We spent 4 months building this version of Life of Lon. Unfortunately, we had to scrap all of our dev work to make the transition to virtual reality- a painful decision to make when you're bootstrapped. But we have since discovered that it was the right decision. Life of Lon is much more dynamic and immersive in this new medium, and because we had planned for a silent protagonist- the story still works (with the player as the stand in for Lon).

So about that Ship...

Before we get into the cockpit itself, let's talk about the ship. Lon's ship started out with just some rough sketches to get a feel for a general shape. I knew that we needed a portal and some legs but beyond that, I wasn't sure where it should go. Here are the first sketches of the ship.