It looks like pixel art, but it’s a 3D scene in @threejs. I render it at 480 px tall and scale it up with sharp edges. The camera snaps to the pixel grid every frame, so the pixels don’t shimmer when it moves.

It's been about a year since I fell in love with 3D pixel art. In that time I built my own engine on top of @threejs, reworked it several times, and decided it was time to make my first complete game. It's small, 5–15 minutes of play, but I went through the whole loop: from an empty scene to a finished game you can play in the browser. Meet Guardians of the Spring, a tower defense game. Hold a forest spring for 15 minutes while a ritual runs: four towers that work together, twelve waves, and a Root Golem at the end. I'd like to keep developing it, and the engine, in devlogs, if you're interested. Tell me what you'd want to see next. Play free in the browser: eddort.itch.io/guardians-of-…