Jesse Schell wrote the book “The Art of Game Design: A book of lenses,” and his company Schell Games produced I Expect You to Die. It’s one of the top-ranked VR games on Oculus Share, and it also won the Vision Inspire Award at Unity’s Vision Summit. Jesse says designing VR games in the 90s really informed a lot of what’s already in his game design book, and so the only additional design lens that he might add is the Lens of Presence. I caught up with Jesse at the Unity AR/VR Summit to hear more about the specific game design lenses that Schell Games used in the design of their three VR games including the escape room puzzler I Expect You to Die, room-scale 3D water pipes puzzler Water bears, and the comedy, choose-your-own-space adventure Orion Trail. I also talk to Jesse about storytelling in VR, maintaining presence, and predicting the future of VR.

LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF VR PODCAST

Here’s Jesse’s 40 predictions from VR Intelligence about VR and AR in 2016, 2020 and 2025

Become a Patron! Support The Voices of VR Podcast Patreon

Theme music: “Fatality” by Tigoolio

Subscribe to the Voices of VR podcast.