fave vr dev things is making satisfying chunky tactile interactions

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@MrZulubo

3 years

technical VFX tip, bake normals of smoke by lighting it with 3 RGB lights for the respective normal map axes.

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Zach Tsiakalis-Brown

@MrZulubo

2 years

yes I've been playing Control, how could you tell

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Zach Tsiakalis-Brown

@MrZulubo

5 years

Announcing Vertigo Remastered. A complete overhaul of the 2016 title utilizing modern tech, brand new systems created for Vertigo 2, updated level designs, enemies, and bosses. Check out 10 minutes of gameplay here:

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Zach Tsiakalis-Brown

@MrZulubo

2 years

do people like chapter titles in vr games

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Zach Tsiakalis-Brown

@MrZulubo

5 years

This is misleading, when you set the game to nightmare difficulty the doom slayer becomes... very stoppable

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@DOOM

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RAZE HELL as the unstoppable DOOM Slayer in DOOM Eternal. The only thing they fear… is you.

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Zach Tsiakalis-Brown

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3 years

I'm playing around with 3D terrain tiles, shoutout to @OskSta for his guide about on-the-dual tiles. This extends them to 3D for some lovely rounded corners in all dimensions!

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@MrZulubo

1 year

This stings more because it's lying about my game of course, but this is becoming a real problem. The internet is being polluted with AI hallucinations.

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Zach Tsiakalis-Brown

@MrZulubo

2 years

@ostonox 9/11 was stopped by the world trade center

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Zach Tsiakalis-Brown

@MrZulubo

4 years

so uh, i wrote a vtuber avatar app using apple's ARKit and Unity

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@MrZulubo

4 years

i'm programming rope physics

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Zach Tsiakalis-Brown

@MrZulubo

1 year

The Vertigo 2 Bottomless Update is out now! A major content update including new playable characters, gameplay mutators, and a level editor! Free to owners of Vertigo 2!

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Zach Tsiakalis-Brown

@MrZulubo

2 years

VERTIGO 2 DROPS IN 24 HOURS

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Zach Tsiakalis-Brown

@MrZulubo

5 years

splish splosh compute shaders

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Zach Tsiakalis-Brown

@MrZulubo

6 years

I just figured out how to do screen shake in VR without making the user throw up! Here's my code, feel free to test it out/use it in your game.

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@MrZulubo

1 year

fuck unity, man. How is it possible to mismanage a company so badly. Years and years of dumb features nobody asked for while the core of the engine rots, and then they try to pull this when they realize they're losing money. Incredibly embarrassing.

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Zach Tsiakalis-Brown

@MrZulubo

2 years

vr was optimistically looking to be a new medium for art, experiences, and games. It is turning into just another chance for billionaires to hoard money and power. I want no part in that.

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Zach Tsiakalis-Brown

@MrZulubo

2 years

@lackingsaint just immediately started doming cops. what a cool dude

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Zach Tsiakalis-Brown

@MrZulubo

5 years

Made another hl remix. Can't help it. HL2 Ep2 - Vortal Combat. #ReportTheVort

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@MrZulubo

2 years

The problem with the modern vr gaming industry is that vertigo 2 is not out yet. Once vertigo 2 comes out all these problems will be solved, you'll see

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Zach Tsiakalis-Brown

@MrZulubo

3 years

fuck it, Vertigo 2 screenshot time

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@MrZulubo

2 years

vertigo 2 level editor is in development 🙂

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Zach Tsiakalis-Brown

@MrZulubo

4 years

made one of those trendy mini #Blender3d tutorials

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Zach Tsiakalis-Brown

@MrZulubo

1 year

almost at 1000 reviews can we make it??

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@MrZulubo

2 years

I know most people in the tech industry are utterly lost in the sauce, but facebook is one of the most hated corporations on earth, and vr becomes more of a joke every time zuckerberg puts his face in an ad for virtual excel or whatever

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Zach Tsiakalis-Brown

@MrZulubo

5 years

Now here's a fun way to take screenshots in VR

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@MrZulubo

2 years

New Vertigo 2 trailer featuring @GetGianni ! Vertigo 2 is a built-for-VR FPS coming this March. We're making "half-like" a thing.

Vertigo 2: Half-Like (ft. Gianni Matragrano)

Learn about the game design of Vertigo 2, how it draws inspiration from the Half-Life series, and how it pushes the limits of VR gameplay.http://www.zulubo.c...

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@MrZulubo

2 years

Facebook is openly admitting that their long term plan is to have the workers forced into virtual offices that they control. This is cartoon cyberpunk villain behaviour

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@MrZulubo

5 years

hey, those who have press builds of Half-Life Alyx, stop leaking stuff or I'll beat you up 😤

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@MrZulubo

2 years

all vr games should have a selfie camera

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5 years

they're so cute when they're small.

