“We were instantly interested.” <\/p>
After 17 seasons on our tellies and several international spin-offs, perhaps it shouldn\u2019t come as a massive surprise that Taskmaster<\/a> has been adapted into a video game (and a live experience<\/a>, and a book<\/a>, and a board game<\/a>).<\/p>\n But what might surprise some onlookers is that Taskmaster has become, specifically, a VR<\/em> game.<\/p>\n With traditional consoles like PS4, Switch and Xbox having far bigger player bases than any VR headset you could mention, why bring the Taskmaster brand to VR instead of aiming for consoles, or PC, or mobile even?<\/p>\n Prior to today\u2019s launch of Taskmaster VR<\/a>, RadioTimes.com<\/a> chatted over Zoom to Taskmaster creator Alex Horne about the project. We got some way to understanding how and why it came to be in this form.<\/p>\n So, how did it come about that Taskmaster would get a VR game?<\/p>\n As Horne puts it: \u201cWell, it wasn\u2019t our idea. So, occasionally, people come to us and say, \u2018How about a Taskmaster board game?\u2019 Or book. Or in this case, VR game. And the company that make it, Scallywag, are absolutely brilliant. They know what they\u2019re doing. We don\u2019t.<\/p>\n \u201cI have had a VR headset for a little while. I\u2019ve got three boys who are 11, 13 and 14. And they like it. And it was obvious that the game they like best is something called Job Simulator. They like games where you pick things up and do things with it.<\/p>\n \u201cYou know, what they like best is\u2026 Have you played on an Oculus before? So, there\u2019s the intro, sort of demo function, where you can make paper aeroplanes and chuck things about. That\u2019s what they like best.<\/p>\n \u201cThey like Beat Saber, but they like things where you wander around the thing, and pick things up, put things down and muck about, and you don\u2019t have to clear up afterwards.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, I think we were instantly interested in Taskmaster being a VR game, because it\u2019s that<\/em>. Because it\u2019s mucking about<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n