Compelling Gameplay MechanicsMay 17, 2024
Mechanics play a significant role in keeping players engaged and returning to your room. Ensure that the core gameplay mechanics are engaging and enjoyable across all platforms, including controls, interactions, and challenges.
- Intuitive user interface menus: All menus are consistently designed for clarity and ease of access across all platforms. When designing menus, keep mobile users in mind. While menus may be intuitive on screens and VR, they might become too large or overly packed with information on mobile devices. Considering mobile players can broaden your player base and increase visibility for your rooms.
- Consider utilizing the "anchor" UI feature to attach the UI to a player screen in RRS. This way, it functions similarly to the watch, providing a smooth experience for users across different screen platforms, especially concerning interactions.
- Interactions: Interacting with weapons and triggers and opening, closing, and grabbing objects is intuitive and easy to access on all platforms.
- Dual-wield: Creators have the power to alter how weapons function on screens. To accommodate various interactions, consider configuring weapons under "screen player preferred hand" to enable dual-wielding. This adjustment can be made by configuring the weapon props. Be careful what hand you default to! Defaulting a weapon or key item to the left hand can make the game significantly harder to play on screens and touch.
- Handles: Consider using handles instead of grabbable objects, as handles create more intuitive interactions across all platforms.
- As you work on your game experience, try out these mechanics or UI menus on different platforms or assemble a testing group to assist you in testing them
- Embracing newly introduced tool features can make a room stand out and enhance its user experience. These new features are often designed to address gaps in existing tool functionality. Keep an eye out in the Creator Hub News section for upcoming tools that can improve your room experiences.
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Check out our other Engagement & Retention Tips
- Maximizing Room Exposure
- Layout Design & Discovery
- Onboarding and Tutorials
- Clear Objectives and Progression
- Reward Systems
- Challenges and Achievements
- Personalization and Customization
- Room Marketplace
- Social Features
- Regular Updates and Events
- Announcements and Room Notifications
- Community Engagement
- Feedback and Communication
- Accessibility Options
- Optimized Performance