Mesoamerican Step Pyramid

Specs

Size: 40.7 × 38.6 × 39.7 m
Triangles: 2,608
Draw calls: 1
Knobs: 5
Night lights: 0

Passed the validator: real scale, rests on y = 0, front faces +Z, deterministic.

Use it

Code for the specimen as it is set up above; it follows your knobs.

JavaScript

import { createAsset } from 'https://gaitkit.com/cdn/step-pyramid.mjs';

const stepPyramid = createAsset();
scene.add(stepPyramid);                      // rests on y = 0, front faces +Z

JSX

import { useMemo } from 'react';
import { createAsset } from 'https://gaitkit.com/cdn/step-pyramid.mjs';

export function StepPyramid() {
  const model = useMemo(() => createAsset(), []);
  return <primitive object={model} />;
}

GDScript

# Import step-pyramid.glb (download below). It is a static mesh, one material per colour.
add_child(preload("res://step-pyramid.glb").instantiate())

// Import step-pyramid.glb with glTFast (com.unity.cloud.gltfast).
// Drop it in the scene: 1 unit = 1 metre, +Z is its front.

Prompt

Use the gaitkit MCP server: get_variant({ "id": "step-pyramid", "want": "default look" })
then place the result.

# MCP endpoint
https://gaitkit.com/mcp

More in the docs; agents can fetch all of this through MCP.

Knobs

Knob	Type	Values	Default	What it does
`style`	choice	`maya` `talud-tablero`	`maya`	maya (tall and steep, like the temples of the lowland jungle cities, with a lattice roof comb on the summit building) or talud-tablero (wide terraces of a sloping base under a vertical framed panel, like the great highland city pyramids).
`tiers`	range	4 to 9, step 1	`7`	Number of stacked terraces. The overall size stays the same; more terraces make finer steps.
`finish`	choice	`limestone` `red plaster` `white plaster`	`limestone`	Surface finish: limestone (bare grey-cream stone, as most survive today), red plaster (painted red stucco, as many were when in use) or white plaster (lime stucco). Ruin flakes the plaster back to stone.
`ruin`	range	0 to 1, step 0.05	`0.3`	0 is freshly built; 0.3 restored-ruin look; 1 is a crumbling hill of rubble with a broken summit building and buried stairs.
`jungle`	range	0 to 1, step 0.05	`0.5`	How overgrown it is: 0 bare; 0.5 moss on the ledges and some bushes; 1 thick with moss, hanging vines, bushes on every terrace and trees growing on and around it.

Presets: lost jungle temple {"style":"maya","tiers":8,"ruin":0.6,"jungle":1} · city in its prime {"style":"talud-tablero","tiers":5,"finish":"red plaster","ruin":0,"jungle":0} · restored site {"style":"maya","tiers":9,"finish":"limestone","ruin":0.25,"jungle":0.2}

Files

File	What
step-pyramid.glb	GLB, default look · 453 KB
step-pyramid.mjs	ES module, every knob live
step-pyramid.obj	OBJ, static, no colour
step-pyramid-params.json	knob schema, presets, night zones

Licence

Use it in games, apps, renders and client work, commercially and without credit. Do not resell it as an asset or train a 3D generator on it. The full licence.

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