A CREATIVE HUB OF DIGITAL ARTISTS & GAME DESIGNERS
We create Games, Animation and Virtual Cultural Heritage. We ensure exceptional digital 3D content of art and original games perfectly aligned with scientific research, edge technology and the trends of the industry.
Creativity is our favourite action adventure
We are a Creative Hub of Digital Artists & Designers. Motivated by our common interest and standards in 3D Modeling and Animation, Augmented and Virtual Reality, Digital Visualizations and Games, we circled around a core objective: bring vivid imagination, artistic expression and scientific research together. Venturing under this guideline, we craft and design game and architectural assets and characters, animation and VR content, and also digital and board games for the world to enjoy.
The year 2017, when we established simulacroom, was recorded in our diaries as a successful year: already accomplished professionals from different generations, who have been always feeling lucky for having turned their passion into their profession, joined forces. Art united us at the beginning and at that time, none of us was aware of our future roadmap, but the creative urge was too strong to merely stick to plans.
We believe in art as our bonding value and as the language we share with our followers. We believe in change as our driving force that keeps us on the move. We believe in consistency as our moral commitment to ourselves and to our followers. We believe in equality in our relationship with our followers. We choose to embrace our values with positive thinking and with our best selves.
We generated a creative hub of different talents, experiences, skills and disciplines from different generations. Our main concern, while working in this multi-voiced team, is to safeguard creativity. We focus on preserving creative individuality and everyone’s personal artistic flair, qualities, routines and habits. So, we motivate one another to work independently before collaborating on ideas.
— In this adventure, change is our driving force and keeps us on the move. —
We ♥ Cultural Heritage We ♥ Games We ♥ Animation
Both as artists and as professionals we create everything at its best. We choose to care for our projects. We dare to set our imagination free. We strive to raise our newborn ideas to be bold. Over time, we have landed on our field of expertise that we onwardly expand with our hearts and minds; and skills.
The past fascinates us. With our expert advisors and advanced technology, we digitally revive monuments and archaeological objects, scenes, spaces and environments, ensuring high quality and high appeal content for virtual historical visits and archaeological explorations, multimedia exhibitions and virtual museums.
Immersive 3D, AR & VR Content
We all are ardent gamers. Playing creatively with innovative concepts, exploring uncharted lores, reinventing popular mechanics and developing cool and zesty characters is our infatuation. We design digital and board games with experience and enthusiasm, consulting now and then our child angel, who climbs on our shoulder!
Digital & Board Games
We love animation for the same reason everyone else does: everything is made possible. With the latest tools and software our fiction stories, dream worlds and special creatures come alive. From character development and screenwriting to animating and rendering, we make really everything we imagine happen.
3D Modeling, Animation & Screenwriting
Pursue Inspiration Deliver Innovation
Our focus is to let our creativity flow towards three channels: research, technology and industry. Loyalty to our focus is fundamental to our way of creating: it delivers really original ideas, it makes our end product unique and us confident about our expertise.
Research
With all of us coming from different academic backgrounds, we naturally set research as our springboard for every project. Following the latest guidelines and findings of science, we thoroughly research our subject before coming up with ideas.
Technology
Next, we like to draw inspiration from technology and upgrade our skills by experimenting with new software and new techniques. So, we craft our works for all platforms using the latest sophisticated tools and media.
Industry
And finally, we like to be an active member of our industry. We keep in close contact with all parts of our field of expertise, share opinions and ideas and update our perception of the market with new trends and needs.
— The creative impulse of the 20s, the creative freshness of the 30s and the creative experience of the 40s. —
Art is in the Detail
To us, undivided attention to detail means art. Our art, that we make with passion and devotion, is our bonding value and we treasure it daily with ardour and energy. We choose to put our soul and a little bit of ourselves into our art projects, an artistic habit that we never regret.
A real time 3D environment study of the Andrón of the House of the Mosaics (370 B.C.) in Eretria, Euboea
Inside the 4th century BC andrón of the House of the Mosaics in Euboea, Greece. An interpretative depiction of a model banquet apartment of Ancient Greeks, masterfully revived following scientific standards. The room, furniture and accessories are modeled based on archaeological studies and consulting. The lighting is measured and designed based on academic research. The mosaic is digitally restored based on scientific methods. Model textures are created and applied following an own workflow involving real materials, actual dying methods of the era, weathering based on climate and human activity and also studied reaction to light. Nowadays, the remains of this 370 BC Greek residence are located on the island of Euboea, near the town of Eretria.
TYPE: Real-time VR
COLLABORATIONS: The Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece (ESAG), the Ephorate of Antiquities of Euboea and Dr. Athanassios Sideris.
PUBLICATIONS: Thanos G., 2019, ‘Real-Time Engines & Physically Based Rendering for Interactive Archaeological Virtual Reconstructions. A Case from the House of the Mosaics in Eretria’, Spreading Excellence in Computer Applications for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, Proceedings of the 3rd CAA-GR Conference, p.112-121
3D Model of the Official Logo of The Astrologers Board Game.
Integrating all historical features, Renaissance symbols and art and gameplay innuendos, the official logo of our board game The Astrologers is a model project of unique identity concept and 3D modeling techniques, which will follow us for many years to come.
TYPE: Logo Design, 3D Model
3D Model for the animation historical drama film Mentor.
An early 19th century door, entrance to the Captain’s Cabin. Part of an ongoing 3D modeling and texturing project for the upcoming animation film Mentor. It is very inspiring to work into The Captain’s Cabin, modeling historical objects of sublime beauty and cultural spark. We traveled back to this cabin and sensed the vibe of the sea, which defines everything here: the architecture, the construction, the weathering and the physics. Model textures are created and applied following an own workflow involving real materials, actual dying methods of the era, weathering based on climate and human activity and also studied reaction to light.
TYPE: 3D Modeling, Texturing
COLLABORATIONS: Mentor by Angelos Rouvas
Concept Art of the Characters of The Astrologers Board Game.
Inspired by real-life historical figures, the Master Astrologers are designed following an extensive historical research on the couture, style and also social fashion habits and precepts of the Renaissance. The Master Astrologers are the key-characters of our board game The Astrologers. We hold a special place in our hearts for each and every one of them, because they inspire us non-stop to break our creative limits.
TYPE: Character Concept Art
3D model of a Victorian door knocker, part of our 19th Century Assets Collection.
A 3D model of a Victorian door knocker, historically debatable as to the sex of the portrayed godhead. Is it God Apollo or is it Goddess Minerva? Either way, it is now #DigitallyRevived by our creative hub digital artists. A historically accurate and scientifically measured high quality and high detail 3D asset, part of our 19th Century Assets Collection.
TYPE: 3D Modeling, Texturing
Our board game, based on the lore and rules of astrology.
A 3D model of a standard setup of our board game The Astrologers. It is based on the lore and rules of Astrology, which build an exciting gameplay. It features strategy and RPG elements, world class minis and exquisite Renaissance game art. Shortly on Kickstarter.
TYPE: Game Design, Game Art, Character Development, Game Writing
— It’s our artistic calling to #DigitallyRevive the Past. —
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