Pyramid Sim

Overview

A 3D walking simulator where you can walk along the pyramid complex and explore inside the great pyramid of Giza. Experience what it's like to visit the great pyramid in real life without the traveling part.

As far as I know this is the only realistic 3D computer recreation of the great pyramid of Giza that is free to play.

Developer

• Website: Brad App List

Features

• Full scale model pyramids: Khufu, Khafre, Menkaure, and three Queens' pyramids.
• Accurate pyramid complex size, orientation, and distance.
• Accurate size interior passages and chambers of the Khufu pyramid.
• Third or first person mode.

Khufu Pyramid Interior Features

Item	Included
Original Entrance	X
Robbers Tunnel
Descending Passage	X
Subterranean Chamber	X
Subterranean Chamber Dead-end Corridor
Ascending Passage	X
Well Shaft
Grotto
Queen's Chamber Horizontal Passage	X
Queen's Chamber	X
Queen's Chamber Notch
Queen's Chamber Air Shafts
Grand Gallery	X
King's Chamber Ante Chamber	X
King's Chamber	X
King's Chamber Air Shafts
King's Chamber Sarcophagus	X

Game Menu

Menu	Esc/Ctrl + P
Music (100%/75%/50%/25%/Stop)	\

Player Menu

Move (forward/left [strafe]/backward/right [strafe])	W/A/S/D
Look (left/right)	Mouse
Jump	Space
Crouch	Left Alt
Roll	2x Left Alt
Sprint	Left Shift
Walk	Left Ctrl
Aim	Right Mouse Button
Menu + Select	Q + Mouse Wheel
Rotation mode	1, 2
Change Camera Shoulder	Tap C
Change Camera Third/First person	Hold C
Ragdoll	X
Mesh	M
HUD	Tab

Notes

• I might add new features in future updates depending on how popular the game is.
• I plan to do a VR version in the future.

Land topography

I tried to get an actual height map of the area, but couldn't get it to work, so I estimated land topography. It does not make much difference to the experience because the land in this area is basically flat anyway.

Sphinx

In real life the Sphinx would be in this area but it is not included but could be added in an update. It would be hard to make a model of the Sphinx manually and I did not have time to try yet so for now left it out.

Buildings

The buildings were added for atmosphere but don't exist at the real pyramid complex.

Stone Blocks

The great pyramid has an estimated 2.3 million stone blocks so it would be impossible for me to manually recreate each block of the pyramid; therefore, I used materials to approximate the look of the inside and outside of the pyramid.

It would be possible to create an exact 3D model of the pyramid based on photos but I don't have photos of the entire pyramid so that was not something I could even try. There might be some projects to scan the pyramid but I have no access to that data.

Inaccuracies

• My goal was to make the game as accurate as possible but there are some inaccuracies.
• I might correct some inaccuracies in future updates depending on how popular the game is.
• Below are the known inaccuracies but there are likely more. If you find more inaccuracies please leave them in the comments because I would be interested to hear about them.
• The rows marked Unimportant, I think don't change the feel of the the experience.

Item	IS	SHOULD BE	Notes
Grand Gallery	Non-corbel walls	Corbel walls	Unimportant.
Queen's Chamber Horizontal Passage entrance	Left	Center	I plan to fix this.
Passageways	Stairs	No stairs	Unimportant.
Original Entrance side	South	North	Unimportant.
Descending Passage walls underground	Stones	Dirt	Unimportant.

History

V1.0

• 3-13-2023
• Known Bugs: None

Technical

• Unreal Engine Version 4.27

Design

• The inside of the great pyramid was designed using Unreal Engine 5 because it has better modeling tools than Unreal Engine 4. 
• Due to some technical problems that I encountered I decided to port the game back to Unreal Engine 4.

Assets

• Epic Games Vehicle Game
• Advanced Locomotion System