Sea-Bed Cleanup Game

About the project

Holoriser built an awareness game for Fujairah Environment Authority (FEA) that introduces the public, especially children and families, to protecting the marine environment and keeping the coast clean.

We built a 3D environment of the sea bed off Fujairah, with fish, sea grass, coral, turtles and other marine species. The player sees the sea bed through Holobox and uses a virtual claw to collect trash from the water and sort it into the right bins, then watches the environment improve as life returns.

What we built

We developed a 3D interactive game that recreates the ocean floor, with a marine environment based on Fujairah's coast: fish, sea grass, coral, turtles and other species, alongside plastic and other waste scattered on the sea bed.

We linked the experience to a joystick, so the player moves a virtual claw through the water to pick up trash and sort it. The game has three bins, and each type of waste goes in the right one. As the player cleans up, the scene changes step by step. The water clears, turtles appear, then small fish, and the whole marine view improves the more waste is removed.

Scope of work

• Designing a 3D marine environment based on Fujairah's coast
• Adding marine life: fish, sea grass, coral and turtles
• Designing the waste and litter in the environment
• Building the pick-up-and-sort gameplay
• Connecting the game to a joystick controller
• Programming a controllable virtual claw
• Three bins for different waste types
• Programming the gradual cleanup and returning marine life
• Running the experience on Holobox

The value it delivered

The game made the awareness message practical and fun, and it helped people see the effect of waste on the marine environment. Instead of hearing the message, the player becomes part of the solution: they clean the sea, sort the waste, and watch the scene recover and the marine life come back. It gave FEA a simple, engaging way to reach children and families.