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Craftica Update [2020.04.23]: Optimizations for Higher FPS with Less Memory

This update added some significant optimizations and fixings to Craftica. Now the game can run at a higher and stabler frame rate with less memory. Main optimizations include:

  • Several improvements to the physics simulation (reduced rigid body, added collision layers and masks etc.);
  • Camera-based culling for agent animation;
  • Reduced frequency for some operations and updates;
  • Removing of duplicated updates for some agents;
With these optimizations, Craftica now can run at a higher and stabler frame rate. Tests on MacBook Pro 2019 with integrated and external GPU show 15 to 25 frame increases per seconds. This also fixed an issue that caused the game to freeze temporarily on Mac and permanently (possibly) on Windows after certain amount of playing time or certain range of world exploration. Various improvements and fixings have also been added to the underlying class instance caching system, to ensure that unused class instances are properly recycled. A new profiling method is implemented to monitor class instance counts to detected improper instance caching that may lead to memory leaking. Now Craftica can run at a lower and stabler memory usage after a long playing time or a much larger world exploration. At last, this update also added various minor improvements or fixings to the handling of agent movements, navigation, actions and animations. Additionally, a few minor changes are added to the label based filtering for item tables, now the label buttons can only be applied exclusively to avoid possible confusion.


[ 2020-04-23 15:23:51 CET ] [ Original post ]

Craftica
Craftao Studio Developer
Craftao Studio Publisher
2020-03-26 Release
Game News Posts: 28
🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
4 user reviews (4 reviews)

Craftica: A Next-Generation Creative Sandbox Game with Subvoxels


Craftica is a next-generation creative sandbox game with a near-infinite world represented by voxels and subvoxels. It is inspired by Minecraft, but it takes the voxel representation to the next level with subvoxels of multiple sizes. Craftica currently supports both creative and survival modes with main focus on the creative mode.

Voxel and Subvoxels


In Craftica the basic voxel is a full cube and the subvoxels are partial cubes with one or more corner chopped off.



The support of subvoxels in Craftica make it possible to use relatively smooth representations of objects in the game. Also the voxel and subvoxels in Craftica are supported at multiple size levels, so that fine structures can be represented at a scale comparable to the real world.



In fact Craftica has very good support for Chinese architectures, and includes a large number of standard structures with Chinese architecture styles.

Smart Placement of Blocks and Items


Craftica is designed to allow intuitive construction of objects using subvoxels, and supports consistent operations for placing basic blocks (voxels and subvoxels) and items.


In-Scene Crafting


Item crafting in Craftica can be done in the scene, using formulas that are structural and intuitive.

Village


In Craftica worlds, some places are generated with villages. Each village is generated with a few houses and at least one workshop and one defensive fort or tower, and spawns with at least one warrior to defend the village.



The relationship between a village and a player is characterized by affinity. Affinity can be zero, positive or negative, indicating a neutral, friendly or hostile relationship.

The affinities between villages and player(s) are initialized randomly. Normally, there will be more neutral villages than friendly and hostile ones, and more friendly ones than hostile ones. Their actual percentages may vary according to game modes and difficulty levels.

Trade


When a positive affinity reaches certain levels, the player will have free access to some village structures and storages (different structures and storages may have different affinity thresholds). And when a negative affinity reaches a certain level, the village warrior will actively attack the player.

Trading with villagers or defending the village against hostile mobs will improve the affinity between the player and the village. On the other hand, attacking villagers will deteriorate the affinity.

Survival


In survival mode, barbarians and other hostile mobs will be generated. They will attack the player and villages. The only way to survive is to fight back or run!


Instant Help and Hint


Craftica can provide instant help and hint that is relevant to the current state of the game and the player. Such help and hint can be turned on or off with the H key at any time. Instant help and hint is automatically turned on when a new world is started, unless it is disabled in the game options.


MINIMAL SETUP
  • OS: Ubuntu 18.04 (64bit)
  • Processor: Dual Core 2.0GHZMemory: 2 GB RAM
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 5000
  • Storage: 500 MB available space
RECOMMENDED SETUP
  • OS: Ubuntu 18.04 (64bit)
  • Processor: Quad Core 2.6GHZMemory: 4 GB RAM
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 / Dedicated Graphics Card
  • Storage: 1000 MB available space
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