For initial R&D, I’m thinking of using a process similar to this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZucZgjXiY5M

Using a few planes to display images with Alpha.
I just don’t see how we can that whole house plus a bunch of heavy background objects running in real-time.
Is this too much of a cheat?
Maybe I can rig them to sway in the breeze.
Also for shading, I’m not sure how to keep the planes from shadowing each other in an ugly way.
Maybe they could be shade-less?