Anandala User Guide
Visitors to Anandala explore using a dream-like flight system that's designed to be comfortable even for most motion sensitive
individuals.
Flight System
Point the controllers in the direction you want to go and gently squeeze the triggers (For Valve Index controllers, squeeze the grips). Squeeze a little to go slow, more to go faster (Just like an accelerator pedal). Use either controller or combine them for greater speed and maneuverability. To turn, simply turn your body, or use the right joystick/thumbpad for snap turns like in VRChat.
Talk to the Blorts
If you wish, you can speak to the creatures (Blorts) in their own language.
Aim your controller at the Blort you wish to speak to and press the appropriate button for your controller type.
Press once for each syllable. Press multiple times in succession to produce phrases.
Vive controllers - Press the left thumbpad.
Index controllers - Press left A or B buttons.
Oculus Touch controllers - Press left X or Y Buttons.
Portals and Sky Shrine
There are twelve portals in Anandala that look like door frames of varying shapes. Moving through these will teleport you to different areas of the labyrinth, and can also alter a variety of parameters that determine the textures, colors, and lighting direction. One special portal, located near the highest point in the labyrinth, will teleport you beyond the labyrinth to the Sky Shrine where you can commune with the chanting High Priests of The Five Sacred Shapes and The Five Colossal Blort Deities. The gold rings around the Shrine will teleport you back to various locations in the labyrinth.
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Flight System
Point the controllers in the direction you want to go and gently squeeze the triggers (For Valve Index controllers, squeeze the grips). Squeeze a little to go slow, more to go faster (Just like an accelerator pedal). Use either controller or combine them for greater speed and maneuverability. To turn, simply turn your body, or use the right joystick/thumbpad for snap turns like in VRChat.
Talk to the Blorts
If you wish, you can speak to the creatures (Blorts) in their own language.
Aim your controller at the Blort you wish to speak to and press the appropriate button for your controller type.
Press once for each syllable. Press multiple times in succession to produce phrases.
Vive controllers - Press the left thumbpad.
Index controllers - Press left A or B buttons.
Oculus Touch controllers - Press left X or Y Buttons.
Portals and Sky Shrine
There are twelve portals in Anandala that look like door frames of varying shapes. Moving through these will teleport you to different areas of the labyrinth, and can also alter a variety of parameters that determine the textures, colors, and lighting direction. One special portal, located near the highest point in the labyrinth, will teleport you beyond the labyrinth to the Sky Shrine where you can commune with the chanting High Priests of The Five Sacred Shapes and The Five Colossal Blort Deities. The gold rings around the Shrine will teleport you back to various locations in the labyrinth.
Additional information
There are no collisions in Anandala. You can pass through any surface without issue, though you may feel a physical sensation because your brain is expecting to feel it.
There are many 5-way intersections within the labyrinth. Blorts tend to congregate in these intersections. They can be found in some other areas as well, but much less frequently.
Blorts blend into the background and can be hard to spot, so if you want to see and interact with Blorts, it's best to slow down and look around when traveling through the intersections.
You can explore outside the labyrinth. It can provide a sense of the extent of the labyrinth, breathtaking views, and a quick way to get around, but the Blorts are found almost exclusively inside the labyrinth. There are many openings between interior and the exterior of the labyrinth, but they can be hard to find, but you can always just go through the surface to get in or out.
There are no dead ends. You can follow the labyrinth in any direction and it will lead to more labyrinth. The Labyrinth is very organic and irregular, but it's structure is based on 3 concentric icosahedrons with all their vertices connected. This creates a complex labyrinth with no dead ends.
There is a small round Blort that will come and hang around wherever you are for a little while every so often. It's identity and purpose remain a mystery.
There are no collisions in Anandala. You can pass through any surface without issue, though you may feel a physical sensation because your brain is expecting to feel it.
There are many 5-way intersections within the labyrinth. Blorts tend to congregate in these intersections. They can be found in some other areas as well, but much less frequently.
Blorts blend into the background and can be hard to spot, so if you want to see and interact with Blorts, it's best to slow down and look around when traveling through the intersections.
You can explore outside the labyrinth. It can provide a sense of the extent of the labyrinth, breathtaking views, and a quick way to get around, but the Blorts are found almost exclusively inside the labyrinth. There are many openings between interior and the exterior of the labyrinth, but they can be hard to find, but you can always just go through the surface to get in or out.
There are no dead ends. You can follow the labyrinth in any direction and it will lead to more labyrinth. The Labyrinth is very organic and irregular, but it's structure is based on 3 concentric icosahedrons with all their vertices connected. This creates a complex labyrinth with no dead ends.
There is a small round Blort that will come and hang around wherever you are for a little while every so often. It's identity and purpose remain a mystery.