Black Sun Productions entrusted Catness Game Studios with the considerable task of converting the existing PC version of Metamorphosis into a VR edition for Meta Quest. To achieve this, the Catness Games team thoroughly examined the existing game system, focusing on the key elements that could benefit from a first-person perspective via a VR headset. Our goal was to adapt and design the behavior of both existing and new mechanics that would make a correct and intuitive use of the Quest motion controllers.
Once these core gameplay foundations were established, the team faced the challenging task of bringing the large and detailed world from the PC version to a significantly less powerful system, one that also needed to render the game on two 1832×1920 displays at a stable 90 frames per second, crucial for preventing motion sickness and preserving player immersion.
To accomplish this, the developers focused on optimizing polygon counts and texture sizes while preserving as much visual fidelity as possible. They also revised the lighting and shader systems to ensure they performed smoothly at a consistently high frame rate. In parallel, the team also fine-tuned collision boxes, environmental scales, and hand-controller interactions to guarantee a natural and intuitive gameplay experience.
Unreal Engine is the most powerful 3D technology on the market. No other software offers as much realism in its textures, shaders, lighting and effects. Unreal Engine is ideal for virtual reality (VR) experiences thanks to its superb graphic options. For this and many other reasons, it has become the engine used by most triple-A studios. Beyond its power, Epic Games’ technology stands out as one of the most intuitive when it comes to prototyping. All thanks to Blueprint Visual Scripting, a feature that allows programming without code. With these virtues, it is not surprising that almost 8 million developers choose Unreal Engine. As for Catness, we have been using it for nearly a decade. Thanks to that experience, every game we work with, no matter its size, will have the resources to look like a triple-A.
We at Catness Games have specialized in Unreal Engine since our first day. Although we can work with engines like Unity, we prefer to focus on what we mastered over almost a decade. Thus, we can offer the most optimal results. It is a matter of quality, transparency and honesty.
Catness Games bets on Unreal Engine because we mastered it. We have been developing, porting, and publishing video games powered by Epic Games’ engine for over a decade. We know that we will help you quicker and more efficiently if your game is #MadeWithUnreal. Thus, we prefer to be honest. However, we can also work with Unity. Our team has several programmers specialized in this engine. Besides, marketing is one of the core elements of publishing, but it does not depend on any particular technology.
The recent rise of virtual reality (VR) in the video game industry has not gone unnoticed. We acknowledge the potential of this technology. For this reason, we have already worked with it both in video games and architecture. Although we have more experience with traditional platforms, we guarantee the same efficiency with a VR project. Of course, the same can be said with augmented reality (AR)!
