VOID HORIZON

CHILDREN OF THE ARK · a sci-fi RPG

In the far future, the Ark ships carry the last of humanity — and more — across a dying universe. Immortals awakened from cryogenic slumber explore lost worlds, wield reality-altering powers, and shape the fate of civilizations. Every model, world, and character below is generated in-house by a local neural pipeline and rendered in-engine — no stock assets.

a council capital ship drifting past a planet through an asteroid field — IN-ENGINE Fleet approach · rendered on the dev RTX 5080

The galaxy, taking shape

two capital ships trading energy fire — Ship combat — capital ships trade beam & torpedo fire

dusk outdoor location with horizon backdrop — Living worlds — gradient skies, horizon vistas, forged props

outdoor world with grass and skyline — On-foot exploration — grassfields, skylines, structures

neural character cast — The cast — portrait-faithful, rigged, animated

player character — Playable bodies — full movement + breathing

forged scene props — Forged props — habitat, crate, cryo-tank (~5 MB each)

morphable wardrobe — Wardrobe — morphable garments over any body

movement animation states — Animation — walk / run / jump / slide / dodge / melee

The full gallery — 44 in-engine shots

Every frame below is rendered live in the game engine on the dev GPU — forged worlds, ships, and characters. New shots land every build.

The cast — characters & gear

The fleet — forged warships

Worlds — 8 procedural biomes

Deep space

Battle

Where the game is at

▶ Playable now

Capital-ship fleet battle sim — 7v7 lockstep multiplayer
Character creator + morphable bodies & wardrobe
Powers, subpowers, equipment & a 35-cell ship roster
On-foot movement: walk / run / jump / slide / dodge / melee / aim

◷ In development

Portrait-faithful neural cast — rigged & animated (forging now)
Living worlds — props, horizon backdrops, gradient skies, textured walls
Character breathing (environment-aware) & hand-placed gear
Factions & reputation · COTA-voiced dialogue trees

◇ On the horizon

Powers: energy beams, gravity/TK blasts, teleport portals
The Warp — a hellish mirror-dimension for FTL travel
Ghost form & body reconstruction after death
Destructible scenes · persistent world state

Build log

Aug 16 Epic in-engine teasers — fleet approach, ship combat, dusk vistas — with specular glints, glow & reflections. Blank-render guard added.
Aug 16 Rigging-based breathing (the ribcage lifts as lungs fill), environment-gated — no breath in vacuum or underwater.
Aug 16 Living worlds — forged props placed in-scene, procedural horizon backdrops + gradient skies, tech-panel & Xelomite-rib walls.
Aug 16 The full character cast is forging overnight — portrait-faithful, rigged, textured, animation-ready.
Aug 15 Neural on-foot bodies live in-game — the realistic pipeline replaced the placeholder rig.

In active development · updated every build. Art & models generated in-house via a local neural pipeline (SDXL → Hunyuan3D → UniRig), rendered in Godot.