Olimpocraft

Olimpocraft was my attempt to explore Ancient Greece through game-inspired navigation and browser-based three-dimensional scenes instead of a conventional educational website.

Geometric Greek temple on a voxel grid with an exploratory route

Problem

Static pages felt too passive to me for this subject, so I explored an environment users could navigate, question, and learn from.

Constraints

I had to account for WebGL support and different device capabilities
I needed the educational structure to remain understandable alongside the game mechanics
I treated every historical illustration and background image as a licensed asset rather than assume I could publish it
I left artwork with unclear authorship or licensing out of the public scope

Technical decisions

I used Next.js and React for the interface
I designed the experience around browser-based three-dimensional scenes
I worked with Node.js and MongoDB in the original project stack
I organized the educational material through game-inspired exploration, clues, and quizzes

Evidence

I still have the public application source and interface structure; the current demo does not establish working WebGL or gameplay
I reached the current demo, but it fails after the browser cannot create a WebGL context
I have not included the historical artwork in the public scope because I still need to confirm its authorship and license

What I learned

Olimpocraft made one thing clear to me: an ambitious interactive lesson still needs graceful fallbacks and artwork I can clearly license or create myself.