Overview
About The Penny Hoarder
Founded in 2010, The Penny Hoarder, a Clearlink company, is a prominent personal finance brand. With a mission to alleviate money stress, it provides actionable articles and resources on earning, saving, and managing money. Recognized for its rapid growth, The Penny Hoarder has been listed among the fastest-growing private media companies in America for three consecutive years on the Inc 500/5000.
Services
Their Challenge
The client wanted to create a cutting edge, virtual reality application for use at a major financial trade show to entice visitors to the booth and to show they are on the forefront of technology in their industry. Thus, the Penny Hoarder VR App was born.
Our Solution
The Penny Hoarder VR App was built for the HTC Vive. The app provides a 2-3 minute underwater game experience for users to collect sinking coins within a virtual space using the HTC Vive headset and controllers. The Penny Hoarder VR App was primarily developed with Unity and SteamVR. Various assets available for purchase were also implemented to create the realistic 3D underwater atmosphere.
Our Approach
What Saritasa Did
SteamVR
HTC Vive experience utilizing the SteamVR tools to support the game experience within a virtual space.
Unity Development
The game experience was built using the Unity engine.
Environment Development
Implementation of 3D assets and animations to create the underwater environment and experience.
3D Modeling
3D design and modeling to create a fun and engaging set of scenes to enhance user experience allowing them to interact with all other implemented features.
