Blockiverse

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• Reason for Status "On hold"
  December 19, 2024 by DasTobi

  I tried to move from Germany to Spain to reduce my living cost to work longer on Blockiverse. But on a driving break to sleep, somebody smashed the window on the co drivers side and stole my bag with... Continue reading
• Video Devlog - September 2023 - Growing and Evolution
  September 29, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I made the video devlog for the month September... Continue reading

  
• Flood Fill - Living Forms
  September 22, 2023 by DasTobi

  Now I have the 3rd option to spread living forms into the world. Now I put the 1st living form to a random spot, then I flood fill the map. If the fitting climate range is filled. I create a mutation... Continue reading

  
• Evolution Prototype
  September 20, 2023 by DasTobi

  Now I found a good solution to calculate the evolution of the spots, where living forms appear. Previously I tried to change the location directly, but giving the living forms attributes, change them... Continue reading

  
• Evolution Started
  September 18, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I started to implement evolution... Continue reading

  
• Floating Biome Transitions
  September 14, 2023 by DasTobi

  Now living forms use a temperature and a precipitation range to select where they appear, instead of a biome... Continue reading

  
• Model Tester - Location Filter
  September 13, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I added the possible locations as filter to the model tester, to make testing easier... Continue reading

  
• Bug Fixes
  September 11, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I added rivers and ponds to the system, which decide, which living forms appear at which locations. Then i fixed some bugs... Continue reading

  
• Living Forms per Biome
  September 08, 2023 by DasTobi

  Now different living forms appear in different biomes... Continue reading

  
• Location for Living Forms
  September 07, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I implemented, that specific living forms only appear at specific locations. I also don't like the trash bin look of young plants, but I leave them like this, maybe the shader looks better on th... Continue reading

  
• Search Image - Find the Bug
  September 06, 2023 by DasTobi

  Here is a search image: can you find the bug in the source code, which caused the wrong thumbnail in the lower left corner? Today I created a growing animation for living forms, with more than one bon... Continue reading

  
• Loot Depends on Age
  September 01, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I fixed the bug, that the living form selector displayed the death form in the preview instead the adult form. Then I implemented that the loot depends on the age of the living form... Continue reading

  
• Old Living Forms
  August 31, 2023 by DasTobi

  Now the animation of living forms stops, if the living form is dead (killed by a player or of age). I also added a texture overlay, if the living form is dead... Continue reading

  
• Seamless Growing
  August 30, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I implemented the growing of living forms. The new system has the advantage, that the growing is now seamless... Continue reading

  
• Blockiverse Devlog - August 2023 - Project Status
  August 28, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I made the video devlog for the month August... Continue reading

  
• Growing of Plants
  August 22, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I found and fixed the bug, that the animation of living forms didn't work, when a world was loaded. Later I started to implement growing of plants. At the moment I only have a debug output, at w... Continue reading

  
• Making of Done - Select Objects for Locations
  August 21, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I finished video about the comparison of the old and new system to select living forms for a location... Continue reading

  
• Making of Prepared
  August 14, 2023 by DasTobi

  After a little break (I had to change the country in which I live again), I started to prepare the promised video about the comparison of the old and new system to select living forms for a location... Continue reading

  
• Blockiverse Devlog - July 2023 - Living Forms
  July 28, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I fixed the last problems and then I made the devlog-video of july... Continue reading

  
• AI for Living Forms
  July 27, 2023 by DasTobi

  The last two days I implemented the existing ai-system to non-static living forms... Continue reading

  
• Moving Living Forms
  July 25, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I implemented the algorithm, to select the living forms for spots, which I invented yesterday in a prototype, in the game. I also started to implement moving living forms, like you can see in th... Continue reading

  
• Multiple Living Forms per Planet
  July 24, 2023 by DasTobi

  Now planets can contain multiple living forms. To select, which living form spawns at a position, I invented a new system. It will do the job a lot faster, but less precise, but still precise enough... Continue reading

