SpookChester, Pixelart Render.

Full map run — Spookchester from end to beginning.

Buildings and props procedurally generated in Houdini, rendered to pixel art, and placed directly into a cozy side-scroller built for Comfy Jam: Autumn 2025.

🏠 Procedural Houses — 3D to Pixel Art

Procedurally generated pixel art house — A single generated house — parametric 3D, rendered down to sprite.

PNG render of pixel art houses — Houses — pixel art render.

PNG render of pixel art props — Props — pixel art render.

Every building in Spookchester came through the same pipeline: geometry generated in Houdini, rendered orthographically, converted to pixel art, and dropped into Unity. No hand-modeled assets.

Parametric geometry: Rooftops, windows, and surface detail all driven by sliders
Render-to-pixel: Lighting and palette baked at render time — style is automatic, not per-asset
Same pipeline for props: Trees, fences, decorations all generated the same way

🎮 In the Game

Play as Aubrey, a witch’s apprentice delivering letters across Spookchester. The procedural system gave the town density and variety without the art cost of hand-authoring every building.

Play it: lyingfishboy.itch.io/witchy-delivery

🔧 Pipeline

Houdini HDA — parametric building and prop generation
Orthographic render — lighting and palette baked in
Pixel art conversion — downscaled to match the game’s spec
Unity — sprites imported and placed directly

Interested in procedural pipelines or environment art for games? Let’s connect!