The City (2024)

A gif of four automaton creatures looping a walking cycle, set against a ruined city backdrop. From left to right as follows: Bird, Human, a young Angel, and a grown Angel. The Bird is a pink purple bird that hops with one, large claw. The Human is a yellow humanoid striding, swinging its arms. It has a horizontally long head,  beady dark eyes, a small pointed dip resembling a beak, corrugated limbs, and hoof shaped hands and feet. The young Angel is like the Human, but a duller color, walking at a slower pace and its arms limp. Its eyes have turned white, and it now possesses a pair of wings, similar to the Bird's. The last automaton is the grown Angel, whose limbs have stretched, making it much taller. Its wings have gotten bigger, but deteriorated. It stutters forward, half heartedly reaching ahead.

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Humans want to be Angels, Angels want to be Birds, Birds want to survive, and the City keeps growing.

The City is an amalgamation of ruined skyscrapers in a metallic landscape. It’s populated by three species: Birds, Humans, and Angels.

Humans traverse the landscape always on the hunt for Birds, hoping to become Angels by taking their wings. Once a Human attaches the stolen wings to themselves, they are reborn as an Angel. Grown Angels tower over the City, reaching for the Birds in the sky they will never be able to touch. Eventually, they die and their bodies become part of the City, their remains giving birth to new Birds.


The City is not so much a game with player input, but rather a simulation that runs on its own. It was created for a class final, made in Unity.