How I made an AR Game in 24h (Unity + Lightship)

Thanks for watching my journey. I want to build the most exciting AR Experiences including Games, Movies and usefull Apps. My background is mainly in 2D / 3D Animation using Blender and After Effects, but I always loved the idea auf Augmented Reality. Furthemore I liked to code. So in late 2022 I decided to learn Unity and get deeper into AR Software Development. Let's see how far we can come :)
I challenged myself to make an AR App within 24 hours. As I’m working a day job currently, I worked for 6 days, 4 hours
each day and tried to get a nice prototype working. The AR Game is called humming Havoc and turned out to be great fun.
I have a new AR Asset for Unity, which will make your life easier creating any kind of AR Game. There is a free "lite" version too:
Find the AR Magic Bar here*: assetstore.uni...
And the AR Magic Bar Lite: assetstore.uni...
Here are all the links:
Unity (Free) :
unity.com/down...
Lightship (Free, Sign In):
lightship.dev
Tutorial on the Input System:
• How to use NEW Input S...
Spawn on Mesh Script
lightship.dev/...
If you like my tutorials and videos on XR, you can support me here:
www.paypal.com...
Assets (Free and Paid)*
POLYGON Nature - Low Poly 3D Art by Synty
assetstore.uni...
Cute Hummingbird
assetstore.uni...
Toon Fx / Particle Effect
assetstore.uni...
Joystick Pack - Free
assetstore.uni...
Shadow Receiver - Free
assetstore.uni...
Shadow Receiver URP (AR) - Paid
assetstore.uni...
Terrain To Mesh
assetstore.uni...
Terrain Rotator
assetstore.uni...
Malbers Animations: Poly Art: Animal Forest Set
assetstore.uni...
Autosave
assetstore.uni...
*The given links are part of Unitys affiliate program
Note: Some of the images and graphics used are from FreePik. I own the rights / premium license to use those graphics.

[@mdandry]

Awesome video, thank you for making it 👍🏻 I am just getting started with Unity and AR development to create an idea I had last year. It’s pretty complex so I’m hunting down any info I can find. Again, thanks for the video!

[@AliveStudios_]

Glad you find it useful and good luck with your journey!

[@cffilmmaker]

Thanks so much for creating such great content. My husband is getting into game development and has inspired me to also learn. As a woman with no tech experience it’s intimidating, so I really love how detailed you make your videos and all your insight on something that is making its way in popularity !! God bless!

[@oriolcorella2480]

Hi, amazing video! Could you make a step-by-step tutorial on how to create this AR Game you just did on this video? I've been having a hard time finding comprehensive tutorials specifically focused on AR game development. Thanks!

[@AliveStudios_]

Thank you mate! Yes I would like to do that if there is demand for it :)

[@Arxari]

@@AliveStudios_ Hey! Any update? I'm currently migrating from Unity to UE5 and a tutorial would be super helpful.

[@AliveStudios_]

hi :) @@Arxari I will start recording next week so it won''t be long

[@Arxari]

@@AliveStudios_ Love to hear it! Thank you!!!

[@benmarkjoycuvinar7212]

step by step please!

[@imashnipun9525]

Hey Tobi! I love your content. It's been really helpful for my university projects. I'm currently building a game using AR, and I'm using Lightship for that. Lately, I've been trying to create a starting point for my game, and I need to find a place on the mesh using an indicator. I'm using a mesh with a mesh collider and the method Physics.Raycast(ray, out meshHit, Mathf.Infinity, layerMask) to find the hit position. However, my indicator isn't stable, and I'm having trouble finding a flat surface on the mesh using that method. Can you please help me with this?

[@NeuronDev]

Hey man! I love your content, thanks for sharing! I would like to ask you, as a knowledgeable person in the AR industry, what are your thoughts about the future of Native AR development, given what's happening with Unity? Do you think there's any other engine like Unity, such as Unreal or Godot, that could be good or potentially good in the future? Thanks for your time!

