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iPETRO — Zero Leak Challenge

The Undead Shutdown is an industrial VR serious game that combines flange-management training with survival-horror pressure inside a petrochemical plant.

RoleVR Interaction DeveloperTeam DEADLOCK · Workshop II

Unity 2022.3 LTS C# XR Interaction Toolkit Meta Quest

Gold Award — FTMK Workshop II Innovation Competition

In-game view

Overview

iPETRO: Zero Leak Challenge (The Undead Shutdown) is a VR training simulation created by Team DEADLOCK. Players practise the ASME PCC-1 star-pattern flange-tightening procedure while defending an industrial worksite from waves of infected enemies.

The project provides a safe, repeatable alternative to training on live plant equipment, combining technical accuracy, real-time feedback, and an immersive petrochemical environment.

A guided tutorial teaches the five-step workflow before timed work phases are interrupted by zombie waves, testing whether players can complete the correct procedure under pressure.

5-stepFMS training workflow

3Timed challenge levels

8 / 12Bolt configurations

My role

I worked as the team's VR Interaction Developer, implementing the flange interaction in Unity. I built the nut-spinning mechanic, mapped rotational input to each nut, and controlled the tightening sequence so the task only progresses when the correct nut is secured in the required order.

Flange interaction

Spin and tighten nuts in VR
Rotation handling on the flange

Sequence logic

Required tightening order
Step validation and progression

Unity integration

C# interaction scripts
XR Interaction Toolkit setup

Team contribution

My contribution focused on the flange interaction and tightening-sequence mechanics. Environment art, enemy systems, game design, and project management were completed across Team DEADLOCK.

Project gallery

Team DEADLOCK presenting the iPETRO VR project during the Workshop II showcase — **Workshop II showcase**Live project presentation and VR demonstration.

iPETRO Unity scene with a spatial remaining-time display — **Mission timer**Diegetic guidance inside the industrial scene.

iPETRO in-game interface showing bolt counts, wave status, and task time — **Task tracking**Bolts, nuts, wave status, and remaining time.

Unity editor showing the flange workspace and XR Grab Interactable configuration — **Flange interaction**XR grab and rotation setup for the maintenance task.

Official iPETRO Zero Leak Challenge poster featuring a flange, repair tools, and zombie survival theme — **Official iPETRO poster**The Undead Shutdown.

Unity editor showing zombie navigation inside the iPETRO industrial environment — **Zombie encounter**NavMesh-driven pressure during the repair task.

Team DEADLOCK holding medals and the iPETRO Gold Award certificate — **Gold Award**Team DEADLOCK at the Workshop II competition.

Close-up of the iPETRO Gold Award certificate — **Certificate of Excellence**Gold Award recognition for iPETRO.

Unity Hub showing the Unity 2022.3 LTS environment used for iPETRO — **Unity 2022.3 LTS**The project's documented development environment.

Outcome

The final build combined industrial training fidelity with an unusual survival-game structure. User Acceptance Testing was completed, and the report records stable XR interaction with a target performance range of 72–90 FPS on the selected PC-VR setup.