Find the Fairies

Industry: Games & Interactive Media (Roblox)
Tools: Blender, Roblox Studio, Figma, Photoshop, Soundful, DALL-E 3, Claude Sonnet 3
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Set off on a whimsical adventure in this fantasy hide-and-seek quest. Search for and collect all the hidden fairy inhabitants. Explore the enchanted realms at your own pace to uncover more secrets about the mysterious fairies and earn rewards from this magical world. As an experiment, this game is built almost entirely utilizing AI with the exception of world and terrain building. The development was done with Claude Sonnet 3, music was generated utilizing Soundful, and all 100 fairies and badges are primarily generated utilizing Dall-E 3 with moderate editing in Photoshop.

The challenge

I set out to create this game from scratch, taking on both the creative lead and production responsibilities. Doing so required me to harness AI tools in a way that felt cohesive and authentic—blending machine-generated inspiration with my own unique vision. How could I guide AI-generated content to produce illustrations that felt hand-crafted, emotionally resonant, and stylistically uniform? Tasked with everything from concept and art development to final presentation, I needed to build a structured workflow with the integration of AI, personal design decisions, and final polish all while ensuring a consistent, enchanting aesthetic throughout the collection. This project demanded both technical knowhow and a strong curatorial eye to create the fully realized game.

The outcome

The Find the Fairies experience on Roblox has attracted nearly 20,000 players at the time of writing this, engaging users in a whimsical and exploratory game set within your custom fairy-filled environment. Though there is room for improvement, the game's immersive design and AI-assisted development workflow have driven high re-playability, encouraging players to return repeatedly for fresh discoveries and hidden secrets. I may yet revisit this experience.