Selva

The beautiful Spix's macaw, a 3D model crafted from scratch using voxels in MagicaVoxel.
In-game image of Selva
Our toucan model!
Another in-game image of Selva

Inspiration

Imagine yourself in a calm, lush rainforest. You look up into the sky, through the tall green trees, and bask in the sights and sounds of the beautiful landscape. And then--a bird flies by...oh! It's a Spix's macaw!

We wanted to create a relaxing experience inspired by the flora and fauna of Amazon rainforests.

What it does

Immerse yourself in a captivating environment, look around, listen to the sounds, and observe your surroundings and the beautiful voxel birds and trees.

How we built it

We used MagicaVoxel to create the rainforest landscape and bird models in 3D. Then, we used Blender to rig and animate our bird models. Finally, we brought it all together in Godot.

Challenges we ran into

Creating 3D models was not easy, and often we had to spend lots of time going pixel-by-pixel to create our objects.
Importing 3D models to Blender was simple, but rigging and animating them was not; after doing that dirty work, it was an even bigger problem trying to export the files to Godot.
Once in Godot, navigating the coding language and intricacies of the platform proved difficult, especially in terms of importing an animated model into our 3D landscape and mapping a path of flight.
Crafting beautiful lighting was hard to get right--it took a long time.