A WHOLE NEW EXPERIENCE
Maple Story VR
At G-Star 2015, holds every year in Busan, Nexon’s computer museum cooperated with Nexon Maple Story team and created a special booth called ‘Replay, Maple Story’ which includes Maple Story’s records and memories. The exhibition included the past and present works of Maple Story which were beloved by people for 12 years. We created various contents in exhibition and one of the main project was Nexon Maple Story VR. We recreated 2D Maple Story into 3D VR, and it offered a whole new experience to existing Maple Story fans.
Oculus rift DK2 + Leap Motion
Maple Story is a fantasy action RPG game with simple 2D side scroll control. Therefore, We gave a simple plot to users as they start the game as a novice adventurer with entry level missions. In this project, we created the entire game with 3D CG, so users could move to any directions and stop at any points they want while they are engaging in the game. To get more attendees to experience Maple Story VR, since there were lot of attendees at G-STAR, we decided to use simple leap motions to attack monsters rather than using a mouse and keyboard.
At the exhibition, we were decided to use Oculus rift DK2(developer version) and Samsung gear VR. We mainly developed the contents with Oculus rift DK2 and exported the final contents with Samsung gear VR. Two different experiences were presented at the exhibition. Users could experience 360° video with Samsung gear VR, and they could also choose weapons and swing them in the game with lead motion attached in Oculus rift DK2.
Unity 3D & Maya
We connected unity 3D with Maya and developed the contents in Full 3D CG. Every character, background, object were created in Maya and ported to unity 3D to proceed the post-production stage. Every motion were created in Maya after animating process and we controlled them with Mecanim Generic Animation of unity 3D. Moreover, Oculus and leap motion were developed in unity 3D. In the exhibition, we could simply control the VR with a single click of mouse and users’ turning head motion while wearing the Oculus.
G-Star 2015
We operated the ‘Replay, Maple Story’ pop-up museum at 2015 G-STAR in Busan. From November 12 to 15, about 3,600 attendees experienced Nexon Maple Story VR. Many attendees reminisced about the early days of Maple Story and enjoyed the VR experience. Although there was a long waiting line, attendees gladly waited with excitement. Even famous newspapers, magazines and other media paid attention to ‘Maple Story VR’ and wrote more than 50 articles. As a result, ‘Nexon Maple Story VR’ had risen in rank for most frequently searched terms in Korea’s search engines.
