Pixel-inspired children’s playground, ‘My World’ game comes to life

The pixel style comes from the early days of video games, when computers had limited performance, so the first game developers had to use a very limited number of pixel dots to make up the screen to save energy and ensure smooth operation.

Even with limited hardware, this pixel style of gaming took the world by storm. The earliest can be traced back to 1972, when the game PONG was developed by the American company Atari.

It was followed by Space Invaders, a 1978 game by Japanese gamer Taihō, and Pac-Man by Namco of Japan.

By 1983, Nintendo of Japan launched the FC Red and White, a true and much more popular home console, and the era of pixelated style came full circle.

Many people in China's video game enlightenment, from the beginning of the little king. ‘Contra’, “Super Mario”, “Tank Battle”, “Adventure Island” and other classics are still enjoyed by us. are still enjoyed by us today.

But with the skilful development of technology, the explosion of the classics has also come to an end, becoming a kind of memory and sentiment.

In 2023, Microsoft announced that the classic sandbox game My World had passed the 300 million mark in total sales, making it the second best-selling game of all time.

My World was born in 2009, is a new product of pixel style and 3D style, different from the 2D leap on the plane is bound to the imagination, brand new pixel + 3D effect more affluent my world more possible.

In the game, players are free to use their imagination to build a variety of unique buildings, landscapes and installations, and explore this virtual world of infinite possibilities with their friends.

Pixel style was born in the game world, but the application of the scene can not only in the virtual world, it has gone from the screen to reality. Inspired by the sandbox game My World, this 3D pixel style PIXEL CITY Children's Paradise in Beijing carries the wild ideas into people’s real life.

Paradise Front

PIXEL CITY Children's Playground in Beijing was designed and constructed by Grand Orient Wax Art, with the intention that the space would be experienced like a game player who can play in a randomly generated 3D world based on a combination of cubes.

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Paradise Desk

The composition of the space is like a novel exploration and journey in three dimensions, with highs and lows, ups and downs, iterations and layers.

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Arcade equipment area 

A variety of pixelated graphics and colours are used throughout the park to give the whole park the look of a giant game map, allowing visitors to experience a realistic version of My World.

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The ground is dominated by green, restoring a large blank grassy area from the game screen, simulating a space that allows visitors to give free rein to their imagination.

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The walls, on the other hand, are colour-blocked in blue, purple and white, giving the space a visual sensation of joyful play.

Children's Town Entrance & Shoe Change

In PIXEL CITY Children’s Playground, a children's town where children are free to explore, the designers have created a space for a simulated reality experience in a pixel world by using unused shapes and structures.

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Vocational and life experience games

In the Children's Town, the designers used creative techniques to arrange and combine different coloured cubes to create spaces for children to explore freely, such as an engineering academy, a supermarket, a ranch, a wood pellet pool and a naughty castle.

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Naughty Castle

In the pixelated design of the Naughty Castle, the designers used a limited number of colours and icons to create a vibrant and fun environment. These brightly coloured pixelated graphics not only attract children's attention but also provide a pleasant visual experience.

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Wooden Grain Pool

The Wooden Grain Sand Pool inspires imagination and creativity through pixelated graphics, a wealth of toys and amenities, and dynamic elements that provide a space for children to dig, build, and interact.

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Photon Digital Motion Game

Adding a touch of technology to a world of pixels, this ‘square’ photonic game fits right in.

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Photon Motion is a new type of digital interactive motion game, a grid of luminous colour blocks will constantly change according to the content of the game, so that the experience of running in the game, to feel the double pleasure of movement and game!

‘PIXEL CITY Children's Park

A park that brings virtual games into reality

Different from the traditional parks

It has more creativity and imagination to play!

 Project Information

Project Name: Beijing PIXEL CITY Children's Development Centre

Location: 2F01, 2/F, Dazhou Plaza, Ronghua Zhong Road, Yizhuang Development Zone, Beijing, China

Project area: 903 square metres

Project Service: Design and Construction Integration

Planning Designer: Lu Zhenlun

Creative Designer: Tan Zhifeng

Graphic Designer: Zheng Xiaotao

Construction deepening designer: Wu Haiqi

Lighting Designer: Ruan Qixiang

Project Manager: Bo Dongsheng