Okay, I’ve been thinking about setting up a countdown timer for the release of Zenless Zone Zero. You know, that new game from miHoYo everyone’s hyped about? Yeah, so I finally decided to do it.
First, I needed to find out when the game is actually coming out. I checked a bunch of gaming news sites and the official Zenless Zone Zero stuff. Turns out, it’s launching on July 4, 2024. That’s the date I needed for my countdown.
Then I started looking into how to make the countdown timer. I figured I could do it with some basic HTML and JavaScript. Nothing too fancy, just something to show the days, hours, minutes, and seconds until the release.
I wrote a simple HTML structure to display the countdown.
- Created a div to hold the timer elements.
- Added spans for days, hours, minutes, and seconds, giving each an ID so I could update them later.
Next, I jumped into the JavaScript. This is where the real action happens.
- I set the releaseDate variable to July 4, 2024.
- Wrote a function called updateCountdown that calculates the time remaining. It subtracts the current time from the release date and figures out the days, hours, minutes, and seconds.
- Then, I made sure to update the HTML elements with these values.
- Finally, I used setInterval to call this function every second, so the countdown updates in real-time.
I also found some info about the preload. Apparently, we can start preloading the game on July 2, 2024. That’s two days before the release, which is pretty sweet. It means I’ll be all set to play as soon as it unlocks. The download size is a bit over 50 GB, so it’s good to have that head start.
After getting everything coded up, I tested it out. It was awesome seeing the seconds ticking down. Now I have a working countdown timer, and I’m even more pumped for Zenless Zone Zero. This game seems like it’s going to be huge, especially for people who are into gacha games but haven’t found one they like yet. I’ve only played it a bit, but I can already tell it’s going to be something special.
And guess what? It’s not just for PC and mobile. They’re releasing it on PS5 too! That’s huge. More ways to play. I heard there’s going to be a 1.5 update on January 22, 2025, with new characters. There will be two new S-Rank Agents from the Stars of Lyra. Can’t wait to see what that’s all about.
And I can get the game from the PlayStation Store, Epic Games Store, or the App Store, which is pretty convenient.
Honestly, setting up this countdown timer was a fun little project. It got me even more excited for the game’s release. Now I just have to wait for July 4. It’s going to be epic!
