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Gamasutra chief Kris Graft has written at length about the charm of seemingly mundane experiences like cooking and painting in VR as developers seek to replicate an even broader swathe of human pastimes, they'll need to figure out how to design appropriately intuitive control schemes. Tabletop Simulator also tackles the tricky problem of intuitively replicating the fine motor control capabilities of human hands in a virtual space, something a lot of VR game developers are struggling with. (However, many of the top titles are fan-mods of copyrighted board games and RPGs - potentially controversial, and something Berserk may gradually cover with official DLC, such as the newly released & officially-licensed Superfight card game.) Berserk shipped the game with a number of classic board games built in - chess, checkers and the like.īut Tabletop Simulator is made to be broken apart, tinkered with and glued back together many copies will be sold on the strength of its vibrant Steam Workshop lineup, which includes mods to add everything from tabletop RPGs to miniature golf courses into the game. That was a big deal for studio cofounders Jason Henry and Kimiko, who got their start in game development as passionate Chivalry: Medieval Warfare modders before taking to Kickstarter with their pitch for this "online tabletop sandbox" game and raising more than ten times their $3k asking price.īut Tabletop Simulator is more than an indie Kickstarter success story - it's also the nexus of some intriguing trends in contemporary game development.Įxplicitly made by modders for modders, Tabletop Simulator is an example of how game designers may find success developing games aimed squarely at the modding community.