I Built a VR Game In 24 Hours With ZERO Experience

Is it possible for someone who's never made a game before to learn Unity and build a VR game in 24 Hours?
My mate Clay's song you hear at the end: gyro.to/79912FindMyWay / • Clayton Francis - Find...

[@thomaskast7842]

This is actually a big inspiration for me. I'm looking to become a game dev myself, and I'd like to do at least partially VR projects. I was afraid it was going to be a massive endeavor to get to that point, but you showed me that I can absolutely do it

[@-MrAdventurePants]

Good luck man don’t give up on that dream

[@BALLGOONWHYTEA]

i also want o just code games and my friends want to 3d model draw and animate so it’s perfect for a small litle studio

[@zacharystaines]

That's epic, Legend! Keep working on that dream. 🫡

[@ThePavlovFailure]

@@zacharystainesI hope his game does end up good because there is a need for more good vr games

[@BIZZAREYTanimations]

For everybody who wants to learn how to gamedev I'm trying to be one. And let me tell you that the easiest game developing software for beginners is godot. There's many tutorials on how to master godot, once you mastered godot you should try and make a game and publish it for the public. Also try and master other game engines like unreal engine or unity.

[@Shadowclaw1113]

I know it might sound like very little, but "It works" is actually a huge compliment in the digital world XD, theres alot of stuff that doesnt "Just works", even Todd Howard says "It just works"

[@RandomPiano704]

I remember watching your vids at 3k subs lol. Look at where you have come. Good job lad, keep it up.

[@zacharystaines]

3K?! Dang bro you're a legend thank you!

[@RandomPiano704]

Yea! I am not lying lol. My first vid I watched from you was your second "Can a old mac play Minecraft" type of vid.@@zacharystaines

[@squaric_mosfet5191]

Glad I went online to learn about the vastness of knowledge that is online. Thank you for the velvet rope sanctioning my way into the light. What a hero. Please keep making more of this. It’s very useful when I’m at my computer and don’t know what to do.

[@LeBrownGames]

As A VR, Dev content like this makes me super happy. since it shows people the entry knowledge level into game development. Specifically v r game development which needs more people!

[@tomxle6278]

Can you solve some problems while developing a VR/MR game? I would need little help with one "bug"...🥲

[@geraldhasbeenhackedlmao]

You're a VR?!?! Hahaha!!!

[@shadensalman3922]

Can i ask you what is the best architecture for vr system??

[@dmrm2161]

I made a game in less than 1 hour, with 0 experience, without knowing how to read, write, or program, and without ever having touched a computer in my life. By being drunk. And all this, on a laptop, and having to run, because there was a bear running after me, while I was creating the game.

[@SmortMen]

Prefab in unity means like a game object that can be used multiple time. We don't use normal game objects because they are not optimised enough. So, prefabs are just a game object to use multiple times

[@Kooczsi]

bad explanation. what he said was more accurate than your explanation. you can think of a prefab like a zip file, and a normal gameObject as a folder zip file (prefab) is more optimized, folder (gameObject) is more easily changable

[@dissolve5138]

@@Kooczsithe game engine just instantiates the prefab thus having less draw calls

[@Kooczsi]

@@dissolve5138 yep

[@VistaLargaGames]

Dude. Great video. I started a devlog for my first 3d game as well using Unity. You seem to be very passionate. I would turn this into a full game and release it. You never know where it will take you. I’d say go for it.

[@StevePaulSounds]

Congrats on making the game!!! So impressive!!! And really funny and entertaining to watch. Subscribed

[@robomobius]

I've already commented on several things, and you probably already know this, but a prefab is when you convert a gameobject from the scene to a reusable asset with all its properties and hierarchy. You can import these or make them by right-clicking in the hierarchy or by dragging a gameobject into the asset browser.

[@basicllyagamer]

Im currently making a horror game for vr! And your doing so much good stuff : )

[@LOWLEVELWOAH]

I've been a dev for 6 years now. At first i thought it would be really ruff. But really if you put your mind to it it'll go well!

[@sandys-channel]

missed opportunity to use the original Tuscany demo environment for the DK1 / early VR days! Spending 3hrs debugging why the VR headset isn't work is very much on brand for making VR games lol

[@marcinlewandowicz]

Awesome video man! Were you able to actually test this inside Unity (in play mode) or you had to send file to VR Headset every time when you wanted to test it out?

