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Thanks, that helps! We tested it on a Quest 3 and saw the same thing there: almost 30 seconds of sound with no picture on the first start. In demo 0.3 a loading screen comes up within a few seconds and the sound waits until the game is ready. Loading still takes about half a minute on the Quest 3, so making that faster is next. Demo 0.3 will be on this page soon.

Thanks so much for your feedback, it really helped. Following your comment, we confirmed that on the Quest 2 the game took about 15 seconds to load, with only audio playing in the meantime. That prompted us to build a proper loading screen, which is now in place.

Could you let us know whether you were playing on a Quest 2 or a Quest 3? That will help us check performance on both.

As a thank-you for your support and the care you put into your feedback, we’d like to include your name in the credits.

Hi all! I'm Joris from the Netherlands, and this is the devlog for Hangar Valley: a calm flying game you play in VR on Meta Quest, or on a screen on PC and Mac. No combat, and no clock unless you pick a timed job. You start in your own hangar, climb into a small plane and fly a quiet valley of rivers, a lake, forests and snowy mountains.

This topic is the running log: what got built, what broke and what comes next. I'll post here at least once a week.

Quick facts

• Engine: Godot 4.6
• Platforms: Meta Quest 2 and 3 (standalone VR), PC and Mac
• Status: pre-alpha, free demo for PC, Mac and Quest on the game page
• Languages: English and Dutch

What works in the current build

• Start in your hangar, climb in, release the parking brake and roll out onto the apron
• Work the cockpit by hand: switches, knobs, throttle and radio
• Fly by sight, or switch on the autopilot and let your copilot take over
• Radio calls on the tower frequency
• Passenger and cargo jobs, a career and your own registration
• Fuel up at the pump
• Open the door, get out and walk around the airfield

The free demo is free flight in the small plane: hangar, cockpit, autopilot and walking around. Copilot, talking to the tower, jobs and career are not in the demo. The full game is not out yet: it is headed for Early Access, no date yet.

On the workbench

• The instrument panel at real scale. Every gauge in its real spot at 1:1. The goal: read it in the headset without leaning in. A reading test in the headset decides if it ends up slightly bigger.
• A second, much bigger aircraft. A twin jet airliner with a walk-through cabin in the works: seat rows, signs, doors that open and overwing exits.
• The test hangar. A rig that loads a wing until it bends, then until it breaks. The break point depends on how fast the load builds; the airliner wing bends 5 to 6 metres before it gives. VR controls for it are still to do.
• Calmer birds. The old flocks were far too busy. The new version has fewer and smaller flocks, with softer calls.

None of this is in the demo or a release yet; it lives in my dev build.

Roadmap

Next updates: morning fog, low cloud, rain, sunset, and night with your lights on.

Later: an airfield that grows with you, upgrades for your plane, the test hangar, more aircraft, new places in the valley, a wider map beyond it, and talking to the tower with your own voice.

No dates. When something is ready, it ships.

How it's built

• Godot 4.6 with the Mobile renderer, so the same game runs standalone on a Quest.
• A painted look. No real-time lights or shadows: light and colour are painted in the shaders. That keeps it fast in the headset and gives the valley its soft look.

Screenshots

Feedback welcome

• Flying in VR: what makes you queasy, and what helps?
• What would you want to do in the valley, besides flying?

Reply here, or come say hi on Discord.

Links

• Game page with the free demo: drmicra.itch.io/hangar-valley
• Discord: discord.gg/UkygrJAw9k
• Twitch, where the game streams live: twitch.tv/hangarvalley

Changelog

• 19 Oct 2026: topic started
• 19 Oct 2026: demo 0.2 (Quest crash fix, joystick support, a hands-on copilot, calmer birds, more colour in the forests)