Project About

Project Name: Silent Beats

Description: This project develops a virtual reality simulator for playing drums, aimed at providing drummers with a realistic practice environment without the need for a physical drum kit. The VR Drum Simulator replicates the experience of playing a traditional drum set, including accurate sound production and dynamic response to stick movements, enabling users to practice quietly and without taking up physical space. This tool is ideal for drummers looking to practice at any time without causing noise disruptions.

Author

Name: Lovely Fernandez Student Number: C20305696 Class Group: TU858

Project Demo

YT DEMO: VR Drums

Instructions

Set Up

1. Download Apk File
2. Install onto Meta Quest via SideQuest or Meta Quest Developer Hub
3. Launch Application

User Manual

Y/B = View reset/recenter X/A = Metronome enable / disable Thumbstick Click = Enable Tutorial Thumbstick left/right = Navigate Tutorial Squeeze Trigger right = Metronome BPM Increase Squeeze Trigger left = Metronome BPM Decrease Triggers = Bass Drum hit

How it works

When the game is launched, the user is transported into a floating fantasy island where they can freeplay with the available drumkit There is two modes to the game, Freestyle Mode (Where the user can play what they wish) or Tutorial Mode (Where the game shows basic drum patterns for the user to practice) The user can turn on or off an in game metronome and set the BPM to what they wish to practice on

List of classes/assets in the project

Class/asset	Source
Main	Self written
Player	Modified from Dev stream 52 - Bastiaan Oli
Instruments	Modified from Dev stream 52 - Bastiaan Oli
Assets/Models	Acquired from PolyPizza
SkyBox	Acquired from PolyHaven and Procedural Sky in Godot
Sounds	Acquired from FreeSound

References

• Dev stream 53 - Bastiaan Olij *Mainly used Video 52
• Dev stream 52 - Bastiaan Oli
• Drum Basic Information
• Github VR Script
• Drum Combinations

What I am most proud of in the assignment

I enjoyed making the environment/universe for the game, it was very interesting to create a world using models.

I also liked utilising the mushrooms for the drums in order to create a more visual practice space.

Lastly, the frog I added as a small easter egg with a sound cue.

What I learned

• How to create shapes / meshes
• How to integrate sounds and interactions with those shapes using collisions
• How to create parent/child relationships between scenes in Godot
• Basic Godot Scripting
• Reading documentation
• How to build an environment in Godot (Sky, ground, flora)
• Basic drum skills from practicing using the app

Proposal submitted earlier can go here:

Initially I was going to build a rhythm game using drums and importing various rhythm game maps/resources, but I thought it was more fun to practice the drums as you would in real life, as well as having a practice mode where you can learn how to actually play drums. A future implementation to the game could be a rhythm game like process to practice mode, which allows the user to have a more challenging experience to staying on beat.