Behind the Scenes of New Game | Making of - DIG VR: Born in Italy, Made in England

Ahead of launch day next week, Wired Productions is to release a DIG VR Making Of: Episode 1 video which sees Wired Productions MD, Leo Zullo, go back to the origins of where the DIG VR concept began in at his family home in Tuscany, Italy, with nothing more than a digger and an emotional story of a great bond between father and son.

Wired Productions MD, Leo Zullo, had been visiting his family farm and his sick father in Italy, just as the lockdown was announced, he had a choice to leave there and then head back to the UK or stay with his sick father, he chose the latter.

The house Leo was living in was the family home his dad had built. Leo had witnessed how hard his father had worked in the hope that the family would all eventually live together in a home surrounded by acres of land.

A few weeks into the solitude, Leo had the desire to work on the land, and after a few botched attempts of knocking down a 50-metre wall with a tractor, he decided to hire a digger. Health and safety were swept aside for learning to use a digger on the fly, with his father watching on from the sidelines, with the occasional, “What are you doing boy!?”. Leo’s dad regained his spark.

Whilst working on the digger Leo realised that the two main controllers of the machine were exactly like that of two VR handsets. The motion of controlling the arm and the bucket of the digger was a perfect match for that of the VR handsets. This sparked an idea and DIG VR was born.

Leo’s company Wired Productions teamed up with developer Just Add Water to make DIG VR a reality.

Capturing the sheer joy, adrenaline and frustrations of life on a digger, DIG VR is an exciting experience for both novices and pros. Starting with nothing more than a mini-digger and a dream, players will soon pick up the keys to a colossal machine with a diverse set of attachments to overcome the most challenging of jobs. Players will dig, delve, dredge, and discover their love of all things excavational in DIG VR!

Key Features:

  • Full career mode campaign with options for both serious and casual players

  • Co-op and competitive multiplayer modes

  • Three quirky mini-games with online leaderboards

  • A stress free, zen-like sandbox mode

  • Master up to 4 Digger Sizes with 7 unique tool heads to attach

  • Unlock over 70 customisation options for your digger, including decal, paint and skins

  • Featuring the first ever dynamic dig-able terrain in VR, which can be dug, moved and dumped.

7. November 2024, von Thore Varga

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