[@Swooth20]

The legend is back. Your my inspiration for everything man you try so hard thank you for giving us such entertainment. Keep it up👊🔥

[@zacharystaines]

Dang bro YOU'RE a Legend! Thanks for the encouragement bro. It's a dream come true making goofy videos for the lads lol

[@Swooth20]

@@zacharystaines you're the real legend👊♥️

[@Mr.Tophat_offiacalVR]

There’s finally a vr video that’s not GORILLA TAG!

[@NotAToilet]

3:09 why the door swing open like that bro that scared me for a sec, you got a cat? 🤣

[@DKFel1x]

i thought i was the only one seing that haha :) (was ready fir ghost face to appear :) )

[@mitcharbiter3371]

Interesting video... Zachary discovers he can make a VR game AND that there are ghosts in his home. :)

[@jsivonenVR]

Congrats! That's almost how I started, yet w/ way less usable tutorials ~5 years ago. Welcome to the VR dev posse 😁

[@maxmithu765]

you are such an inspiration bro. KEEP GOING!!!

[@zacharystaines]

Thanks Max YA LEGEND.

[@HauntedCorpse]

Bro I swear, I thought that was a different person when you took off your hat and glasses. Super Man Clark Kent type stuff 😆

[@tientam779]

Nice job! You are really good at rapid prototyping, tremendous feat at building a functional game in 24hrs. To start over and focus on the code and the gameplay instead of the environment was a great move, I wanted to ask what made you come to that conclusion? Also would you consider doing game jams now?

[@danmanthe]

This was a rather fine video!

[@Coconut-the-memer]

10:27 nah this man doesn’t say game over he says game on He is a true one🗿🗿

[@zacharystaines]

HAHA mate couldn't give up on this one!

[@Chrexter]

Great video man

[@EA-..]

I been in a rut not being able to get a job so with my free time i been thinking of doing game dev specifically vr and well... this definitely showed me its possible w/o much effort into coding. Thanks man

[@savakujundzic]

Godot is even simpler than this and completely free!

[@EA-..]

@brawlingwsava I already chose godot for the reason tha5 I don't wanna use unity and unfortunately unreal engine always crashes so godot is the way to go

[@paulietech]

thanks this gave me hope to make vr game because i want to be a vr dev and i am starting now

[@TheLawnReview]

Goodness gracious that was fun to watch!

[@AbhiWiz]

Good job man!!! 👏

[@-MrAdventurePants]

Me and my friend have been trying to make a game for vr and have started like a week ago and this has been really inspiring thanks man awesome work

[@zacharystaines]

Mate that's unreal! Can't wait to see what you guys make 🥲

[@southislandhedgehog]

@@zacharystaines"unreal" lmao

[@StevePaulSounds]

I think I had the exact same unbelievably excited words in my mind when I opened that opening vr scene in Unity feeling your already made a game! 🙂🤩

[@claytonfrancis1746]

Legend! You’re spot on dude! This was rad!

[@zacharystaines]

Thanks for writing a banger of a song dude

[@DarshitTheGamerTechie1]

Wow! Keep Going Bro

[@strawberryketchup]

Great video bro! My wacky idea cuz I'm bored: I think that you should do another 24h, and you should turn to the goals into portal of the cube colours. Maybe have like 3 portals, so you are required to turn around more. You should also add bombs that occasionally spawn instead of cubes, you have to catch them and diffuse them before they explode and reset your score. If you accidentally throw it in a portal, the portal breaks for 7.5s, meaning you may have to hold many cubes at once and it becomes tricky. With a new cube spawning every 2.5s! 🎉😊

[@zacharystaines]

Yo this is actually so epic - I love all your ideas! Might have to jump back in and make it a 'proper' VR game haha! Thanks for checking out the video legend!

