Tidora — design explorations
Standalone prototypes + a 15-second film. Best on desktop.
Themed cinematic heroes — newest
14 · The Launch Padtop pickGantry = build, vehicle = deploy, ground control = run — the whole arc in one frame
15 · The Plantrunner-upRefinery at dusk — amber flare, distillation towers, pipes = pipelines
16 · The GridTransmission pylons at blue hour — we keep the lights on (final polish pending)
Cinematic line
10 · Cinematic — silhouette heroDusk harbor silhouettes, light path, fog — zero dependencies + overhauled sections
11 · Cinematic — WebGL heroThree.js water shader, GSAP choreography + overhauled sections
Film
▸ The 15-second film (MP4)Night watch → first light → the lift → "Ships have harbors. Your infrastructure has us."
Home Port line
9 · Home Port — crane herov6 with the tall right-side gantry merged into the hero
8 · Home Port — video heroRendered seamless loop as the hero video
7 · Home Port — with the filmThe promo embedded as a mid-page cinema section
6 · Home PortArrival by sea + "Ships have harbors. Your infrastructure has us."
5 · Harbor EditionOne living harbor panorama in ten section windows
2b · Port of Tallinn — Tidora bluesThe round-2 jury winner re-skinned to the logo gradient
Other explorations
13 · DatacenterFive furnished rooms off one corridor
12 · MotherboardThe site as a giant PCB with live packet pulses
11b · Cloud ArchipelagoFive Baltic islands, lighthouse ops, undersea cables
10b · Data SpireFive-storey cutaway tower with a riding lift
9b · Machine Hall MAXThe plant alive: scroll camera tour, CAD cursor
Round 2 originals
1 · The Chart RoomNautical night chart, self-drawing route
2 · Port of TallinnOriginal international-orange print system
3 · Aurora Over the GridBreathing canvas aurora over an isometric grid
4 · The Machine HallIsometric AWS region toured section by section