Built From Scratch
Games, content, and a community... All built from scratch.
How It Started
In 2022, Andrew and Lachlan met online doing what they each loved, building games and creating content. Back then we were Lachyz Studios, titled after Lachlan's handle, just two friends and a few others making things they thought would actually be fun to play. We made a few small games and some others for content to be used in videos like this one.
The first real moment came with Tiny Tilted Gun Game a Fortnite Creative 1.0 island that went viral and proved people wanted what we were building. It was a simple game, but it was a lot of fun to play and it was a lot of fun to watch.
Once Unreal Editor for Fortnite was released, the studio rebranded as YapMaps and kept shipping bigger games with more complex systems. 30+ titles built over time, millions of plays, and a community of 60K+ followers.
Now we're working on building two things at once: the games themselves, and the content that documents building them. The studio and the journey, both live.
Meet the Founders
Lachlan McCurdy
19 · Ottawa, Canada
Co-Founder · Content & Creative
Lachlan is the creative and community face of YapMaps. Based in Ottawa at 19, he's been making content for years under his handle @lachyz and brings that same energy into everything the studio does. He's not just the social brain, he works in the editor too! Designing games and building content that shows the real process behind it. When he's not working on games, he's out with friends, at a concert, or snowboarding.
Andrew Schulman
18 · Iowa City, Iowa
Co-Founder · Dev & Content
Andrew is the technical lead behind YapMaps. At 18, he's a CS & Engineering student at the University of Iowa who started coding at 13 making games for his friends to play. He co-founded the studio from scratch, shipped solo projects like a custom arena for Loserfruit that hit 320K+ views, and is now building content about what it actually takes to grow a studio from nothing. When he's not building, he's biking, hiking, or at a football game.
By the Numbers
Built across platforms over time — every one shipped for real
Real players, real sessions, built entirely through organic growth
A community built across TikTok, Instagram, Discord, Snapchat & more