[@user-ek9ke1ku9r]

Oh, you got more than 100k subscribers! I am proud of you i hope ho get 500k this year

[@tbnrmike52]

I would love to see this become a full game and be released

[@househikephotography]

Love this sooooo much

[@Cirwilius]

WoW, good job, i only know hot to do 2d games, not even 3d, i can't think about vr. Big fan from Spain

[@ryanmaguire7731]

I dare you to make a skibidi toilet vr game. It would be so cool being a soldier in the heat of battle getting cool upgrades over time. The reason why I chose skibidi toilet is because of how it won't make you feel like you are an actual soldier and you can relax. Another reason is that there is a ton to expand on

[@Bananass-vr]

You should make levels in the game and it progressively gets harder

[@robomobius]

Tip: on my laptop that's not powerful enough to run VR I have to build ever time I want to test. Rather than have my quest 2 plugged in all through the build (can take

[@BOOMADAM]

Realistically though, if you're building for the quest, you should build often anyway. Running on PCVR is not an accurate presentation of Quest unfortunately.

[@robomobius]

@@BOOMADAM Thanks for the tip!

[@basicllyagamer]

If you add a few more features you could publish it on the quest store

[@ahmedelgabry2780]

criminally underrated video

[@elman.haziq_23X]

bro ur video was lit thanks for making this video u can make all of us inspired

[@zacharystaines]

Ahhhh thanks for watching legend - keep crushing it bro

[@ThEmAnIsInToWn]

Thanks for the entertainment! I am 15 (almost 16) and I love watching your videos while being bored in high school!

[@krakenchan]

watching devs in the wild is fun watching fish climb a tree and hunt gorillas priceless

[@claytonfrancis1746]

Next challenge: make a VR game in VR 🤯

[@Yluem]

suggestion: mod beat saber and then make a custom level

[@ODwaalO]

Ay as long as you got creativity you got

[@RTK404]

Tap Tap revenge 😂 Nostalgic!

[@NoThankYouToo]

The editing choice at 1:30 was the right one. Definitely the best possible option.

[@The_Keh27]

I attempted to make a simple corn maze in Dreams for VR, but as I had no clue what I was doing and can't draw for beans, it was a no-go (also on PS5 so... controls for designing was much harder than it should be)

[@rossbeauchamp8851]

HAHA, the honesty of a wife LOL!!! Gotta keep him on his toes hey Chels!!! NIce Hustle though dude

[@zacharystaines]

HAHA she's always gotta hit me with the hard truths ;)

[@Lakshhey]

for my entire life i thought that he was bald

[@zacharystaines]

That's my next vibe for sure

[@bensmulian2950]

Could you please set up a game page for this game? You got the map ligaly, it looks sooo relaxing, I would have a wonderful time playing this with my family. You should make it 'name your own price', its a cool way of helping the community (because they can put 0) and getting some money on the way,

[@Riley_Christian]

Game development has felt like recreating the wheel for so long, its great that there's finally so many great free tools now to skip all the boring repetitive stuff. We stand on the shoulders of giants :P

[@Steve_Fid]

this video made me subscribe

[@micy_ek]

when he says unreal but he is using unity

[@Chrexter]

I'm in school for computer science just about to finish my 2nd semester and since I got the quest in March all I care about is making a VR game

[@ConereddHasDogs]

YAAAAA NEW VID!!!!!

[@BlakeBlackstone]

It most certainly works.

[@crooker2]

I really want someone to come up with a car wars inspired post apocalyptic vehicle shooter, rpg in VR. (similar to mad Max). This is a genre that really no one has tapped into.

[@realparad0x]

Where do you get your dramatic music?

[@Teamdogs14]

Nice vid

[@emotionalrobot1602]

Next challenge >> Eastshade 2 (!) ha! 😉>> good work you should keep going 👌

[@elfinvr]

POV: Married Dani

[@callmehero7770]

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[@Coleson-xn1nz]

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[@MikelAlBandak]

Danidev?

