How To Create

How to create in Somnium Space

There is many ways to Create in Somnium Space, from beginner to advanced creator.

  • Avatars
    1. To create, you do not need to own anything.
    2. You can create beautiful avatars containing animations, dynamic bones, custom shader and more.
    3. The only way to create is trough the game editor “Unity 3D”.
  • PC/VR Parcel
    1. To create, you need to own a “Parcel”.
    2. You can create and present 3D assets, videos and pictures, 360 picture and more.
    3. You can also use a 3d web-browser that can do most of what a normal browser can.
    4. You can create from the build-in builder (simple) or the game editor “Unity 3D” (advanced).
  • Web Parcel
    1. To create, you need to own a “Parcel”.
    2. Web Parcel are generated from your PC/VR parcel, most of your content will be display.
    3. Unity 3D assets won’t work in web, but in addition, you can import GLTF assets.
  • Web World (beta)
    1. To create, you need to own a “Parcel” (you do not need a PC/VR World).
    2. You can create dynamic content in a more portable way (web browser).
    3. You can create from the game editor “Play Canvas”.
  • PC/VR World
    1. To create, you need to own a “Parcel” and a “PC/VR World”.
    2. These worlds are similar to a fully custom game without the need to think about avatars, interactions, UI and multiplayer.
    3. You can only use the whitelisted Unity add-on.
    4. You can create more dynamic content in a high performance environment, video, 3D assets, animation, games etc.
    5. The only way to create is trough the game editor “Unity 3D”.

Unity 3D

Unity is a free game editor (free for our usage) where you can create games or just 3D assets. This tool is often used as an editor to export assets, like what we do.

  • To create with Unity you will need to follow few steps: