Gem Hunter
Gameplay
Gem Hunter is a story-driven action adventure platformer for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. Fly your Hovercraft on a quest to help recover the Fox King’s stolen Diamonds and defeat the three Witch Sisters. Mine gems, battle creatures, uncover secrets, solve mysteries, customize your ship, and claim the highscore on the online speedrunning leaderboards for monthly prizes!
Game Content
- 2-4 hours of Story-driven Gameplay, spanning across 10 full Stages to explore and 28 Diamonds to discover and collect.
- 4 Epic Boss Fights that will require you to hone your skills to complete.
- Multiple Endings based on who you decide to help or betray.
- Competitive Speedrunning Leaderboards with monthly prizes for top scorers. Compete in both 100% and Any% categories
- Comfort Options: Steer your Hovercraft via Motion Controllers or by Headset. Uses Peripheral Vignetting to ease rotation.
- Original Orchestral/Synth Soundtrack
- Challenging Platforming & Thinking puzzles
- Hovercraft Customization & Upgrades: Gain the ability to Dash, summon Shields, and Spring Jump high into the air. Discover secret new Ammo types, change your ship’s Color scheme, upgrade your Thrusters, etc.
- 6+ Unique enemies, ranging from Rock Golems to Flying Robot Drones, and Venom-spewing Plants to Dragons.
- Mine gems out of rocks to give your ship new powers! Collect Citrine, Amethyst, Emerald, Ruby, and Sapphires.
Story
The Fox King has hired you to reclaim the Castle’s stolen Diamonds from the three Witch Sisters; Dezravella, Petrichora, and Ravanna. His emissary explains that the sisters have scattered the missing Diamonds across the magical worlds contained inside each of the Castle’s many Paintings. As you begin your journey by tracking down Dezravella, a Dragon Riding Fire Witch, you discover that not all is as it seems, and there may very well be two sides to this story. It is up to you to choose right and wrong: Whether you ought to fight the Witch Sisters and collect Diamonds for the Fox King, or to break oath and help Ravanna restore peace to those worlds the Diamonds have been taken from.
Locomotion Disclaimer
This game uses Sliding Locomotion. If you are prone to VR Motion Sickness, there are Comfort Settings and alternate locomotion methods available in game that haven proven extremely effective for Roomscale VR players. However, for extreme cases they may not be adequate. You have been warned.
Steam User 2
Got this from a giveaway and wasn't sure what to expect, but came out (1 hour later) surprised. It's a fun platformer with unique controls, and has HEAVY inspiration from Super Mario 64. Which in my opinion isn't a bad thing. $6 is a steal for this game!
Steam User 2
Fun Super Mario 64 inspired game. Worlds feel a little empty, but i did keep finding myself wanting to playmore. Haven't played tons yet but I can see myself coming back to this
Steam User 2
This game is fantastic, I've been playing it for hours and it keeps me coming back. The levels are interesting and challenging, the movement is very intuitive and I've never felt motion sickness once. The music is also top notch.
Unlocking new abilities is great, can't wait to keep playing!
Steam User 4
The game appears well constructed. The visual assets are a bit clunky, but overall nicely done. Signs are relatively easy to read, the controls are easy to learn, and the audio is cute. Play is a little bit simplistic but I admit I wasn't able to get deeper than beyond the tutorial and finding the first yellow diamond due to VR sickness.
If you don't get VR sickness, you might like this one. It brings back fond memories of StarFox and I really liked the level exploration concepts. If you do get VR sickness, Gem Hunter may set you off in under 3 seconds.
Steam User 2
Impressions after my first hour: I'm loving it. Imagine if, in the game Super Mario World 64, Mario drove a cartoon hovertank with jumpjets. That's this game, but in VR!
Steam User 3
A vr homage to the platformers of old. I played utilizing the standing settings and had no problems with motion sickness.
Steam User 1
It's okay but a little naueseating playing seated.
I would wait for a sale but it's fun and intersting.