Super Nova VR Rhythm Game
A Narrative Driven VR Rhythm Game
Super Nova is a story-driven VR rhythm game inspired by Parappa the Rapper. The game aims to stir nostalgia within old fans but also allow all music game fans to enjoy the genre.
In Super Nova, you are being chased by a mysterious Super Sport ‘69 Chevy Nova, and to survive, you must explore a musical world and win deadly rap battles. Why is this car chasing you? As you escape murderous pursuit, you uncover more questions than answers. Are you being hunted by a malicious antagonist who drives a ‘69 Nova dubbed “Mr. Boom”, or is the car itself alive, killing anyone and destroying anything in its path to slay you? Star in this Hip-Hop music video set in a bizarre, futuristic world, and find out the truth behind the distortions you face.
The Super Nova demo and proof of concept was an 2017-2018 LCAD.edu and USC Advanced Games Project (AGP) game. Super Nova: Episode 1 is now being developed as the flasgship VR game by XzoltaR Studios. Now that Episode 1 is in development using the Unreal 5 Engine. Super Nova: Episode 1 will be available for the the Valve Index, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest, and HP Reverb G2.
More about Super Nova
A Supernova - is a rare astronomical event that occurs during the last stellar evolutionary stages of a massive star's life, whose dramatic violent and catastrophic destruction is marked by one final titanic explosion.
A Super Nova - is a possessed, supernatural, high-performance, Chevrolet Nova Super Sport, with a big-block 396 V8 375 hp Engine.
Escape the pursuit of a mysterious sentient car by winning rap battles in this narrative VR rhythm game, and solve the mystery behind the distortions in a futuristic world. Players can explore and immerse themselves in a rhythm game that combines traditional RPG story elements. The player, who thinks he is just a normal man on his way to work, will experience a bizarre, inception-like world, glitching in and out of different periods of humanity’s time on earth. The main hook would thus be the fun rhythm game element, and the fun psychological thriller mystery of the environment’s distortion which will be unraveled by the end of the full game.