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Project Lighthouse: A new kind of open game development

Greg Zaal ·

Poly Haven is working on a video game with the help of community-created assets.

We’ve been publishing free (CC0) 3D assets for the last 10 years thanks to the support of our community on Patreon, and now we’re trying something brand new.

Under the pressure of AI-generated content, and with the motivation to prove the value of our asset library, we’re exploring alternative ways to help fund our work, and one of those ways is creating games.

Of course, making a profitable game studio is a feat all by itself, but we feel like we have a unique proposition: All the assets we (and our community) make for the game are released for free, and all the profits from the game go back into Poly Haven to make more free content for other game developers and 3D artists.

If you’re interested in helping out, check out the community project page and read about all the requirements and prizes available :) There are still 6 weeks left to make your mark on Project Lighthouse.

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Author Greg Zaal
I'm a 3D artist and developer who loves to make tools and content that remove friction for artists. I've been working with Blender for well over a decade, and my focus is exploring sustainable ways to run open-source projects. By day I run Poly Haven and surf the Blender community, and by night... well, it's more of the same really!
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