  
• Bug Fixes
  July 21, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I fixed the last bug in the caching of living forms. Now I think, that I have a stable system with a good performance to continue with creating evolution next week... Continue reading

  
• Living Forms from Different Homes
  July 20, 2023 by DasTobi

  Now the correct living forms are displayed in the world, when they have different home planets. I had to do a lot of caching to reach a good performance. Tomorrow I have to fix the last bugs in the sy... Continue reading

  
• Game Test done
  July 19, 2023 by DasTobi

  Now the game works like before I changed the data type of the planet id. Also the correct data to set up the living forms are available. The next step is to display the correct living form... Continue reading

  
• Compile Errors done
  July 18, 2023 by DasTobi

  Now all compiler errors are fixed. Tomorrow in the 1st part of the day, I will test the game and fix errors, if they occur and then I will continue working on placing living forms in the world... Continue reading

  
• Design Error
  July 14, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I started to implement the placing of living forms into the world. Once I was able to place the living form, which lives naturally on the planet, I decided, that I have to fix the design error,... Continue reading

  
• Living Form Preview
  July 13, 2023 by DasTobi

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  Now the in world preview of the selected living form is working again... Continue reading

  
• Filter for Living Forms
  July 12, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I added the possibility to filter living forms by home planets. At the moment with only one living form per planet, the filter is a bit unnecessary, but before I add more living forms I want tha... Continue reading

  
• Game and Model Tester connected
  July 11, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I achieved that the model tester and the game use the same data to create living forms. This will make it a lot easier to investigate it, when evolution will go wrong... Continue reading

  
• Bug Fixes and Random Color
  July 10, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I fixed some bugs e.g: - planets with normal temperatures looked wrong, after coming back from hot or cold planets (rocky ground instead of grass, ocean was frozen) I also added a different vert... Continue reading

  
• Display of Plants and Navigation Bar
  July 07, 2023 by DasTobi

  Now the buttons in the dna selector display the values of the living forms. The Buttons to navigate between the pages are also working... Continue reading

  
• Work on Dna Selector
  July 06, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I continued to work on the dna selector. The right count of buttons is displayed, the navigation bar is waiting to get a function like the apply-button... Continue reading

  
• Dna Selector is Back
  July 05, 2023 by DasTobi

  Now all the data traffic about unlocking living forms is working. Also the opening and closing of the living form selector works. The next step is to display the buttons to select living forms... Continue reading

  
• DNA for Living Forms
  July 04, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I started to implement the communication between all components, when a living form is collected. Btw does somebody need a used car? I have a car for sale without working brakes... Continue reading

  
• Fixed - Missing Pixels
  July 01, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I fixed the gaps in the rendering of the thumbnail. Also the rest looks better. Especially the edge on the right side... Continue reading

  
• Missing Pixels
  June 30, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I added a display, which shows the thumbnails of living forms. In the game it looks more annoying, that sometimes a pixel is missing, so I have to investigate this problem... Continue reading

  
• Renderer Moved to Game
  June 29, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I moved everything, what I learned in the prototype to render objects, to the final game and tested it on grass. The next step is to recreate the dna-selector to make it possible to set living f... Continue reading

  
• Back Faces and UV Map
  June 28, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I fixed the bug, that the rendered thumbnail looked wrong, when I randomized the vertex color for each vertex. The reason: I drawn all triangles (back faces and front faces and sometimes I have... Continue reading

  
• Video Devlog - June 2023 - Evolution Prototypes
  June 26, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I made the devlog video for June:... Continue reading

  
• Shading and Vertex Color
  June 23, 2023 by DasTobi

  "And what do you do at your work?" "I draw triangles." "Is it not boring to just draw triangles?" "No, triangles are great and entertaining.". Ok more serious: Today I fixed the yesterdays bug with th... Continue reading

