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Craftica Update: Major Simplification, Optimization and Improvements

Simplifications and Improvements to Block Placement

This update mainly features big simplifications and improvements to block placement. Now players no longer need to select block shapes from the hot bar. Instead one can move cursor around within the placement highlighting area to activate different shapes:

When the cursor is around the center, the full block shape will be activated;
When the cursor is near a corner, a partial shape with one cube corner will be activated;
When the cursor is near a border and away from its corners, a partial shape with a slope rectangle will be activated.

When the cursor is on the slope face of a partial block, it will activate the full block or a partial block that will fill the corner(s) near the cursor. With this update, Craftica now support multiple block placement for a single making action. When the active block size is larger than the block size of the target chunk, multiple blocks (either a row, a column or multiple columns) can be placed depending on the presence of blocks within the larger block space. Similarly, multiple block mining is also supported;

Other Optimizations and Improvements

An optimization has been added to remove redundant collision shape computation for objects with the same models;
Mesh smoothing and ambient occlusion has been improved to handle border blocks better;
Several minor improvements are also added to some standard object items;
Progress rings around the health, armor and weapon icons have been make more square like;
A few bugs are fixed for the handling of world section chunks;
A few minor issues are fixed for the handling of mouse clicks;

[ 2022-09-30 16:20:01 CET ] [ Original post ]

Craftica

Craftao Studio Developer

Craftao Studio Publisher

2020-03-26 Release

Indie Simulation Singleplayer EA Tags

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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 SETUPOS: 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 SETUPOS: 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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