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@MrZulubo

3 years

made a lil fan animation for @DUSKdev 's new game Iron Lung!

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@MrZulubo

5 years

Finally cleaned up and released this system that allows baked lights to cast specular highlights in #unity3d . A must-try for lovers of performance and shiny things.

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@MrZulubo

2 years

get mauriced (in vr)

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@MrZulubo

11 months

New release date trailer for Vertigo 2 on the PSVR2!! Play on December 12th, 2023. Physical edition coming February 2024.

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@MrZulubo

5 years

I did it, guys, I solved VR

I solved VR ladders maybe

Came up with a cool idea. Feel free to steal, Valve

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@MrZulubo

2 years

vertigo 2 #screenshotsaturday 😳

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@MrZulubo

1 year

Sorry for the short notice here, but the Vertigo 2 PSVR2 release has been delayed. I'll share the new release date as soon as I know!

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Zach Tsiakalis-Brown

@MrZulubo

2 years

decided to share some vertigo 2 character models for the community to have fun with

Public Assets

Shared with Dropbox

www.dropbox.com

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Zach Tsiakalis-Brown

@MrZulubo

4 years

PSA to unity VR devs. If you're using Single Pass Stereo and the post processing package, your game is getting downsampled by 50%. This is a really stupid error that has likely affected many shipped games. Fortunately, there's an easy fix.

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Zach Tsiakalis-Brown

@MrZulubo

9 months

Vertigo 2 is out now on PS5, at last!

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@MrZulubo

4 years

disclaimer, this is not a guarantee I'll be shipping anything but hey, this is pretty neat

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@MrZulubo

5 years

take back every criticism I've ever made of unity, here's the new progressive GPU lightmapper baking lighting in 8 frickin seconds

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@MrZulubo

1 year

Ironically, apple's vision pro displays an astounding lack of vision. Apple desperately wants another iphone-level success, but all they can invent is new ways to look at your iphone

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Zach Tsiakalis-Brown

@MrZulubo

1 year

A huge update to Vertigo 2 is coming on November 10th, one week away! Here's the trailer for the Bottomless Update!

Vertigo 2: Bottomless Update

The Bottomless Update will be launching soon. Dust off Vertigo 2 for this major, and final, content update!https://www.zulubo.com/vertigo2https://store.steam...

www.youtube.com

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@MrZulubo

2 years

holy shit, id apparently forced mick to work for a year without pay, paid him less than half of what they owed, and then publicly slandered him as retaliation when he complained. I hate the amount of exploitation in the games industry

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Marty Stratton, @idSoftware Studio Director, lied about @DOOM Eternal's OST events in a Reddit post that used disinformation to blame me entirely for its failure Later, he offered me a six-figure sum to never speak about it The truth is more important.

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4 years

Vertigo Remastered is coming in July, free for owners of Vertigo. Check out the full trailer at

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@MrZulubo

4 years

Vertigo just got more Vertigo. Pick up the Vertigo Remastered Sandbox DLC on October 15th. DLC and base game will be on sale, so wishlist now!

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Zach Tsiakalis-Brown

@MrZulubo

2 years

@biggestjoel Yeah a lot of people actually think it’s cool and good that the police are murderous so it’s easier for them to see it as bad when they don’t kill. The usual “what if the black teenager had it coming” deflection doesn’t work

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steam page looking kinda fresh

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@MrZulubo

5 years

yum, quantum juice

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@MrZulubo

1 year

The Vertigo 2 level editor is now in very early open beta. Try it out if you want, and give feedback! It's available on a beta branch on steam. More info -

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@MrZulubo

5 years

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@MrZulubo

2 years

It's rare to see real volumetrics used for gameplay purposes! This is cool. Very pretty shader too

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Today we're excited to announce Counter-Strike 2. Counter-Strike 2 is an overhaul to every system, every piece of content, and every part of the C-S experience. First, let's talk about smoke grenades:

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@MrZulubo

4 years

spicy compute shader #screenshotsaturday

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@MrZulubo

1 year

oh neat, Vertigo 2 got featured in steam's summer sale trailer!

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@MrZulubo

5 years

Really happy with the animation for this little dude

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@MrZulubo

2 years

now 2nd most popular!

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@MrZulubo

2 years

lets fucking go, 7th most popular upcoming on steam

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@MrZulubo

4 years

hl1 vibes

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@MrZulubo

4 years

at last, boring company living up to its name. This "technology" is extremely boring. also stupid. also bad

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4 years

Footage of what it looks like when a @Tesla is traveling through the @boringcompany ’s Convention Center Loop. #vegas #boringcompany

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1 year

fellas is it woke to be good at video games

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2 years

Noticed many people asking about psvr2 support for vertigo 2. I’m a solo developer so I’ve only had the time to target a pc release, but I would love to port to psvr in the future. It’s definitely a possibility!

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