  
• Shading and UV-Handling
  June 22, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I started to implement shading and the uv-handling. Looks cool, but not correct... Continue reading

  
• Drawing of More Complex Forms
  June 21, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I started to work on thumbnails for the living form, to display them in the dna-selector. In the first step I went back to the prototype, which drawn single triangles and started to draw the liv... Continue reading

  
• Snow Shader
  June 20, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I added the snow shader to the living form. The challenge was to figure out, which keys I have to press to use the hidden cheat to change snow manually. I also added collider and loot... Continue reading

  
• Better Performance for Static Objects
  June 19, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I added a static version of the rendering of living forms. So the performance is back at a good level... Continue reading

  
• New Living Form in Game
  June 16, 2023 by DasTobi

  After I was yesterday scared of an appointment at the dentist, I was able to continue to work today and implemented the single bone living form in the game. The next step is to create a version of liv... Continue reading

  
• First Bone in Model Tester
  June 14, 2023 by DasTobi

  Finally after trying to figure out, what will be the best way to bring the new model generation system into the game for over one month, the first big step is done: display a single bone in the model... Continue reading

  
• Landscape Tester for Free
  June 12, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I set the price of the version of the landscape tester to 0$, which you can use for your own projects. Else I deleted all old animals and the connected stuff, like scripts, materials etc... Continue reading

  
• Just Grass and Animals
  June 09, 2023 by DasTobi

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  Now the deletion of all plants is done. Good bye work of 2022. The next step is to delete all animals... Continue reading

  
• Deletion of the Model Generator
  June 07, 2023 by DasTobi

  Finally I found a good point to start the deletion of the old mesh creation for plants: the model generator, where I define the look of plants. Now I have these wild changes in my statistic, which sho... Continue reading

  
• Video for the next GermanGameDevShowcase
  June 07, 2023 by DasTobi

  Oh I forgot the yesterdays devlog: I uploaded the video for the next c... Continue reading

  
• Storing and Loading of Living Forms
  June 05, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I decided, that I will make the simulation of evolution a lot easier and closer to what I will need in the final game. As result I was finally able to store and load a living form... Continue reading

  
• Aggressive Species and Debug Menu
  June 02, 2023 by DasTobi

  Now the creatures can have the skill to kill other species and I added a debug menu, so it's possible to see and compare two species. The next step will be to implement the saving and loading of the s... Continue reading

  
• First Mutation
  June 01, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I added the first random mutation: the color of the living form... Continue reading

  
• Menu and Mesh Creation
  May 31, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I added some functions to make this simulation use able (e.g press escape to quit the simulation a start button, etc.) Then I added the first mesh creation to replace the default cube of Unity 3... Continue reading

  
• Mass Extinctions
  May 30, 2023 by DasTobi

  Now there are the first basic living forms and what do you need most in a simulation about evolution? Correct: mass extinctions :D... Continue reading

  
• Video Devlog - May 2023 - Improvements and Plans
  May 29, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I made the devlog video of May... Continue reading

  
• Evolution Simulation
  May 24, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I made the decision that I will create a evolution simulation to create and test the new system to handle plants and animals... Continue reading

  
• New Grass System in Game
  May 23, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I added the new algorithm to create the grass texture to the game. The new system is a lot faster (1.2 seconds instead of 1.6)... Continue reading

  
• Creating Grass Texture
  May 22, 2023 by DasTobi

  Now the triangle based drawing of models to create grass textures is working. I use the vertex color to make sure, that the triangle get the correct color... Continue reading

  
• Filled Triangles
  May 19, 2023 by DasTobi

  Now I also have the filled area and not just the outline... Continue reading

  
• Drawing Triangles
  May 18, 2023 by DasTobi

  During I analyzed the previous source code about: "How did I draw the grass texture?" I figured out, that I checked all pixel around a triangle, if the pixel is over a triangle, which slow. So I start... Continue reading