[@AliveStudios_]

Hey mate, as of right now, I still think Unity is the best tool for AR development in regard to its features and plugins. But I'm definitely open for other tools as well. Also, Web AR is an exciting option. We will see what the future will bring :)

[@aidana_smat]

Your videos are very helpful! Thank you so much for helping us. I was doing final year project for my college graduation and it is AR game in the Unity for AR glasses. However recently was experiencing difficulties with game logic. In our current prototype we could program our AR app to scan bar codes and transform them into 3D shapes in the app. Now our main struggle is to make our app recognize if those 3D shapes were put in the correct order. We were trying to write codes on C# for this function, however couldn't progress much. I was wondering if there any helpful resources you could refer me to since I couldn't find much videos related to this question. Thank you so much once again! 🙏

[@AliveStudios_]

Well you could try to post your project in the Unity Discord, there is a section about AR :) discord.com/invite/unity

[@rumeysaay7447]

Hello teacher, your video is very nice, thank you. But I couldn't find the lightship hub file in the resources section of the light ship site. We would be happy if you help.

[@AliveStudios_]

Hey! This is the new link :) lightship.dev/docs/archive/ardk/tutorials/meshing_tutorial_garden.html Since there is already ARDK3 , some links got messed up

[@ajaynirmal4648]

Whole video was amazing, i started gain interest so I started making the same project as yours but some assets are paid so can make one using some free assets and step by step guide because its so hard to keep up with you and i m not getting the input part too from the provided video link.Please

[@AliveStudios_]

Hi mate thanks a bunch for your comment. This video is more of an overall idea of how I did it. I also have a step by step tutorial on my channel : kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6HNYZ6vd7mbqtE I'll likely do some more tutorials in the future. Do you have anything your are interested in particular?

[@ajaynirmal4648]

@@AliveStudios_ Thanks for your time. Can I get the source code if possible ?

[@dZSaam]

Weridly the site you linked the do not have the lightship hub download anymore :/

[@potato_sirius]

video was really great but i cant find the lightship hub anywhere !!??

[@AliveStudios_]

Sadly the lightship hub is not available anymore, however there are the lightship samples. I made a video on that here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXKwnWOift9rg6Msi=IscjJBm96yCN15hs

[@potato_sirius]

@@AliveStudios_ 😭

[@dhyeypatel4649]

Hie!! Amazing video! Can you provide source code for this ? If not then can you give step by step tutorial for the same as I am a noobie so.

[@zaid.b4531]

same please ! :)

[@yyz-n7g]

Hi, I'm learning from your video content recently, but I'm having trouble with controlling the birds and linking the UI. Could you please share the source code with me to learn?

[@yyz-n7g]

Is there a more detailed step-by-step guide for this part? Thank you very much. Your video is really great.

[@AliveStudios_]

Hi :) For that I'd definitely recommend this video from Code Monkey. Somewhere at timestamp 42:00 he also shows how to do the On-Screen Joystick: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5vIlpKbact8ecU

[@RakhaRamadhana]

Hi! I have checked the SpawnOnMesh Script it doesn't to be working in ARDK 3, would you mind direct me to certain documentation where is it actually explain for the recent version?

[@AliveStudios_]

Hi :) Did you check out this tutorial from my channel already? kzbin.info/www/bejne/nprEZZ2so9VqrpYsi=8DZDHI4Z9X0FVnf- It's about Placement and meshing with ARDK3 and should be still working :)

[@rominar.8958]

Hi ! Thanks for sharing ! Is it possible to make it multiplayer?

[@AliveStudios_]

Hi :) Yes absolutely. Lightship also has a quite good multiplayer solution called "Shared AR"

[@rominar.8958]

@@AliveStudios_ Great ! Thanks very much ! I'll check it up

[@ajaynirmal4648]

Hlo buddy its like i almost keep up with u i creted the plant on the ground and in separate project I make a dragon and its control now I am stuck can u provide source code because I know u are busy by watching most of the video I get to know that why I am asking for source code or its up to u if can provide with a step by step tutorial then it will be amazing out of nowhere.

[@AliveStudios_]

Hi buddy :) There will be some tutorials soon !

[@MuhammadRifqiSyatria]

can i try your game

[@vuquangtruong5950]

You r awesome

[@adilelhariti]

Hi bro, i have a great AR app game idea but i am not a coder, are you interested in developping it with me!!

[@Leyverse]

+1 sub!

[@did3d523]

not free

[@grae_n]

Awesome work! It sometimes feels like AR is a suppressed search term.

[@AliveStudios_]

Thanks a bunch! :) I'm optimistic AR will be exploding in a few years 📈