Thrill of the Fight 2 Will Have Multiplayer PvP Matches says Developer

Limarc Ambalina
8 min readApr 29, 2020

With a large amount of fitness-focused games on the Oculus Quest, it’s hard to stand out on the headset’s growing library. However, Thrill of the Fight is by far the best fitness game I’ve ever played and best boxing game I’ve ever played in or out of VR. Whats more amazing is that the entire game was created by one sole developer.

At a time when fitness centers around the world are temporarily closed due to COVID-19, I found it hard to keep in shape while staying indoors, especially in my Tokyo apartment that has only around 25 square meters of floor space (and yes you read that correctly, 25 square meters). Therefore, buying an Oculus Quest and discovering Thrill of the Fight couldn’t have come at a better time. With varying settings and difficulty levels, the game can be adjusted for anyone. You’d be hard-pressed to find a better VR workout than the heart-pounding rounds of simulated boxing provided in Thrill of the Fight.

I sat down with the sole developer of Thrill of the Fight to find out more about the amazing mechanics that make this game tick and how he managed to create it all on his own.

Ian Fitz is the developer of Thrill of the Fight. He is a self-taught programmer with an 8-year career in web development. When the Vive came out in April 2016, Fitz decided to…

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Limarc Ambalina

Owner of Jpbound.com, VP of Growth at Hackernoon.com | Specializing in AI, tech, VR, and pop culture.