In this game you start on Earth but 3 billion years in the past, in the Archean eon.
This game (and its custom engine) is being developed by a single programmer in a small team of two.
What kind of game is it (currently)?
* Engineering Sandbox
* Solo or Multiplayer
* Open World
* First person
* Space Sim
* Full size Earth and Moon
* In-game coding
* Creative mode
* Fully ray-traced graphics
What we will add in future versions:
* Survival mode
* Full scale solar system
* A focus on exploration
* LOTS more content
* Vehicle Destruction and PVP
* SDK for modders
Modding with XenonCode is coming soon to Archean
Since this summer, we\'ve been working on a first iteration of the modding system, built around XenonCode. It already allows you to create your own custom components, with fully scripted behavior, usable like any native component in the game.\n\nHere are a couple of things players have been experimenting with recently:
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The modding system is available on the experimental branch.\nIf youd like to try it, ask questions, or contribute to the discussion, you can join us on Discord:\nDiscord
\nNote that we\'re still working on the modding system and still planning on having breaking changes, so it will not be available just yet in the default branch, it\'s still reserved for the experimental branch for the time being.
[hr][/hr]While working on this system, we\'ve also added several new features, improvements and fixes.
These are included in todays release update on the default public branch.
Heres the full changelog:\n\nNew Features
Added SlopeLight component
[/*]Added MiniNavInstrument component
[/*]Added PlayerSensor component
[/*]Added ability to add any component on Dashboards at arbitrary positions/orientations
[/*]Added ability to override any component screen via a computer connected to it
[/*]Added click_hold() entry point for continuous interaction with screens
[/*]Computer: Added IDE Library to locally save and reuse XenonCode files across computers
[/*]DockingPort: Can now transfer items between docked entities
[/*]Volume: Added composition output
[/*]PushButton & ToggleButton: Added dual-sided option in GetInfo (V) to make them usable from both sides
[/*]Crafter: Displays alert if crafting fails due to low power
[/*]Subgrids: no more occupancy added from the parent hinge component, for more permissive builds and fixing invisible block issue when using partial blueprints (not retroactive)
[/*]Launcher: Enhanced world selection table with sorting and last played timestamps
[/*]
Fixes & Changes
Improved gravity computation to account for celestial body\'s rotation when vehicle is inside outer radius
[/*]
Mouse look does not block when interacting with components anymore
[/*]
Fixed solo game not starting when port 8881 is already in use (now uses a random available port, unless \"accept_remote_connections = yes\" in server.ini)
[/*]Fix modifier key handling to prevent stuck keys
[/*]Fixed velocity sensors stale values when vehicle is resting
[/*]Fixed FluidPort was capturing environment when volume was empty
[/*]
XenonCode
XenonCode Nodes: Improved dynamic input handling for math/boolean nodes when using manual values
[/*]XenonCode Nodes: Increased max character limit for manual input values from 7 to 256
[/*]XenonCode: Added ability to chain accessors for KV text object
[/*]XenonCode: Allow more characters as the key for KV text objects when accessed via a variable key or via foreach, the key can contain anything except .{}
[/*]XenonCode: Fixed [c]^[/c] operator precedence
[/*]XenonCode: Improved numerical precision for const values
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Minimum Setup
- OS: Ubuntu 22.04 or Manjaro
- Processor: quad coreMemory: 8 GB RAM
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA RTX 20 series (GTX not supported)Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 2 GB available spaceAdditional Notes: AMD not supported yet
Recommended Setup
- OS: Ubuntu 22.04 or Manjaro
- Processor: 8 coreMemory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA RTX 30 or 40 seriesNetwork: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 2 GB available spaceAdditional Notes: AMD not supported yet
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