  
• Grass Model Improved
  May 17, 2023 by DasTobi

  Finally I found a way, how I want do create the plants in the existing prototype... Continue reading

  
• Grass Model
  May 15, 2023 by DasTobi

  Slowly I get an idea how to solve the migration of the new model generation system to the game... Continue reading

  
• Debug Points
  May 10, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I thought about, what will be the easiest start point to add the bone based mesh creation to plants. The result is to start with grass, because I only have to build a texture from the mesh. I al... Continue reading

  
• Back to Plant Generation
  May 09, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I started to think about what the best way will be to move the creation of animals to the final game. The longer I think about it, the more I wanted to change the original plan to "leave plants... Continue reading

  
• Store Animal in File
  May 05, 2023 by DasTobi

  For today the plan was to store the created animal into files, which I did. But at the end of the day I realized, that it will be better to do this task in the final game, when I have to touch the sou... Continue reading

  
• Better Bone Weights
  May 03, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I improved the bone weights to remove the weird look during walking, which you saw in the yesterdays screenshot. The next task is to add a level of detail component... Continue reading

  
• Bone Rotation
  May 02, 2023 by DasTobi

  Finally I figured out, why the rotation of the upper and lower leg bone were wrong. The solution looks for me like there is a unity3d bug in Transform.Rotate(), because I wanted to rotate around the l... Continue reading

  
• Eye Target Point
  April 27, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I fixed the problem with the 2nd eye, added the ability to look at target points, forgot to make the eyes smaller after the test and started to improve the handling of bones, which are connectio... Continue reading

  
• Video Devlog - April 2023 - Animal Prototype 2
  April 26, 2023 by DasTobi

  I nearly missed that this week was the last monday of the month. So here is the video devlog of April. Sorry for the delay... Continue reading

  
• Eyes Added
  April 25, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I started to work on eyes. Now I only have to figure out, why the second eye disappears on higher subdivisions and then I will add the rotating of eyes... Continue reading

  
• Bone Scale added
  April 24, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I added a scale value to bones and I removed the setup of values for bones from the source code to a file. The next step is to fix the bone weights, because at the moment the animation looks wei... Continue reading

  
• Subdivision Modifier Fixed
  April 21, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I wrote at first a test, to check if the subdivision modifier is the problem. The result was: no. Then I checked the source code, which connected the bones and this result was: trash. So I start... Continue reading

  
• Subdivision Modifier Problems
  April 21, 2023 by DasTobi

  Yesterday I fixed that some faces had the wrong direction. After that was done I tested the subdivision modifier. I was only able to make the first iteration working and even this looks wrong. The red... Continue reading

  
• Bone Connections
  April 19, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I started to connect the bones. In the next step I have to check, why some faces have the wrong orientation, fix the bone weights and then add the scale to bones... Continue reading

  
• Migration of Mesh Generation
  April 18, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I started to migrate the source code, which created the mesh, from the first prototype to the second. It's doesn't make fun to select between, what I can copy or what wasn't good and has to be r... Continue reading

  
• Automatic Test and Performance
  April 17, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I improved the performance of the animation system. To avoid the error from the last time (when it suddenly wasn't working, after all performance improvements and I had no idea why), I also adde... Continue reading

  
• Walking is Working
  April 15, 2023 by DasTobi

  Finally the walking in the new prototype is working. It was interesting, that with every bug fix, the source code became smaller... Continue reading

  
• A Better Idea for Placing Feet
  April 14, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I tidied up and prepared the source code of the 2nd prototype, for the new calculation of the positions of feet. While doing it, I had an idea for a much easier way: I just use the speed of the... Continue reading

  
• Prototype for more Realistic Walking
  April 13, 2023 by DasTobi

  Like I promised yesterday, I calculated today, how I can handle, that the overtaking foot remains in the air. At least in the prototype the source code looks a lot easier than the mess before... Continue reading

