July 2025
This world is all but hospitable. The only place worth calling "home" is a single tower. The sand storms power it. Feed it. Electrifying the very air, distintegrating any portal or structure that dares remain. Does this tower have an owner, or has it existed eternally alone?
For the "Worlds Next Door" competition, hosted by Calvin Serrano.
Rendered in Eevee Next. Composited with Render Raw add-on. Edited in Davinci Resolve. CC0 sounds provided by FreeSound.
Template file was given for the door and the animation walking through it, everything else made by me. Scene was kept minimal using instancing, node-based displacement and modifiers.
Geometry nodes were extensively used to create the sand dunes, clouds, and particles. The particle effects are not simulated; only animated with the help of random noise and modifiers.
