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space gold.

A digital repository of 3D-scanned Spaceminers gold nuggets.

Space Gold is a working repository of physical gold nuggets photographed, 3D-scanned, cleaned, and retopologised for the Spaceminers game engine — each one is a unique, real-world nugget rebuilt as a lightweight, in-engine collectible. Rotate, zoom, and explore each nugget below.

from real nugget to in-engine collectible.

Every Space Gold is a real, physical gold nugget — photographed, 3D-scanned, cleaned, and rebuilt for realtime rendering inside the Spaceminers game engine.

  • 01. capture. Physical nugget photographed under controlled lighting for photogrammetry.
  • 02. scan. Point cloud reconstruction into a high-density mesh with baked colour and surface detail.
  • 03. clean & retopo. Mesh cleanup, hole-fill, and retopology for efficient realtime geometry.
  • 04. optimise. Texture baking, LODs, and glTF packaging — game-engine-ready collectibles.
  • 05. collect. Each nugget joins the Spaceminers IP as a unique in-world artefact players can find, view, and collect.
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part of the spaceminers ip.

Space Gold sits alongside the wider Spaceminers world — a growing collection of realtime environments, cinematic sequences, and in-engine artefacts.

3D Scans — V&A Sculpture Studies

Photogrammetry scans of museum sculpture — Helen of Troy and Seated St Peter — interactive in the browser via Sketchfab.

Spaceminers — Game Cinematics

Cinematic sequences and worldbuilding for the Spaceminers IP — trailer motion, environment reveals, and stylised realtime frames.

Spaceminers — Burial Chambers

Art direction and world-building for the Spaceminers Burial Chambers environment — UE5 lighting, layout, and mood exploration.