Virtua Walker '87: technostalgia for a walking sim from an alternative past

Robin J. S. Sloan; Paul Robertson

doi:10.1145/3055116.3055126

Virtua Walker '87: technostalgia for a walking sim from an alternative past

Robin J. S. Sloan, Paul Robertson

Department of Games and Arts

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Abstract

Virtua Walker ’87 is VR walking sim that makes use of a step-based controller for input. Players view the game world using the Gear VR headset, which they can use to look around. Movement is controlled by walking on the spot, with force sensitive resistors picking up player steps and translating each step into a single step in the game. The game is conceived as a piece of technostalgia from an alternative past, and was created by academic staff at Abertay University as part of Global Game Jam 2017.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the International Conference on Game Jams, Hackathons, and Game Creation Events
Subtitle of host publication	ICGJ '17
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	44-45
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Print)	9781450347976
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3055116.3055126
Publication status	Published - 26 Feb 2017
Event	Second International Conference on Game Jams, Hackathons, and Game Creation Events - GitHub, San Francisco, United States Duration: 26 Feb 2016 → 26 Feb 2016

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Conference	Second International Conference on Game Jams, Hackathons, and Game Creation Events
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Francisco
Period	26/02/16 → 26/02/16

Keywords

Alternative history
Game jam
Nostalgia
VR
Walking simulator

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Sloan, RJS & Robertson, P 2017, Virtua Walker '87: technostalgia for a walking sim from an alternative past. in Proceedings of the International Conference on Game Jams, Hackathons, and Game Creation Events: ICGJ '17 . Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York, pp. 44-45, Second International Conference on Game Jams, Hackathons, and Game Creation Events, San Francisco, California, United States, 26/02/16. https://doi.org/10.1145/3055116.3055126

Virtua Walker '87: technostalgia for a walking sim from an alternative past. / Sloan, Robin J. S.; Robertson, Paul.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Game Jams, Hackathons, and Game Creation Events: ICGJ '17 . New York: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2017. p. 44-45.

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