Training Pier
Training Pier, please. The pigeons have called an emergency meeting.
The game
How Gondoloco plays
You are the newest gondolier in a tiny, painted Venice. Your job sounds simple: pick people up, drop them off, and keep them out of the water.
The fare loop
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1 Find your passenger
A golden symbol floats above the waiting passenger and the arrow on your bow points the way. Glide into the mooring box, slow right down and hold still for a second. The outline fills green and your passenger climbs aboard.
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2 Hear the request
Every customer has an emergency: cold pizza, late opera singers, sardines on a strict schedule. Follow the ivory destination marker through the canals.
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3 Defend the boat
Sharks circle, then leap. Swing your long oar to knock them back. If one lands, your passenger loses their phone and you earn half fare. Miss the rescue window and they go overboard.
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4 Get paid and stamped
Dock at the destination to collect 10 coins (5 if the phone went swimming). Each safe delivery earns a numbered gondola stamp. Collect all ten to complete the level.
Six docks, six emergencies
Fares chain around the city, from the Training Pier all the way to the Mask Shop and back again.
Pizza Window
The pizza is getting cold. I, however, am getting dramatic.
Opera Steps
To the opera! My audience has already started without me.
Fish Market
Fish Market, please. My sardines keep a very strict schedule.
Glassblower’s Quay
Glassblower’s Quay. Gently, please: I’m carrying a very nervous vase.
Mask Shop
To the Mask Shop! I have a disguise emergency.
Difficulty
The shark ramp
Trip one has no sharks at all. After that each trip adds one more attack, spread along the route, and more of them arrive together. From trip four a seagull swoops in to join the fun.
Lose a passenger and you simply repeat that trip with the next customer. No stamp, no shame.
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Life on the lagoon
Not everything in the water wants your passengers.
Controls
| Action | Meta Quest controller |
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| Forward / reverse | Left thumbstick up / down |
| Steer | Left thumbstick left / right |
| Brake | Right trigger |
| Board & drop off | Stop in the dock outline for 1 second |
| Defend passengers | Swing the right-hand oar |
| Recenter view | Y |
| Recover boat | X |
| Pause menu | Menu button |
Built for comfort
- Play seated or standing, with one-button recentering.
- The boat and your view stay level. The hull rocks gently, your head never does.
- No forced camera rotation and no artificial head bobbing.
- Gentle, predictable acceleration with arcade-friendly handling.
- Bumping walls costs nothing: the hull simply slides along them.