Stop motion animation is often called a lost art, as doing it (or at least, doing it well) is incredibly difficult and time consuming. Every detail on the screen, no matter how minute, has to be pl… ...

Photoneo’s 3D Instant Meshing software enables another large application area: allowing users to create real-time 3D models of objects in motion, including their shape, texture and colour.

Pretty mainstream stuff. "A little robot digs to repair her world," reads the topline sell on Mashina's Kickstarter page.Dig, build, discover, and mend in a chill, stop-motion world." ...

Mashina's tactile nature has led to one of the better backer rewards I've seen on one of these: One of the handmade robot figures used for the game's art, yours at the max-level £500 donation tier.