{"id":9,"date":"2025-10-10T17:28:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T17:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vrcricketguy.com\/blog\/?p=9"},"modified":"2025-10-10T17:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T17:28:07","slug":"the-full-story-about-why-i-am-creating-my-own-vr-cricket-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vrcricketguy.com\/blog\/the-full-story-about-why-i-am-creating-my-own-vr-cricket-game\/","title":{"rendered":"The Full Story about Why I am Creating My Own VR Cricket Game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To really convey everything about my decision to create my own VR cricket game, I have recorded a video to try and get everything across.  I decided just to play a game of iB Cricket in my usual manner, but also talk about the reasons behind VR Cricket Guy &#8211; The Career Mode game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"VR Cricket Guy Discussing Creating his Own VR Cricket Game with a Career Mode\" width=\"644\" height=\"362\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GtbixWZCCbk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">VR Cricket Guy The Career Mode in my own words.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m hoping that this will answer a lot of questions about the latest step in my VR cricket journey.  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One of the main reasons for making the announcement, was to force myself into actually doing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"644\" height=\"362\" src=\"https:\/\/vrcricketguy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/creating-my-vr-cricket-game-644x362.jpg\" alt=\"Creating my own VR Cricket Game\" class=\"wp-image-10\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vrcricketguy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/creating-my-vr-cricket-game-644x362.jpg 644w, https:\/\/vrcricketguy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/creating-my-vr-cricket-game-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vrcricketguy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/creating-my-vr-cricket-game.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If I tell my 100,000+ social media followers that I am going to make my own VR cricket game, then I actually need to do it.  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