Systems that affect one another
Construction, utilities, damage, repairs, and crew behavior are being developed toward a shared loop. Their value comes from how they interact, rather than how many separate systems can be listed.
Independent worlds. Purpose-built tools.
A universe worth
getting lost in.
We're Casilian Studios. We're building Grevara, a 3D sci-fi sandbox, and Maple, the engine and creative tools that help bring it to life.
In developmentBuilt with intention
01 / The work
One studio.
Two connected ambitions.
Grevara gives the technology a demanding purpose. Maple provides the foundation and creative direction behind that world.
Concept illustrationGrevara
The gameA sci-fi sandbox about building a ship, leading a crew, and finding your own path through an expansive galaxy. Connected systems make the details matter.
Discover the world we’re building
Concept illustrationMaple
The technologyEngine, modeling, animation, sprites, and supported asset conversion. A family of tools with a distinct role for each part of the creative process.
Explore the Maple family
02 / Why Casilian
The world and its tools
grow together.
Casilian Studios is an independent studio founded by Carter Bell. Its work brings together a game vision and the technology needed to explore it: a universe that responds to the player, and tools that support creating that universe.
The ambition is larger than a collection of isolated features. A ship should be a place you can inhabit, a crew should carry experience forward, and the decisions you make should have consequences that remain meaningful when you return.
Inside the studioThat requires both imagination and careful integration. The current work starts with bounded prototypes, verifies the foundations, and connects them into a smaller playable loop before widening the scope.
We describe the long-term vision openly, while keeping current development status separate. The roadmap explains what has been established, what is being validated, and what still lies ahead.
Read the development snapshot03 / How we build
Detail with a reason
to exist.
People with continuity
Grevara’s crew vision centers on memory, relationships, learning, and delegation. A crew member should be part of the ship’s history, carrying relevant experience into later decisions.
Purpose-built creative roles
Maple separates runtime technology from creation. Engine runs the experience; Foundry shapes 3D assets; Soar, Design, and Morph each have a defined place in the broader suite.
Scale earned through integration
A procedural galaxy is the horizon. The immediate priority is a credible smaller experience that can be explored, interrupted, restored, and revisited without losing its meaning.
04 / Explore in depth
A closer look at the work.
Game design
Life aboard a ship
Read how building, flying, leading, and keeping a ship alive fit into Grevara’s intended player experience.
Read moreCreative technology
The Maple workflow
See where each application belongs, from creating an asset to bringing it into a running world.
Read moreDevelopment
Where we are now
A dated view of the Captain prototype, software-tested foundations, remaining validation, and next integrated slice.
Read moreStart a conversation
Ideas deserve a conversation.
Talk to Casilian Studios.
Questions about Grevara or Maple, collaboration, or the work behind it? Contact the studio directly.