Suku — a red colonial gable at the end of a birch-lined path

Work — VRChat art world

Suku

Suku means sugar in Papiamentu, the language of Curaçao.

  • Winner — Virtual Worlds Competition, NewImages Festival 2026
  • Winner — Best Art World, Raindance Immersive 2024

01 — The world

A living painting you can stand inside

Suku is a dream made of everything that inspired me when I had just arrived on the island. Caribbean culture, science fiction, Ghibli, psychedelics. There’s no goal and no map. Get lost in it. Stand still for a while. It’s a living painting, and it’s meant to be walked through slowly.

I’ll see you in the restaurant.

Suku — in-world capture 1
Suku — in-world capture 2
Suku — in-world capture 3
Suku — in-world capture 4
Suku — in-world capture 5 (portrait)
Suku — in-world capture 6
Suku — in-world capture 7
Suku — in-world capture 8
Suku — in-world capture 9
Suku — in-world capture 10

In-world captures, June 2024.

DURKATWORK VR worlds — three characters on a palm-covered hill

Walkthrough — Suku and my other VR worlds.

02 — How it was built

Modelled inside VR, at true scale

I create in VR, which gives my worlds a distinct handmade feel. My textures are mostly hand-painted, digitally. My main tools are Gravity Sketch, Unity and Substance Painter.

Suku — the blue gabled house modelled in VR, seen from above and up close

03 — My other worlds

Previous virtual worlds

Maranga, a tropical open-air museum park built with Daniel Beauchamp, picked up two honourable mentions at Raindance Immersive; Shelter in Place was nominated the same year.

Maranga — a blue gabled house in a low-poly tropical park Maranga — see the project →2020 · VR · 2 Raindance honourable mentions
Shelter in Place — a cosy virtual garden of fantastical plants
Shelter in Place — watch the trailer ▶2020 · VRChat · Raindance nominee

04 — Visit

Go stand in it

Suku is free to visit in VRChat, on PC or Quest. Best with a friend, and best if you take your time.

Open in VRChat → Watch the walkthrough