Shallows

Beach sandbox

Controls

• WASD / Arrow keys: Walk, swim, or row while aboard a boat.
• Shift: Run. Space: Jump.
• Left click / E: Interact or use your equipped tool.
• 1–7: Select a quick-slot item. I: Open inventory.
• R: Store an item. Q: Set down a carried item.
• X: Examine an object. Drag its preview to rotate it.
• M: Open the map.
• Mouse wheel: Zoom. Right drag: Pan. Middle drag: Rotate the camera.
• Left drag: Explore the surrounding coastline.
• Escape: Close menus or pause.

Credits

Assets

• Characters and base animations: KayKit Adventurers Character Pack 2.0 FREE by Kay Lousberg. Licensed under CC0.
• Sand textures: Coast Sand 01 by Rob Tuytel, distributed by Poly Haven under CC0.
• Rock textures: Coast Land Rocks 01 by Rob Tuytel and Rico Cilliers, distributed by Poly Haven under CC0.
• Surf and nighttime ambience: Beach Day & Camping Night Ambient Sound Pack by Audria Lucas (2026). Used under the supplied royalty-free game-use terms.
• Font: Pixelify Sans, The Pixelify Sans Project Authors. Licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.
• Interface icons: Lucide.

The terrain, collectible objects, fish models, vegetation, boats, camp structures, and visual effects are generated specifically for Shallows. Music and most sound effects are synthesized in-game; the surf and nighttime recordings are credited above.

Technology

Built with Three.js, Rapier, TypeScript, and Vite.

Technical References

Water-rendering research drew on the Three.js WebGPU examples and the WebGPU adaptation of Evan Wallace's water demo by jeantimex.