Scene Builder tutorial

Build a haunted backyard from an empty plot

A fenced graveyard with a crypt, glowing lanterns and skeletons that move — built step by step from nothing, then exported as one GLB.

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You'll build: 225 parts, 7 lights and 5 animated skeletons. Everything used is free for personal and commercial projects.

Open the Scene Builder

Step by step

The same steps, in writing

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Start a new project
Click New project, give it a name, keep Empty plot and Day lighting, and create it — daylight is easier to build in, and the scene turns to night at the end. With nothing selected, the panel on the right shows the scene settings: change Ground to Dark and its Size to 160 m.
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Lay the floor
Set the grid step to 4 m — the floor tiles are 4 m wide, so they snap together. Pick Floor Dirt in the Halloween kit and click to drop the first tile in the far corner. It flickers, because its top is level with the ground: deselect it and lower the ground Level to −0.5. Select the tile again and, in the inspector's Array tool, ask for 9 copies, 4 m apart: one full row. Select the row, duplicate it and nudge the copy into the next row with the arrow keys; repeat until there are nine rows. For the open grave, delete one tile, drop a Floor Dirt Grave in the gap and set its Y position back to 0. Then lock the floor so it can't be moved by accident.
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Fence it in
Set the grid step to 2 m. Drop one Fence on the back edge and array it: 7 copies, 4 m apart. For the sides, turn the piece 90° before you click, and array it along Z (Step X 0, Step Z 4). Leave the middle of the front open for the Arch Gate. Then stamp a Fence Pillar on every joint — hold Shift while you click and the part stays in your hand — and swap a few pieces for Fence Broken and Fence Pillar Broken.
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Path and crypt
Set the grid step to 0.5 m for finer work. Lay Path A, B, C and D pieces from the gate towards the back, mixing them. Type “crypt” in the search box to find the Crypt and place it at the end of the path, then add Skull Candle and Candle Triple by its door.
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Dig the graves
Stamp the graves in two blocks, either side of the path, switching between Grave A, Grave B, Gravestone and the two Gravemarkers so no two rows look the same. Put a Coffin Decorated by the open grave, a Coffin near the crypt, and a Bench Decorated and Shrine Candles along the side fences.
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Bring in the skeletons
Switch to the Skeletons kit and drop a Skeleton Warrior beside the path. Animated parts get an Animation menu in the inspector: search for Idle Combat and pick it. Turn him with the square bracket keys, 15° at a time. Add a Mage (Spellcasting), a Rogue and two Minions; the one at the open grave gets Skeletons Awaken Floor Long, and claws his way out of the ground over and over.
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Trees and clutter
Back in the Halloween kit, put Tree Dead pieces inside the fence and the orange and yellow pines outside it; plus and minus resize a selected part. For small clutter, place one pumpkin and use Scatter: it drops copies at random spots, sizes and angles around it, with no overlaps. Do the same with bones, skulls and candles.
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Light it up
Press 3 to switch the scene to night. Stand a Post Lantern on each side of the gate. A lantern is only a model: to make it glow, click Point light at the top of the parts list and drop one next to it, then raise it to the lamp with the Y position. Colour, Power and Range are in the inspector, and Flame flicker makes it dance like a candle. Give every lantern, candle and pumpkin its own small light.
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Look around and export
Hide the side panels and frame the whole scene. Drag to orbit, right-drag to pan, scroll to zoom. When you're happy, click Export: one .glb with every part, light and animation, ready for Blender, Unity, Godot or three.js — or a zip with the project file, a preview and the licences. Short on time? New project also offers Haunted backyard as a ready-made template.
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Transcript

