Private Project

Vacation Simulator

Welcome to the Vacation Simulator, a rough approximation of VACATION inspired by real human NOT JOBBING, brought to you by the same robots behind the Job Simulator. Reallocate your bandwidth and get ready to splash, s’more, snowball, and selfie your way to optimal relaxation!

  • Owlchemy Labs
    Director
  • Devin Reimer
    Developers
  • Andrew Eiche
    Developers
  • Carrie Witt
    Developers
  • Graeme Borland
    Developers
  • Devin Weidinger
    Developers
  • John Romanowski
    Developers
  • Max Burgess
    Developers
  • Zi Ye
    Developers
  • Joel Bergman
    Developers
  • Autumn Taylor
    Developers
  • Daniel Perry
    Developers
  • Ben Hopkins
    Developers
  • Ben Shore
    Developers
  • Harrison Bright
    Developers
  • Chelsea Howe
    Developers
  • Peter Galbraith
    Developers
  • Fox Buchele
    Developers
  • Colin McInerney
    Developers
  • Chris Wade
    Developers
  • Ryan Dawson
    Developers
  • Ali Griggs
    Developers
  • Rebekah Jin
    Developers
  • Alex Schwartz
    Developers
  • Cy Wise
    Developers
  • Mike Leach
    Developers
  • Kert Gartner
    Trailers
  • Little Workshop
    Website Developer
  • Pretty, Brown, & Nerdy
    Hair and Style Consultation
  • Testronic Laboratories
    QA Testing
  • Anthony Tan
    Contract Modeling
  • Sonja Reid
    Content Creation Consultant
  • Turbo Button
    Platform & Optimization
  • Holden Link
    Platform & Optimization
  • Nic Vasconcellos
    Platform & Optimization
  • Ralph Bull
    Platform & Optimization
  • HamsterBall Studios
    Audio Production
  • Randall Ryan
    Audio Production
  • Kent Vernon
    Audio Production
  • Brian Talbot
    Audio Production
  • Sound Kitchen Studios
    Additional Recording Studio
  • Erika Ishii
    Cast
  • Jeff Cannata
    Cast
  • Alexander Brandon
    Cast
  • Kira Buckland
    Cast
  • Christie Cate
    Cast
  • Matt Chapman
    Cast
  • Dave Fennoy
    Cast
  • Erin Fitzgerald
    Cast
  • Lena Hill
    Cast
  • Kristin Lennox
    Cast
  • Scott McNeil
    Cast
  • Ally Murphy
    Cast
  • Richard Reed
    Cast
  • Cindy Robinson
    Cast
  • Lindsay Sheppard
    Cast
  • Christopher Smith
    Cast
  • Seán William McLoughlin
    Cast
  • The Entire Owlchemy Staff
    Cast
  • Doreen Kutzke
    Additional Music
  • Ayal Tsubery
    Additional Music
  • Clay Bavor
    Google
  • Joshua To
    Google
  • Kash Ahuja
    Google
  • Jenna Babione
    Google
  • Caleb Donaldson
    Google
  • Andrey Doronichev
    Google
  • Haley Flug
    Google
  • Mariana Galindez
    Google
  • Lauren Hamme
    Google
  • Grace Hoyt
    Google
  • Hubert Hung
    Google
  • MJ Johnson
    Google
  • Liz Markman
    Google
  • Relja Markovic
    Google
  • Dale McCook
    Google
  • James McGregor
    Google
  • Brad Posner
    Google
  • Stephanie Rudick
    Google
  • Rachel Smith
    Google
  • Rachael Vaughn
    Google
  • Jeff Watson
    Google
  • Project Type:
    Virtual Reality
  • Genres:
    Comedy, Adventure
  • Completion Date:
    April 9, 2019
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Virtual Reality, Unity 3D Engine
  • Aspect Ratio:
    VR
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Tribeca Film Festival 2018
    New York, NY
    United States
    April 20, 2018
    Public North American Premiere
    Tribeca Immersive Selection
  • Game Developers Conference 2018
    San Francisco
    United States
    March 19, 2018
  • PAX East 2018
    Boston
    United States
    April 5, 2018
  • E3 2018
    Los Angeles
    United States
    June 12, 2018
    Yo Soy Un Gamer "Best of E3" Nominee
  • SIGGRAPH 2018
    Vancouver
    Canada
    August 12, 2018
    Immersive Pavilion VRcade Selection
  • Game Developers Conference 2019
    San Francisco
    United States
    March 18, 2019
  • PAX East 2019
    Boston
    United States
    March 28, 2019
  • VR Awards 2019
    London
    United Kingdom
    November 11, 2019
    VR Game of the Year Nominee
Distribution Information
  • SteamVR
  • Oculus
  • PlayStation VR
Director Biography - Owlchemy Labs

Owlchemy Labs is a creative studio with a passion for polished and unique VR experiences and games. Founded in 2010 and based out of Austin, TX, we believe that interaction and using your hands is what truly makes virtual reality the most incredible place to build unique content that blows players minds. We love building experiences oozing with style and full to the brim with our unique brand of humor. Our work includes the award-winning VR triple launch title “Job Simulator”, the Emmy-nominated “Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality”, and our latest VR title “Vacation Simulator”.

More information about Owlchemy Labs can be found at http://www.owlchemylabs.com

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Director Statement

The world of Vacation Island is a sandbox for players to explore, discover, and create in. The medium of virtual reality demands a respect for player agency to be reflected in VR experiences. We seek to ignite joy, creativity, and playfulness in our players. Vacation Simulator is an invitation to everyone to discover the full potential of VR through the lens of their own, lived experience within our world.

From the depth of our hand-tracked physics interactions to innovations in spatial storytelling and character interaction, we expanded on virtually every aspect of our previous games and dove deep into our systems to create a rich, interactive world. Objects and systems that players interact with in one zone can be taken to another, with seemingly endless possibilities for interaction.

We want players to feel like they are part of a world and completely immerse themselves in it. We encourage our players to explore possibilities and push boundaries in VR with a sense of childlike joy in their creative play. There are no mistakes, you 'vacation' your own way.