THE BEGINNING
Tim starts inside the egg, waiting for the moment to emerge.
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A VR journey through the eyes of a baby sea turtle — from the egg, across the beach, and into the ocean.
Life of Tim is a virtual-reality game created by Leon Coertze during his Honours year at Yoobee College of Creative Innovation.
The player becomes a baby sea turtle and experiences the journey from emerging from the egg, travelling down the beach, and trying to reach the ocean.
The experience was designed to teach young people about the life cycle of sea turtles and raise awareness of the dangers they face.
Tim starts inside the egg, waiting for the moment to emerge.
A tiny turtle enters a world that suddenly feels impossibly large.
Keep moving toward the water and the next stage of Tim's life.
Experience vulnerability, challenge and the importance of perseverance.
Life of Tim deliberately changes the player's scale. Through Tim's viewpoint, ordinary elements of the beach become enormous obstacles.
The game was intended to give players a feeling of being small and vulnerable while communicating a bigger message about sea turtles and perseverance.
Life of Tim came from Leon's four-year Yoobee journey, including a Bachelor of Animation followed by an Honours year dedicated to a substantial independent project.
Hands-on study across animation, interactive media, games and digital production.
Selected by Yoobee for a 12-week internship with WIR Group in Jakarta, working around AR, VR and AI technology and the initial phase of Nusameta.
A VR game combining game development, immersive environments, storytelling and education.
The feature follows Leon's return to study, his move into game design, Life of Tim and the value of lifelong learning.
READ THE STORY → YOOBEE · FEATUREYoobee's feature explores the project, Honours year, internship and Leon's transition into game development.
READ AT YOOBEE → YOOBEE · THE UP 100A look at Leon's creative technology and game-development journey.
EXPLORE → YOOBEE · INTERNSHIPThe Yoobee internship that took Leon into AR, VR and emerging technology in Jakarta.
EXPLORE →Life of Tim is part of the creative technology journey behind WakCo Digital — bringing together games, interactive experiences, digital media and emerging technology.
VISIT WAKCO DIGITAL →Start small. Face the enormous world. Keep moving.