The Shadow of the Czar
let abstract = "Shadow is an action-packed, jazz-infused narrative web game in film noir style, produced in partnership with World Labs, the AI research group co-founded by Ben Mildenhall, Dr. Fei-Fei Li and more. Designed to push both my storytelling and World Labs’ incredible technology to the limits, I made it solo in six weeks: concept, screenplay, environments, audio, VFX, game design and engineering, using World Labs’ Marble and SparkJS, a three.js-based gaussian renderer.
In addition to engineering with cutting edge rendering and AI generation technology, I loved how much physical tech and real-world action was involved. Lighting, cinematography, performance, costuming, prop-making, 3D scanning, stunts and voiceover accents – it was the most movie-like of any game production I’ve worked on, and that was enabled by the increasingly photorealistic environments produced by Marble.
Play via your desktop or mobile browser at https://theshadowoftheczar.com, check out the trailer below, or read the case study on World Labs’ site!
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