Build a Jenga game in Vision OS

A step by step guide to creating 3D entities and interactions

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Donovan Hutchinson
July 01, 2024

Build a Jenga game in Vision OS

Hi! This is Donovan from vision.rodeo. A while back I set up the site to document what as I learn how to build apps for the platform. To kick things off, I’ve been learning how to generate and display 3D objects, add interactivity and more.

To bring it all together, I’ve put together a tutorial on making a simple “Jenga” game:

Build a Jenga game in Vision OS

Create a simple Jenga-style game in Vision OS

vision.rodeo/jenga-in-vision-os

Want smaller tips? Read more about some of the techniques covered in the Jenga post:

Animated Blender entity in RealityView

Display a Blender 3D object in a Vision RealityView

vision.rodeo/blender-file-in-vision

Volumetric windows

Showing an animation in a volumetric window

vision.rodeo/volumetric-window-group

Immersive spaces

What an immersive space is, and when you might want to use it

vision.rodeo/immersive-spaces

Dragging objects

Using DragGesture to drag a 3D object

vision.rodeo/drag-gesture

Adding gravity

Add gravity to a 3D object

vision.rodeo/object-gravity

Multiple objects

Generate lots of 3D objects

vision.rodeo/multiple-objects

Advanced gestures

Apply dragging, rotating and scaling to multiple objects

vision.rodeo/advanced-gestures

Simple hover effect

Applying a hover to 3D objects in RealityKit

vision.rodeo/hover-effect

Loading material from Reality Composer Pro scene

Load a material for use in coded RealityKit scenes

vision.rodeo/loading-material-from-scene

Detecting collisions in Vision OS

Load a material for use in coded RealityKit scenes

vision.rodeo/detecting-collisions

Playing sounds

Play a sound when a brick collides with table

vision.rodeo/playing-sounds

That’s all for now! I’ll let you know when I have more Vision Pro updates to share. In the meantime, please feel free to share.