The Slurge (instrumental)Lost Souls · visual album
Development · Building the world

The Grove, twice.

We're rebuilding the real Coconut Grove two ways at once. In the browser, to prove the story and the gameplay fast: that's the Skyfall demo you can play right now. And in Unreal Engine, as the foundation for the full game.

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World building

Real data first. Streets and the shoreline from OpenStreetMap, building outlines from Miami-Dade County, heights and every tree canopy from USGS LiDAR. The browser build proves the layout; the Unreal build dresses it from Legend's own walk-through footage.

Browser build: Grand Ave in 2043
Browser · Grand Ave, 2043 · the Skyfall demo
Unreal build: Grove street at golden hour
Unreal Engine · the same streets, lit with Lumen
Unreal: Grove overview
Grove overview · golden hour
Unreal: CocoWalk plaza stand-in
CocoWalk plaza · three levels, stand-in
Browser: the 2033 blackout
Browser · the 2033 blackout run
192building masses from map data
521shade trees
456palms
157cast-iron lamp posts
276lit storefront bays
39café sets
02

Quik Punch · Grand Ave

A three-level boxing gym: a 19-metre atrium with a regulation ring, heavy bags and speed bags, walnut mezzanines with leather lounges, and a stair core up to a rooftop pool. Built in Unreal by Quik, and the home of Fight Club, the boxing game that shares this Grove.

Quik Punch gym atrium
The atrium · regulation ring
Quik Punch lounge
Mezzanine lounge · walnut and bronze
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Sophia, in 3D

From concept art to a playable character. Her look is locked from the concept sheets; the browser model and the Unreal model are in progress, with a shared rig next so both can use the same animations.

Sophia face study
1 · Face study
Sophia turnaround
2 · Turnaround
Sophia browser model, current pass
3 · Browser model · pass in review
Sophia Unreal model
4 · Unreal model · rig next
Sophia's model standing in the Quik Punch gym
Sophia's Unreal model, standing in the Quik Punch gym
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The current build

Work in progress. Everything here changes weekly.

BrowserEpisode 1 · Skyfall

Playable now. 2043 as Sophia, 2033 as Q.

EngineUnreal Engine 5

Lumen lighting and reflections, virtual shadow maps.

SandboxOne shared Grove

Two games, one map: Lost Souls and Fight Club.

NextFit CocoWalk to the LiDAR

Then Sophia's rig, and Skyfall Records in Unreal.

Built by Legend (Immortal Legend) and Quik, with Fresh on sound and the arcade. Streets © OpenStreetMap contributors · building outlines Miami-Dade County · heights USGS LiDAR.