Independent game development

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Procedural mazes. A world in progress.

Explore the process

Actual Revision 5 Unreal render of the bridge, paired stone pylons and wall crest beneath the monumental entrance.

Babel · entrance court

First tower approachGIF ↗Editor camera study

First hall of gatesGIF ↗Editor camera study

Around the gate hallGIF ↗Editor camera study

Tower facade · R3GIF ↗Editor camera study

Vaulted hub · R3GIF ↗Editor camera study

Four-kilometre towerGIF ↗Editor camera study

Human-scale galleriesGIF ↗Editor camera study

The entrance courtGIF ↗Editor camera study

Overlook study · R6GIF ↗Editor camera study

Vestibule floor repairGIF ↗Before / after

Closing a threshold gapGIF ↗Diagnostic comparison

Hazard hit and recoveryGIF ↗Gameplay recording

Finding the floor conflictGIF ↗Gameplay diagnosis

Building the tower massGIF ↗Houdini recording

Testing the scale on footGIF ↗Gameplay recording

Palladian construction · R8GIF ↗Construction slideshow

HubDoor mask stagesGIF ↗Houdini still sequence

Stone wall mask stagesGIF ↗Houdini still sequence

Before: manual graphGIF ↗

Generator statesGIF ↗

Points to enclosureGIF ↗

Independent wall lengthGIF ↗

Width and depthGIF ↗

Four-corner placementGIF ↗

Corner enclosureGIF ↗

Maze populationGIF ↗

Maze scaleGIF ↗

Wall UV checkGIF ↗

Follow the build

The path so far.

What’s next

Development studiesLatest → earliest

Current construction study

A fitted entrance and fluted spire

20 September 2026Open study

Actual Unreal capture of an unfinished, isolated Revision 8 entrance study with fitted crown infill, pediment and paired pilasters. Not the playable arrival. — **Palladian entrance benchmark**Worldbuilding

Actual Unreal capture of the isolated four-kilometre Revision 8 spire on a neutral display plane. The surrounding basin and terraces are not built. — **Fluted-spire massing**Worldbuilding

World building and repairs

The court, the Overlook and the floor

20 September 2026Open study

Actual Revision 7 Unreal render of the masonry terrace, crank console and viewing shutter. A settled editor still, not proof of activation. — **The revised Overlook**Worldbuilding

Actual Revision 7 Unreal render after locally lowering Landscape beneath the existing vestibule paving to remove depth conflicts. — **A continuous vestibule floor**Worldbuilding

From massing to a playable arrival

Babel takes shape

16-20 September 2026Open study

Ground-level Unreal editor view of the Revision 4 approach beneath the four-kilometre tower. The upper facade is scenic architecture. — **Human scale beneath Babel**Worldbuilding

Actual Revision 3 Unreal editor view of the enclosed gate hall, with tall stone bays, a vaulted ceiling and warm lamps. — **A vaulted hall of gates**Worldbuilding

Procedural controls

Placed-points wall controls

21—25 August 2026Open study

Houdini viewport showing red corner zones, blue wall zones, an orange path area, and a node graph of adjustable wall and corner outputs. — **Placed-points wall and corner rethink**Houdini

World building

Edge-aware vegetation

9 July 2026Open study

Houdini viewport showing dense coloured scatter points closely following maze edge lines before distance tuning. — **Distance from edge before tuning**Houdini

Houdini viewport showing coloured scatter points pushed away from maze edge lines after distance-based falloff tuning. — **Distance from edge after tuning**Houdini

Unreal Engine viewport showing a stone maze beside water with grass and scattered blockout vegetation along the wall edges. — **Unreal edge scatter preview**Worldbuilding

Materials

Foliage foundations

8 July 2026Open study

Unreal Engine material editor showing a two-sided foliage master material node graph. — **Two-sided foliage master**Materials

Unreal Engine static mesh editor showing a dense clump of grass cards with Nanite statistics visible. — **Grass static mesh preview**Materials

Houdini viewport and network showing maze edge lines selected for an outer edge vegetation scatter setup. — **Outer edge group setup**Houdini

First in-engine proof

First maze in Unreal

27—29 June 2026Open study

Unreal Engine preview of a large blockout maze assembled from dry-stone walls and corner pillars. — **First procedural maze test in Unreal**Worldbuilding

Wide Unreal Engine preview of a large dry-stone maze with water channels, textured ground, and low vegetation beside the walls. — **First dressed maze-scale preview**Worldbuilding

Art pipeline

Material masks

25 June 2026Open study

Houdini node graph and viewport showing colour masks generated from stone wall attributes. — **Attribute-driven mask setup**Houdini

Houdini viewport showing a hub door mesh with a coloured slope and edge mask preview. — **HubDoor slope mask preview**Systems

Gameplay

Hub progression loop

18 June 2026Open study

Houdini viewport and node graph showing a blockout hub door frame asset. — **HubDoor blockout graph**Systems

The starting point

Dry-stone wall kit

16 June 2026Open study

Textured procedural dry-stone wall module in a Houdini viewport. — **Textured dry-stone wall module**Worldbuilding

Textured stone pillar asset in a Houdini viewport. — **Stone pillar test piece**Worldbuilding

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In motion

Motion study

The path so far.

A fitted entrance and fluted spire

The court, the Overlook and the floor

Babel takes shape

Placed-points wall controls

Edge-aware vegetation

Foliage foundations

First maze in Unreal

Material masks

Hub progression loop

Dry-stone wall kit

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In motion

The path so far.

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