Maloka

VR Experience - HooKoo E Koo

An Immersive & relaxing personal world for meditation

TEASER

Welcome to the magical world of Maloka, where trees, plants and creatures grow as you do.
We’re excited to announce that we’ve been working with our friends at HooKoo E Koo developing this immersive, multi-sensory VR healing experience that will take meditation to new places.

Learn more about the magical world of Maloka here: www.playmaloka.com

Brief

Koffeecup has been working with HooKoo E Koo to develop this unique VR meditation experience specifically built for the Oculus Quest devices. A lighter version, the Companion App, is also available on mobile.

The goal was to create an app to encourage users to meditate through a guided experience while developping their own magical & relaxing island in an imaginary universe.

APproach

At the beginning of the journey, the user answers a series of questions about themselves. The answers will define the Spirit Guide that will accompany and evolve with the users throughout the experience.

Users will then be introduced to their own island and discover how to interact with the world of Maloka.

From the island, users will be able to access immersive and relaxing guided meditations. By meditating regularly, users unlock access to more and more meditations, and grow their plants, island and Spirit Guide. After each meditation, the users also receive a variety of rewards. Those can be plants that grow and evolve, or unique items & sculptures to decorate their island.

A wide range of plants, items and island upgrades will allow users to create their own, unique, relaxing island that they cherish throughout their meditation journey.

Concept Art created by Koffeecup to iterate quickly before creating 3D Assets

How did we do it

We developed this VR application in the Unity game engine and every asset is designed and modelled by Koffeecup creative team. Each asset was first designed in 2D allowing us to quickly iterate based on HooKoo E Koo feedback. Once approved it was modelled and animated before being laid out in the game engine with the help of interactive developers. Supported by HooKoo E Koo API, the Interactive Developers are creating the gameplay logic for Maloka as well as the mobile application.

The visuals of the application have been designed around the challenging restrictions of a portable VR headset, creating a unique & intentional art direction.

The Maloka application is still being developed, adding more healing experiences and pushing the world of Maloka further and further. We are really excited to reveal all the exciting features and ideas that we are working on with HooKoo E Koo!