[@rsanimation7827]

Dani is DEAD……. pray everyday with milk

[@FistFullofShrimp]

1:00 My beautiful shrimping thumbnails can be seen! Look mom! I made it on the youtubes! 🍤

[@ThortoddGoodday]

i made a video on can 2 15 year old mac run Minecraft the other day

[@z4de80]

Zachary. I recommend changing your headset’s Head-strap

[@Coconut-the-memer]

11:13 it was look UNREAL Uses unity For those who don’t understand unreal is a platform like unity

[@Max.-dq2vc]

How did you add a skybox

[@Awaited]

9:05 “I don’t understand why” is the most used sentence in game development I swear 😂

[@HistoryOnPaper]

Nice

[@Coconut-the-memer]

0:38 unity for potatoes 💀💀

[@liamcollinson5695]

It seems a lot easier to make games with all the modern tools i remember my older brother in the early 2000s trying to make a game and it was really complicated he sadly never finished it but i think he gave up

[@ampgamedev6245]

I am truly fascinated by talents that take on challenges bordering on the impossible, and it makes me smile when I perceive that healthy enthusiasm in seeing people admire the work done even if they are just starting out. One thing I would like to clarify, though, is that while it's true that it's possible to put some assets into a game engine and create a minimum level of interaction with motion controllers, the result is far from what could be a true VR video game. I don't want to belittle the efforts and inspiration that this type of content can provide, but it would certainly be better to also explain that to create a complete game, years of work, significant financial investment, and the talent of many people are necessary. Giving the idea that it's feasible to create a video game in 24 hours would seem like saying that those who work in this industry are frauds, that it's not true that years of work and many resources are needed to bring a project to fruition... as if all it takes is 24 hours and a notebook... It's not the first video where titles claim "I create a VR game in 1 hour, 10 hours, or 24 hours"... it's a nice example of style to say that nowadays tools are available to everyone, but it's certainly not true that a map with some randomly placed assets constitutes a game. Forgive my frankness, and in any case, I embrace you and look forward to a new video with something more concrete, perhaps not in 24 hours ;)

[@HasanUST10]

The door opened by itself

[@doramon6251]

My best tip for the one who is about to make games is first work with the game mechanics then environment.

[@stanbarley]

They should make VR sims haha that would be fire 🔥

[@justdrewit2219]

first game, already better than 80% of VR games

[@Coconut-the-memer]

Only true Zachary Stains fans can like this comment

[@LeoJTNT]

Lol only 1 like

[@avif007]

would love for a step by step tutorial :)

[@peytonmac1131]

I think the hardest part is working out what to even make.

[@EveryFunJoke]

nice vid

[@TheOnlyBoxy]

3:14 ik im not the only one who saw bros door open by itself

[@DogeLoreofficial]

Please release it!

[@yosebby]

great video zach, loved it. but idk if u know but I think ur house is haunted 3:16

[@finnawennijpels6045]

didnt you see the video i haunted my own house?

[@xanderplayz3446]

It’s probably pressure differences; this happens to me all the time.

[@finnawennijpels6045]

@@xanderplayz3446 you know that pressure differences only exist outside, your house is haunted too

[@zacharystaines]

HAHA bro don't do that to me man...

[@arsenal4lif392]

Bro's next video "I ordered pizza on Minecraft"

[@132magnet]

4:35 that is how my first vr game looked like

[@taythegamedev]

I love when I get a good video on youtube

[@calcariachimera]

Do you need a powerful gaming rig to build a vr game?

[@claytonfrancis1746]

Also can you shoot my next music video in VR!? 🤔😂

[@Unstoppablegaming789]

will he do it?

[@Coleson-xn1nz]

LMFAO

[@zacharystaines]

Oh wait snap that's kinda fire

[@Unstoppablegaming789]

@@zacharystaines yo my man

[@okjoe7]

I wanna play it, is it downloadable???

[@Discotax35006]

im litterally unironically watching this on my quest 3VR

[@crooker2]

I don't know how to do brain surgery either. I'm also not planning on learning it in 24 hours. Hehe.

[@TrEeBLaZe]

I think the cubes kept flying over her head cause you programmed everything to your height, she's much shorter then you, you'll have to adjust the code to adapt to the users height and line of sight I think

[@SeagullMonke11]

I saw your new years live stream. I was the person saying uk new year in ...

[@Orca4YT]

The Utlimate test: Spelling ultimate right😂 But, seriously, loved the video, keep it up!

[@zacharystaines]

HAHA that's what no sleep and editing does to me!

[@ValemTutorials]

This is so cool to see a point of view with Zero Experience but you did super well ! If you want to learn more about VR Development my channel is dedicated to teach everything you need to know !

[@VaibhavShewale]

it looks fun, for me my pc just crash

[@user-uk7mt4nn3z]

Whooray, unity