Carved Out

The player has to move through carved out walls, dodge or break obstacles that come towards him following the beat of the music. Buttons are needed to navigate through the menu and pause/exit the game, but the game itself is played only by moving the each part of the body to the exact position. All the walls are semi-transparent so the player can see through enough to anticipate what is coming next. There are three types of walls: Blue walls with different poses: the player has to put their head and their hands in the right spot. Poses range from single arms, to cross arms, to dabbing, lunges, squats, plus other choreography. Yellow walls: the player has to avoid their head touch this walls, although the hands can go in. Red walls: the player has to break these walls punching in the marked area at the right time. There are also golden gems placed on the map for the player to grab, they are optional but the increase the final score. OhShape is as much a game of mental prowess as it is physical endurance. According to Eric Switzer, "The player must focus on their head and pick up the details subconsciously through their peripheral vision to keep up. This way the player will be unconsciously processing that information and their body will apply it through muscle memory". When the player chains up 4 successful moves, the combo meter rises. There are three levels of combo that multiply the score by x2, x3 or x4. If the player misses a wall, the combo meter restarts to 0 and the life bar of the player is damaged. Several consecutive fails lead to game over, but each successful move heals a small portion of the life bar. All this information (score, combo meter and health bar) is displayed in the floor so the player can look at it at any time. At the end of each game, there is a screen that shows some stats such as number of gems collected and walls performance. The player receives different feedback from their actions. Besides the score counter, combo meter and health bar, each time the player miss a wall, there are red particles flashing and the haptic vibration from the controllers is activated when the player misses a blue wall, revealing which hand isn't well positioned. The haptic feedback is also activated when the player punches a wall, improving the feeling. Another good tool for the player is a shadow projected over the walls, that helps to improve body positioning, specially for newcomers. Currently the game has one album with 12 different songs with styles that go from euro pop to trap, electro and k-pop. Each song has 3 difficulty levels: easy, medium and hard. Hardest difficulty levels have more walls and the walls move faster through the player. For each difficulty level, there is a world leaderboard and players can compete to outdo each other. The game also has support for custom songs and counts with an open source level editor that can be downloaded from the game's website. With this tool any player can create a map using their own music. The game also includes a tutorial that shows the fundamentals of the gameplay and let the player practice with some basic poses.