Get in flow, unlock new creatures, and dive into the world of Skybinder.
Connect dots to solve increasingly detailed 3D puzzles
Create an enormous whale and a cheeky chicken, triangle by triangle
Discover which dots among dozens connect to reveal a king cobra
Activate your mind in this meditative game that soothes and stimulates. Skybinder is a puzzle anyone can play, but few can master. Can you become the Skybinder?
“A very cool immersive VR experience that will mesmerize you into a zen-like flow”
- VRScout
“Furiously addictive… The difficulty curve is masterful”
- 6DOF
“Genuine, puzzling challenges and a soothing focused yet meditative experience.”
- UploadVR
“Instantly intuitive… a very visual puzzle experience” - VR Focus
A meditative VR game about connecting constellations of dots into origami animals. Each dot has a number on it that tells the player how many other dots it must connect to, but not which dots. When you connect three dots into a triangle, it will fill in and create a face – but only if it is correct.
Early prototype of game mechanics
Designing puzzles in VR
When I co-founded Maku XR in 2021, an interactive development studio, most VR games on the market were stressful. They relied on violence, fear, or time pressure to elicit emotions – and sometimes all three. We asked, what would the opposite game look like, and how would it make you feel?
It would be thoughtful and calming, creative instead of destructive, and utterly free of time constraints. We focused on game feel, the quality of experiences that rewards behavior subconsciously through subtle feedback like sounds, movement, and haptics. And we chose a minimalist aesthetic that honored the fundamental building blocks of VR – vertices, lines, and faces – and would empower players to feel as if they were creating their own digital world.
Tutorial sequence
Built in Unity
Creative Directors Wyatt Roy and Luis Zanforlin
Art and puzzles Wyatt Roy
User testing Wyatt Roy
Sound Design Luis Zanforlin
Software Lead Luis Zanforlin