Out of the Brew Poster

Promotional poster of the game with instructions.

A VR experience made for Oculus headset based on a "future technology exploration" prompt, based on the currently available job simulators. The game deploys handtracking instead of classical controllers to enhance the experience.


The players are faced with a number of potion requests from various customers. The players refer to the guide book to figure out how to cook a suitable potion and to determine its strength. The customers will then leave a review for the user based on how fitting their product proved to be.


This game is a collaborative effort of the "RM Studios" group, which included five Hanze students besides me. The project began in September 2022 and ended in November 2022.

Implemented Features

I implemented most non-VR systems and ensured that they worked with the handtracking technology.

  • Cauldron system: the main cooking hub accepts different ingredients from the user and changes its visual state based on current components. Using too many different elements will ruin the potion and force the user to reset.
  • Potency meter: Spatial UI notifies the player of the current potion strength, allowing them to adjust their recipe to best fit the requests of the customer.
  • Ingredient respawn: To prevent soft-lock, the game maintains a floor barrier that checks whether any cooking materials fell to the ground, then teleports them back to the plate.
  • Flask-to-Cauldron: Two main liquid containers have direct access to each other's states, allowing the user to refresh and hand off the potion at any moment, should they consider it finished.
  • Hand-off panel: the black panel at the edge of the table sends the recipe to the customer, refreshes the solution for the next order and brings down the review panel.
  • Review system: a screen coming down from the ceiling notifies the user of their success in making a potion. Correct potions with some deviations from the optimal recipe lead to mostly positive reviews, whereas failure causes more drastic, negative reactions.

Game Trailer

Demo trailer for the game, showcasing its main features & gameplay loop.