We love Keep Flying too, but it feels a bit weird without all the trees (which we haven't been able to afford so far on the Go) to give each apple and gem a visual base. They provide a sort of "game reason" for the apples and gems to be there, and also help orient you to capture them--the airborne gems in Gem Hunt have always been a bit harder to capture without that base.
Adding a dogfighting capability to Pegasus as another level would definitely cost less, and would be the first place we'd start. I didn't say much when the idea first came up, but have concerns from having spent a couple years experience making cockpit jet trainers. One is that dogfighting at high speeds means that everyone is the size of a dot except for the 2 seconds when they rush past you, and then everyone is turning as hard as they can to try to get on someone's tail, which is a recipe for VR discomfort. At slower speeds it can be great in VR, as Elite: Dangerous shows, but the acceleration and turning rate in that game is still way less than Keep Flying. I think we'd prop up an initial prototype using Pegasus to see how everyone feels about it.
Regarding cost and time, on average it took us 2-3 months to develop each game level of the original VirZOOM Arcade, depending on how much iteration and new features it had. It then took us more time to port to other platforms (which won't be an issue going forward) and a one-time redesign of all the games for the new VZfit flow. We don't expect more payment than everyone's monthly or yearly subscription to make new games, but definitely like hearing what people want most, and also want to make games that appeal to new VZfit users!
Adding a dogfighting capability to Pegasus as another level would definitely cost less, and would be the first place we'd start. I didn't say much when the idea first came up, but have concerns from having spent a couple years experience making cockpit jet trainers. One is that dogfighting at high speeds means that everyone is the size of a dot except for the 2 seconds when they rush past you, and then everyone is turning as hard as they can to try to get on someone's tail, which is a recipe for VR discomfort. At slower speeds it can be great in VR, as Elite: Dangerous shows, but the acceleration and turning rate in that game is still way less than Keep Flying. I think we'd prop up an initial prototype using Pegasus to see how everyone feels about it.
Regarding cost and time, on average it took us 2-3 months to develop each game level of the original VirZOOM Arcade, depending on how much iteration and new features it had. It then took us more time to port to other platforms (which won't be an issue going forward) and a one-time redesign of all the games for the new VZfit flow. We don't expect more payment than everyone's monthly or yearly subscription to make new games, but definitely like hearing what people want most, and also want to make games that appeal to new VZfit users!