Bloodbath
A hard-hitting VR piece that had to keep people present in a charged room. Worldbuild contributed the worldbuilding.
Case study
A room that can carry discomfort.
- Year
- 2022
- Role
- Worldbuilding. Dale P. Deacon, inside a team led by director Tim Voronkin.
- Platform
- VRChat, built in Unity.
- Recognition
- Spirit of Raindance, Raindance Immersive 2022.
The brief
Bloodbath is a confrontational VR narrative directed by Tim Voronkin. It was one of three new works in goEast's 2022 VRChat programme, Tales from the Bathhouse.
It had to hold moral and physical intensity without breaking presence.
The approach
- Build the place-logic
Dale P. Deacon worked on spatial structure: layout, the pacing of reveals, and how bodies share a charged space.
- Keep the scope honest
This was one contribution to a multi-author festival pipeline. The piece belongs to its makers.
The outcome
Bloodbath received the Spirit of Raindance award at Raindance Immersive 2022, where it was shown in VRChat.
Sources: the expedition note, Raindance Immersive, and goEast.
The work
Credits
- Bloodbath by
- Tim Voronkin
- Victoria Lopukhina
- Oksana Syhareva
- Worldbuilding
- Dale P. Deacon
- Shown at
- goEast Film Festival 2022
The record
The award is on Raindance Immersive's site.
To talk to Worldbuild about the world, write to Dale.