Openworld skins: make a character that looks like you, voxel by voxel

A skin is a sculpture, not a picture

In most block games, a skin is a flat image wrapped around six faces. In Openworld, your character is made of voxels, like everything else in this voxel game: hundreds of tiny cubes, each with its own color, that give volume to everything. A nose that sticks out, a lock of hair falling over an eye, a crown, fox ears, a mermaid's tail… it all really exists, in 3D, from every angle.

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And it's not only about looks: because your skin is a real model with volume, the game can animate it, light it and even dress it. More on that below.

A classic skin

• A small image of a few pixels, folded onto cubes
• Details are drawn flat
• The same silhouette for everyone

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An Openworld skin

• A model with volume, voxel by voxel
• Noses, hair, hats, wings: everything really sticks out
• An adult's or a child's build, yours to sculpt

202 ready-made skins, in 7 worlds

Don't feel like starting from scratch? The game opens a wardrobe of 202 skins, all hand-made, all animated. Pick one in My skin → Models and wear it as it is… or make it your own.

• 202ready-made skins
• 7worlds to browse
• 50skins for each build
• ∞skins you can invent

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  Everyday

  31 skins

  Hipster, goth, streetwear, starry pajamas: everyday looks, from the schoolyard to the concert.

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  Seasons

  31 skins

  Ugly Christmas sweater, Mrs. Claus, Lunar New Year, a little raincoat, the summer tourist: an outfit for every season and every holiday.

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  Jobs

  32 skins

  Firefighter, vet, baker, astronaut, paleontologist… jobs for grown-ups and for little ones.

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  Sports

  28 skins

  Soccer, karate, fencing, hockey, BMX, diving: put on the jersey and go run.

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  Costumes

  30 skins

  Unicorn, shark, mummy, werewolf, little witch: the dress-up box, Halloween included.

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  Fantasy

  30 skins

  Enchanter, valkyrie, fox girl, mermaid, cyborg, space pirate: magic, legends and science fiction.

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  Creative

  20 skins

  DJ, painter, ballerina, conductor, breakdancer: artists, musicians and dancers.

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The complete gallery of 202 skins

Here is the whole gallery, just like in the game. Type a word — “winter”, “firefighter”, “girl”, “halloween”, “red”… — and the skins sort themselves.

Man, woman, boy, girl: each their own build

The gallery keeps a perfect balance: 50 men, 50 women, 50 boys and 50 girls, plus a robot and an alien for good measure. Children aren't shrunken adults: they have their own build, smaller, with proportions of their own.

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  50women
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  50boys
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  50girls

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The editor: paint, sculpt, retouch

The real fun starts in My skin, from the main menu or right in the middle of a game from the pause menu. Your character turns in front of you; click on it and you're in edit mode.

1. 1

   Open “My skin”

   From the main menu, or from the pause menu in the middle of a game (Esc).

2. 2

   Pick a model

   The Models tab: browse the 7 worlds or type a word in the search. One click and you're wearing it.

3. 3

   Switch to edit mode

   Click your character. Drag beside it to turn it around.

4. 4

   Sculpt

   Paint, Add a cube, Erase, the Eyedropper to pick up a color, Fill an area. Turn on the mirror so left and right change together.

5. 5

   Focus on one part

   Click a body part to work on it alone: the head, an arm, a leg… And switch on the accessories: hat, cape, backpack, tail.

6. 6

   Save

   Ctrl + Z undoes, Ctrl + Y redoes (Cmd on a Mac). Save: your skin follows you everywhere.

Colors that glow in the dark

In the palette, one option makes a color glow: perfect for robot eyes, a headlamp, magic runes or neon sneakers. At night, deep in a forest or at the bottom of a cave, they stay bright.

Your skin in action

An Openworld skin isn't a statue. The game animates it live: it walks and runs with its feet firmly on the ground, crouches, jumps, swims, crawls, glides in a wingsuit… Capes and tails follow your moves with a bit of bounce. In first person, you even see your arm holding what you carry.

Press V to change the view: first person, from behind or from the front. It's the best way to admire your work… and to check that your cape is really flying.

Armor that fits your skin

In many games, armor is a ready-made model dropped over the character. In Openworld it is forged onto your skin: every piece follows the shape of your body, a shell one voxel thick, with its details — pauldrons, knee guards, a crest. A unicorn costume, a valkyrie or a suit and tie: each one keeps its silhouette, even in armor.

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Take the armor off

• The agentSteel
• ValkyrieGold
• UnicornTitanium

There are six armor materials, from hide to titanium, each with its own colors: copper that turns green in the creases, blued steel, engraved gold, titanium with blue and copper glints… The helmet hides your hat; the wingsuit, for its part, is painted over your whole body.

Online, everyone recognizes you

Your skin belongs to your player. When you save it, it's sent to your Openworld account: on any server, other players see you the way you made yourself, with your gestures, what you're holding and where you're looking. Hold Tab: the player list shows each skin's head, hat included. Even the launcher shows your players' heads. Want to show yours off? Here's how to play with friends, on Mac, Windows or Linux.

A skin in volume

A classic skin is a little flat image that folds onto cubes. Openworld keeps the joy of the pixel… but in volume. You no longer draw a face on a cube: you sculpt it. And your character lives in a voxel sandbox on a whole round planet, with creatures, caves and the Moon above your head.