Fire For Effect captures familiar game genres, such as tactical first-person-shooters, with a unique twist to increase the sense of immersion using methods underutilized and/or unused by current games. This project is intended to expand beyond the scope of the class in the future!

 

Modern first person shooters have become much more complacent in methods and techniques used since the mid 90s, causing a stagnation in gaming experiences across the board throughout the years. My aim is to create and test experimental systems to reinvigorate this genre using various immersive mechanics in traditional flat screen gaming. These mechanics are heavily inspired by modern Virtual Reality controls to allow the player to feel that they are there, granting them a simulation providing a similar sense of tangibility they would have in real life. 

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Some of the main features of this project are the tactile mechanics intended to increase immersion by clicking and dragging the mouse as if it was the player’s hand. Firearms must be manually manipulated, from packing magazines with rounds of ammunition, all the way to charging the weapon to load a bullet in the chamber. Collectable items can be dragged directly from the game world into the inventory, and vice versa. In-game objects can be physically manipulated in this way as well.

Play it Here: https://rgiii.itch.io/firearm-mechanics-the-test