Rooms lets you create games + interactive experiences from your browser. No download necessary. Every thing you see is editable and scriptable. And best of all, it’s free :-).
Hey everyone! 👋
Nick, Bruno and I are excited to introduce you to Rooms.xyz -- a platform for creating 3D games and experiences in your browser. This product is a labor of love, driven by what we wish we had when we were kids.
Rooms is a sandbox-y 3D platform where every thing is editable:
1. you can add any thing you want from our built-in library, or upload a .vox
2. change individual things with the built-in voxel editor
3. make things interactive with Lua code
Game creation+remixing is the most obvious use case, but we think this has potential far beyond that. For instance:
- You can use it to learn how to code, both by viewing the "source" of any room, and by changing code and seeing the effects instantly.
- You can use it to make animated videos with the built-in Camera mode. Each room essentially becomes a set and the Things, props.
- You can use it for interactive storytelling, connecting multiple rooms.
We've also integrated ChatGPT to make virtual characters come to life, included a free sound effect library, and more. There's so much Rooms can do and we're so excited to see what y'all make of it 🫶.
Favorite product of this week so far. You went above and beyond with Rooms guys. Go get the product of the week first place. @jasontoff
Very interesting idea and great realization. There are a lot of design possibilities, you can use your imagination.
I can imagine doing something like this as an online team event, just to talk to people in a playful way while designing your own room.
Congrats on the launch! Love how versatile this is. Do you plan to add more gamey (objective based) elements in the future or do you want to keep it a sandbox?
Loved the video, high production but also very human. Love the voxel style. The rooms.xyz design looks very cozy, what's the most exciting use case do you see for rooms.xyz?
Wow, I love this product from the idea to the execution! It's very refreshing and well-made.
Had a great moment going through the onboarding then experimenting with existing rooms and the room creator.
Congratulations from a fellow 3D web developer 🙌
I'm on Spirit Airlines 🥁
They're charging 4️⃣ for a Coke Zero
But this ✨
💎 This product just made my day
It loaded fast ⚡️
Despite the wifi 🗑️ being on the slower side***
I teleported 🕳️ from room to room
Defended a room from invaders with great music 🎶
And started building a room 🚪 of my own
Could design new widgets for all types of commerce like branded virtual offices. This is super exciting. Good luck keeping up with the integration asks. Seems like you're designing/enabling entirely new calls-to-action.
I've been friends with @jasontoff for many years now, and he's one of the most creative and kind people I know.
I've had the chance to play with Rooms during the development, and it's been so fun seeing it go from early prototypes to the rich sandbox it is today. The team really cares about their craft, about making something delightful and simple and playful and fun. I'm excited to see it open for signups and to discover the rooms that people create.
(I'm a small investor in the company, so don't take my word for it. Go play with it yourself.)
Love the little mini-worlds you've created with Things - it's super delightful and accessible to use! Go team 🎉
Love the UI/UX. You can customize so much. This must have taken forever to build. Nice!!!
Played around with Rooms a bunch as a "consumer" of rooms and frankly, haven't had such a delightful experience with a game-like product for a while.
The overall experience is incredibly polished, I love clicking through and finding easter eggs, and some of the game-oriented rooms are genuinely fun and addicting.
Personally - I'm excited/curious to see how this evolves. Think it would be an awesome game for kids to help them learn how to code and build worlds a-la Minecraft, or (selfishly) I want to see more games and puzzles built out so I have more to play!
Looks very cool. I like that everything is editable. What age do you think this is for?
Jason Toff