Star Striders

        Experience immersive Arcade VR aerial combat! Hop into your starfighter, and blast your rivals away with various weapons in a team deathmatch! The Game Supports VR Controls. Install Sim Racing Studio for locomotion feedback as well! Solo project by Yuanhao Wang. Currently available on the locomotion rides of OasisVRX!
        The game is designed for casual arcade audiences who lack flight knowledge but seek thrilling dogfights. Inspired by Warthunder's mouse-aim control scheme and real-world helmet-mounted targeting systems, players would use their heads to "drag" their aircraft to turn. The aircraft would automatically roll, pitch, and yaw to mimic real flight maneuvers in response to the player's head movements. Still, they would always, by default, return upright to minimize the risk of motion sickness. 
        Locomotion algorithms were custom-designed to enable motion seats built initially for racing games to emulate aircraft angular momentum, maximizing immersion while maintaining player comfort.  The game also features behavior-tree-driven AI teammates and enemies. These agents alternate between targeting and navigation states using a biased random system, and simulate human control by applying virtual joystick inputs rather than directly manipulating movement vectors.
        These systems were iteratively refined through live arcade playtesting to balance accessibility, comfort, and combat intensity.

The game defaults to using a VR headset as the joystick. Press Shift ingame if you are playing with a mouse.

Keyboard controls:
LMB /RMB: Fire Left/Right weapons.
Z/C: Switch Left/Right weapons.
Shift: Toggle VR/Mouse steering (VR by default)
F: Toggle Automatic Rolling (On by default, roll your heatset or press Q/E to roll when off)
V: Toggle vignette (vignette is on by default)

Credits:
Game Design & Development: Yuanhao (Leo) Wang
Music: "Nautilus" by Creo - https://soundcloud.com/creo/nautilus
3D Models: "Low-Poly Spaceships Set" by Zckr - https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/vehicles/space/low-poly-spaceships-set-209758

Date Completed (Last Update):
Nov 13th, 2025
https://github.com/PPhive/VRDogfight