I didn’t have much time to share this right after the jam, so here’s a little write-up of the experience — better late than never!

To recap: I gave myself a personal challenge — make the entire game directly from my Meta Quest 3, without touching my computer (except for exporting the builds). I wanted to see if this kind of setup was actually viable.

And... honestly? It worked out surprisingly well! Especially when you take into account a few fun details:

🛠️ I Was Not Ready

• I had zero prep time.
  Until Friday evening, I hadn’t set up anything: no version control, no proper DAW, no 2D drawing tools for textures… Not even my keyboard layout was ready.
  Just getting that configured took me half a day 😂

• It was also my first time using Godot.
  I’d planned to do a little warm-up project before the jam, but I didn’t get the chance.
  Despite that, I was amazed at how easy Godot was to pick up — especially coming from Unity.

• And it was my first VR game too!
  I started using XR Tools, but I ended up switching to native OpenXR nodes, and that made everything cleaner and more efficient.

✨ What Went Great

• Testing in VR was just… satisfying. You hit play, and you're in the game instantly.
• Modeling in Shapelab felt super natural. Even though the results didn’t make it fully into the game, it was a great tool to get comfortable with.
• Virtual monitors made for a surprisingly decent dev environment.
• The headset didn’t cause much fatigue, and the battery dying faster than it charges? Built-in break timer 😂

🚫 The Limits I Hit

• Virtuoso is cool, but it’s no DAW. It’s loop-based with no real MIDI editing, which made music creation pretty limited.
• Shapelab exports are heavy. You can optimize them on PC, but not directly on the headset — which means you’re stuck with big assets.
• No Git, no real dev tools. It’s Android, so things are already limited — and sideloading extra tools isn’t exactly smooth sailing.

🎮 The Computer Part?

The only time I touched my computer was to export the game builds.
Everything else was done directly from the Quest 3 — headset on, tools running, hands flying.

🖥️ Bonus: Non-VR Version

Just recently, I also made a quick non-VR version so people can try it out more easily, even without a headset.
It's not perfect (the console is barely readable), but it's playable.

🎉 Final Thoughts

This was honestly a really fun experience.
It proved to me that yes, you can build a whole game just from inside the headset — even with a bunch of limitations.

There’s still a lot of room for improvement. If I can figure out a way to run a lightweight Linux VM inside the Quest… well, I might never leave VR development again 😄

Now it's time for me to start rating games and digging through my notes 🫠
👉 Play the game here