A low-poly 3D space game featuring procedurally generated planets, a custom physics engine, and distributed server architecture, winning the StudentHack Hackathon.
Inspired by the captivating low-poly art style for space and the potential of procedurally generated planets, we set out to create a visually stunning 3D game where little astronauts explore vibrant, low-poly worlds. Our goal was to bring this space fantasy to life with a unique and engaging experience.
Worlds Apart offers players an immersive space adventure where they can join dynamically generated worlds using unique game codes. The game features a server infrastructure that manages player connections and waiting rooms efficiently. Players crash-land on various planets, collect items to repair their ship, and explore spherical planets with custom gravity physics.
- Server Architecture: Developed a novel server meshing system to support large player counts. New servers are dynamically created for different space regions.
- Client-Side Prediction: Implemented client-side prediction to enhance networking performance, ensuring a smooth experience even on slower connections.
- Custom Physics Engine: Built a custom physics engine to handle the unique gravitational forces of small, spherical planets.
- Modeling and Animation: Used Blender to create custom models and animations, and integrated them into the game with a three.js-based rendering system and animated state machines for characters.
- 3js
- Blender
- GitHub
- GLSL
- Next.js
- Partykit
- React3fibre
- TypeScript
- Vercel
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Copyright (c) 2024 YILT Team (Lourenço Silva, Ioan Gwenter, Tom Hewitt,
Yeshwanth Patil)
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