Let's build this haunted backyard in the Scene Builder. A fenced graveyard, a crypt, glowing lanterns, and skeletons that actually move.
We'll start from an empty plot, and build it step by step. It's free, and it runs right in your browser.
Step one. Click New project. Give it a name, keep Empty plot and Day lighting, and create it. Daylight is easier to build in. We'll switch to night at the end.
With nothing selected, the panel on the right shows the scene settings. Change the ground to Dark, and make it 160 m wide.
Step two, the floor. The Halloween kit is already open on the left. Set the grid step to 4 m. These floor tiles are 4 m wide, so now they will snap together perfectly.
Pick Floor Dirt, and click in the scene to drop the first tile in the far corner.
It flickers, because its top is level with the ground. Press Esc, and lower the ground level to −0.5. Now the floor stands clear.
The tile is selected, so the inspector shows its settings. Scroll down to the Array tool, and ask for 9 copies, 4 m apart. That's one full row.
Press Ctrl+A to select the whole row, Ctrl+D to duplicate it, then nudge the copy into place with the arrow keys. Repeat until the floor is done.
For the open grave, click one tile, delete it, and drop a Floor Dirt Grave in the gap.
It lands on the lowered ground, so set its Y position back to 0.
Press Ctrl+A, then L, to lock the floor, so you can't move it by accident.
Step three, the fence. Set the grid step to 2 m. Pick Fence, drop one piece on the back edge, and array it. 7 copies, 4 m apart.
For the sides, pick the fence again, and press Shift + ] to turn it 90° before you click. This time, array it along Z instead of X.
Do the same on the other side and along the front, leaving a gap in the middle for the Arch Gate.
Then put a Fence Pillar on every joint. Hold Shift while you click, and the part stays in your hand.
Swap a few pieces for the broken versions, so it all looks old.
Step four. Set the grid step to 0.5 m for finer work, and lay a path from the gate towards the back. There are four path pieces, so mix them up.
To find any part quickly, just search for it. Type crypt, and place it at the end of the path. Then add skull candles and candle clusters by its door.
Step five, the graves. Place them in two blocks, either side of the path. Hold Shift to stamp a few, then switch to another headstone, so no two rows look the same.
Add a coffin by the open grave, another near the crypt, and a bench and a candle shrine along the side fences.
Step six, the residents. Switch to the Skeletons kit, and drop a Skeleton Warrior beside the path.
Animated parts get an Animation menu in the inspector. Search for Idle Combat, and pick it. Now he's ready for a fight.
Use the square bracket keys to turn him, 15° at a time.
Add a mage casting a spell, a rogue, and two minions. For the one at the open grave, choose Skeletons Awaken Floor Long, and he will claw his way out of the ground, over and over.
Step seven, dress the scene. Back in the Halloween kit, put dead trees inside the fence, and autumn pines outside it. Press plus or minus to resize a selected part.
For small clutter, place one pumpkin, then use Scatter. It drops copies at random spots, sizes and angles, with no overlaps. Do the same with bones and candles.
Step eight, light. Press 3 to switch the scene to night. Dark, isn't it? Let's fix that.
Stand a Post Lantern on each side of the gate.
The lantern is only a model. To make it glow, click Point light at the top of the parts list, and drop one next to it.
In the inspector, raise it to the lamp with the Y position. You can also change its colour, power and range, and flame flicker makes it dance like a real candle.
Give every lantern, candle and pumpkin its own small light. That's what makes a night scene feel alive.
And that's the haunted backyard. Hide the side panels, and press Shift+F to frame the whole scene.
Drag to orbit, right-drag to pan, and scroll to zoom.
When you're happy, click Export. You get a single GLB file with every animation inside, ready for Blender, Unity, Godot or three.js. Or a zip, with the project file and the licences.
Short on time? New project also has Haunted backyard as a ready-made template. Have fun building!

About this video

Recorded in the live Scene Builder on October 10, 2026 by Gowtham. Captions are in the player; turn them on with the CC button.

Narration: Chatterbox Turbo by Resemble AI (MIT), in the voice of “A Moment By” by Alba MacKenna from Kyutai TTS voices (CC BY 4.0). Music and sound effects: the site's own synthesizer.

The same steps, in writing

Start a new project

Lay the floor

Fence it in

Path and crypt

Dig the graves

Bring in the skeletons

Trees and clutter

Light it up

Look around and export