Played on DK2 (Runtime 1.3)

Nice little Gem,

I totally recommend this to every VR User. A new and innovative Way to bring classic Artworks closer to a broader public Audience. I would gladly spend Money for an Experience like that, if it would offer a lot more (and diverse) Artists and their Works. This little Teaser is free anyway, so there´s nothing to regret. The Experience isn´t very long and because of that i will bascially review through some short Pro/ Con Points.

Pro:
New and fresh Experience
Bit of an 'Edutainment' Effect
Chill Factor
Free of Charge

Con:
Short Experience
Unintuitive Movement and Controller Settings
Motion Sickness Factor
Not the whole Picture of VvG implemented (org. Artwork vs 3D Environment)


A bit of further Explanation regarding to the Cons. The 'Playtime' surely can vary from User to User but let´s say it this way: If you would rush through the Room you would have seen everything in less than a Minute but the Atmosphere is great and it sucks you in the Van Gogh World, so you may spend some more time in it.

The Controller Settings are at least arkward. You can´t move 360 with the Sticks of the Gamepad but instead you have to use a Mix out of Sticks and digital Shoulder Buttons, which are turning the Camera for 45°. Felt not very intuitive to me.

For the Motion Sickness: I´ve played 1000s of hours with my DK2, mostly Elite, Project Cars and 'seated' Games and i would say that i have a good Resistance against MS (played Stuff like Dying Light or Alien Isolation in VR) but this makes me (a bit) sick if i am moving too much or to fast. It´s the old 'Moving as a Person in FPS' vs 'Sitting in a Car/ Cockpit' etc...



However, i wanna see more of Stuff like that. A full 'Game' so to speak. More Artists, from all Epoches and a more accurate Implementation of 'all' the Details of the Artwork. (The implemented Details at the NC TtVvG are to few, compared original Picture vs Ingame Scene) A 'full' Experience could have DLCs over and over btw. On top i wish for more 'Edutainment'. More Details depending on the Artists and their Lifes and Works, maybe some Sheets, Lists, Data, Timeline, etc.


All in all a good 8/10, recommended!
It´s free anyway, so no way to hesitate.

This is a great little experience - a very imaginitive way to explore a painting.

My one suggestion to make the experience better would be to make the piano music simply stereo, and not positional. Either that or somehow make the sound so it is physically based and bounces around the room more. It felt distracting just coming out of one ear if I was facing perpendicular to the piano player. I suppose you could fake physically based audio by simply placing a few lower volume sound sources around at various places.

But thanks for making this! It's better than a lot of paid experiences out there.

Fantastic. Really well done, lots of nice touces. “I put my heart and soul into my work, and I have lost my mind in the process.”

This is something special.

I played this on the HTC Vive, and I felt so relaxed in this "painting" I wanted to sit there and listen to the piano player play and look at the Starry Night.

If I could change one thing though, it would be with the positional audio. You'll see what I mean.

Other than that, 10/10. Show your friends.

Ever wanted to be inside of a Vincent Van Gogh painting?

Well, now you can! A lovely piano song plays as you explore a VR cafe that looks and feels like his signature painting style.

There are only two rooms and a dark basement and there isn't anything more than that so it's like an art exhibit in that respect.

Brilliant, minimal and free!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2747859545

The Night Cafe is a very short experience that revolves around the famed painter, Vincent Van Gogh. As the name might suggest, you wander around a small cafe at night, but you get to enjoy the company of Vincent himself. The small tavern has five explorable rooms, though the only alloted controls are for movement; sadly, you are unable to pick up any objects, or interact with anything.

The game came out in June 2016, just a couple months after both the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift launched on the consumer market, so its lack of interactive depth is forgivable in a nomadic extent. Regardless, the game is highly detailed and incredibly beautiful, being complimented right down to the brush strokes that Van Gogh was so well known for using. A few of his artworks are represented, such as his self-portrait, the famous chair, and even Starry Night if you can manage to lean out of the cafe window far enough.

Even though it is incredibly short, coming in at around 10 minutes or less, The Night Cafe is an experience that must be had by all fans, like myself, of Vincent Van Gogh. He still stands as one of the most widely recognized painters of all time, and seeing his work brought to life in VR is incredible. An modernized update to this title would be well received if the developer decided to add interactivity, and maybe a few nods to Van Gogh's more obscure works as well. Either way, it's free, and it's every art-appreciator's dream to wander in what is basically a gigantic piece of artwork from one of their favorite artists.

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Truely a tribute to Van Gogh.

A beautiful simulation, a great idea. Lets me hope for more.

Looking forward to Dali, Monet and Picasso ;)

This is so relaxing and beautiful. Thanks for making it!

What an experience. If I can bring a book to the cafe, guess I can just sit in there with Mr.Van Gogh for a whole lovely night.

Very good experience. It makes you steps inside one of Van Gogh's paintings, or, if you will, lets you see the world through his eyes, and it is quite convincing at that. Beautiful graphics and atmosphere. Only problem is I want more of it.