The Shadow Isle: A 3D Survival Virtual Reality Game using A* Search Algorithm

Virtual reality is the new emerging games where gamers experience a real world thus elicit emotional activation. The study aims to build a game model using Unity3D for building the game functionality, Blender for the character 3D model, ZBrush, Autodesk for character sketching, Photoshop for character enhancement, and VR box for viewing the game environment and the application of the A* search algorithm in the game. Furthermore, the prototype game model was evaluated by five (5) game developers and ten (10) gamers using the criterion on the Clarity of Rules, Flow, Strategy Luck, Balance, Length, Theme and Mechanics Integration, Tension and Fun. In result the game prototype marked an overall performance result of 83.22% specifically recorded highest score in two (2) criterion on for both strategy, luck and balance and tension fun of 93.33%.