‘Null of Hope’ is a Retro Adventure Made Possible by VR, Demo Available Now

News Bits

By
Paul James
-
1

Null of Hope takes your memories of 8 bit illustrated adventure games, turning on it’s head whilst throwing the lot into an immersive VR powered experience. Watch the debut trailer.

Back in the 8 bit computing era, adventure games driven by text input and powered largely by player imagination were the norm. Franchises like Zork, were as immersive as gaming got back then, later evolving to include illustrations but whose gameplay mechanics still revolved around  keyed input and a claver text parser.

Null of hope seeks to revive those days of imagination fuelled exploration with it’s retro visuals juxtaposed against an ever changing immersive stage. Take a look at the trailer to see what that looks like, and after that, check out the game’s Steam Greenlight page right here where you’ll find a demo for Oculus Rift owners waiting to download. Keep tabs of the project via the dedicated Facebook page too.

This article may contain affiliate links. If you click an affiliate link and buy a product we may receive a small commission which helps support the publication. See here for more information.


Paul James
Based in the UK, Paul has been immersed in interactive entertainment for the best part of 27 years and has followed advances in gaming with a passionate fervour. His obsession with graphical fidelity over the years has had him branded a ‘graphics whore’ (which he views as the highest compliment) more than once and he holds a particular candle for the dream of the ultimate immersive gaming experience. Having followed and been disappointed by the original VR explosion of the 90s, he then founded RiftVR.com to follow the new and exciting prospect of the rebirth of VR in products like the Oculus Rift. Paul joined forces with Ben to help build the new Road to VR in preparation for what he sees as VR’s coming of age over the next few years.
  • VRGarfield

    Pretty fun game and innovative idea! You have to like the classic adventure games though, since the actual gameplay boils down to just playing a classic (looking) look/push/pick up/etc adventure game. The rest of the action happens around you but there’s no interaction with that (a far as the demo concerns, that is), but to me that doesn’t matter though.