Welcome to Moonwolf Interactive home of Scare Train VR
Scare Train VR is a Virtual Reality Ghost Train Ride. A slow creepy ride through an abandoned mine that is far from empty.
Moonwolf Interactive is a 1 man outfit, i’m Dave/ Itchysore & Scare Train VR is my first Game, an UE4 project, develeoped during covid downtime using assets from the unreal marketplace.
Im a 57 year old Gamer and have been playing computer games since the Spectrum 48k. I work in graphic design in my day job and love making short horror films as a hobby.
I had always wanted to make a game so when Covid lockdown stopped all my work i decided to learn Unreal Engine. After 6 months of following tutorials i decided the best way to learn was to start a project. I had just got an occulus quest and loved it but wasnt so keen on the motion sickness that came with a lot of games and my old eyes.
So i decided to make a game that was like a fairground ghost train, slow with scary things that pop up and make you jump. I thought that for a first project creating a VR experience that you just sat in would be easier to learn than a full game.
Starting with nothing was way beyond my skills so i bought £250 worth of assets from the Epic Marketplace and off i went. For the next year i worked on Scaretrain nearly every day, i ended up buying about £200 more assets from the marketplace and is it came together i decided to release it.
I had meant it to be a learning projcect only but was pleased with the results and wanted to go through the process of releasing to Steam.
13 Months after starting Scaretrain VR it was finished and released to Steam on August 12 2022.
Over the next year it sold 420 units, after Steam and Tax dedcutions i had made £550 ! Thus i had recovered the costs of my assets and had £100 towards all the coffee i had consumed burning the midnight oil. Best of all i had learnt loads from the whole project and throoughly enjoyed every hour i had spent making it.
I love learning new software & can honestly say that in 40 years of develeoping digital content it is the most powerful, intuitive programme i have ever used, literally a joy to work with.
For the last year i have been working on an udpate that adds lots more content, this is due to be released on 26/10/2023.
If you play Scaretrain VR i hope you enjoy the ride and mess your underpants just a little bit 😉