Telluria: Tract

Welcome to Telluria!

This project presents three dimensional animated paintings of the mythical land Telluria. The world hosts a wide range of terrain types and climates, from arid deserts, humid swamps, dense forests, rolling hills, calm oceans, productive plains, to steep canyons. The coloration of the plant life, which tends to grow at higher altitudes, and water level depends on the local precipitation. Each tract represents 16 hectares.
Here and there are small villages are inhabited by Lurans. They lead quiet and simple lives, and those who live in the plains are particularly good farmers. Lurans share a unique genetic trait which allows them to participate in the gleaming. The gleaming is a type of collective cybernetic dreaming, which manifests physical changes to the landscape of Telluria.
Due to the gleaming, Telluria has attracted the attention of some peculiar though infrequent extra-dimensional visitors. How these visitors engage with the Lurans remains to be seen.

This is an interactive artwork, press the following keys for the given effects:
D - toggle day and moon light
C - toggle manual mouse based camera orbit control
M - toggle map color scheme
S - save the current frame at window resolution

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