  
• Lift of Feet Implemented
  April 12, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I reimplemented that the moving foot is in the air. The next step is to add again, that the overtaking foot remains in the air. I could copy the old solution, but since I don’t like it, I will... Continue reading

  
• Behavior in Curves
  April 11, 2023 by DasTobi

  Now the behavior in curves is better than yesterday. The next step is to add the walking itself, because at the moment it still look more like a train than an animal... Continue reading

  
• Walking Stairs
  April 10, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I continued to work on the animation system. The foot bones follow now their targets and do height checks... Continue reading

  
• More Inverse Kinematics
  April 09, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I fixed problems with the direction into which knees, where pointing, when the animal was rotated. Then I started to implement the animation system again... Continue reading

  
• Inverse Kinematics added to Skeleton
  April 08, 2023 by DasTobi

  Now the skeleton have inverse kinematics. The start was easy, but then I saw, that sometimes, the foot was not at the target point, even if it was reachable. After a lot of debugging, I checked the ba... Continue reading

  
• Skeleton Done
  April 07, 2023 by DasTobi

  Now the new skeleton is done. The blue spheres are the bones. White: fix connections and don’t deform. Green: average bones. Red: steer the high of hips. Yellow: will handle inverse kinematics... Continue reading

  
• Prototype 2 Started
  April 06, 2023 by DasTobi

  In the first prototype about creating animals I used the wrong approach. I created at first the model and then I tried to animate it. But It would work better reversed. So I started to create a new pr... Continue reading

  
• Side Stairs
  April 05, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I lowered the body while walking, to avoid to much time, when the legs are fully stretched. I also improved the leg handling, when the animal walk sideways on a stair... Continue reading

  
• Bone Weights and Jumping Toe Fixed
  April 04, 2023 by DasTobi

  It feels so much better, to have a working inverse kinematics system and improve that, than having just prototypes (I improved the bone weights and that the toe “jumped” sometimes... Continue reading

  
• Inverse Kinematics Working
  April 03, 2023 by DasTobi

  Finally after two weeks of prototyping and testing, the inverse kinematic system works on the final animal (at least the first version, there are still things to improve)... Continue reading

  
• Inverse Kinematics on Final Animal #2
  April 02, 2023 by DasTobi

  After the today’s work, it look like yesterday with the difference that the legs don’t move at all. But now the source code is a lot better prepared for inverse kinematics... Continue reading

  
• Inverse Kinematics on Final Animal
  April 01, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I started to implement the inverse kinematic on the final animal. Of course it isn’t possible to just copy and paste... Continue reading

  
• Legs Added
  March 31, 2023 by DasTobi

  Now the creature has all necessary bones to add inverse kinematic to the legs... Continue reading

  
• Scaleable Bones
  March 30, 2023 by DasTobi

  2023_03_20: Today I made it possible, that bones are scaleable, because inverse kinematic wouldn’t be possible or at least look stupid, when all bones are cubes with the side length of 1m... Continue reading

  
• Inverse Kinematics - Performance
  March 29, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I improved the performance of the inverse kinemation calculation and tidied up the source code... Continue reading

  
• "Jumping Knee"-Problem Solved
  March 28, 2023 by DasTobi

  Now the “jumping knee”-problem is fixed as good as it make sense. The knee is still jumping in some cases, but for the final animal I will just avoid these “jumping points”... Continue reading

  
• Video Devlog - March 2023 - Inverse Kinematics
  March 27, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I made the devlog video for March... Continue reading

  
• Sale Created and Inverse Kinematics
  March 26, 2023 by DasTobi

  At first a normal info: Yesterday I created a sale for this game. 2023_03_16: Today I implemented the tutorial source code to my own test scene. I only have to fix the “jumping knee”, when the kne... Continue reading

  
• Inverse Kinematics in 3D Space
  March 25, 2023 by DasTobi

  Now it’s possible for the arm to find a target in 3D space. The next steps are to put the tutorial source code to my own test scene and then add the inverse kinematic to the final animal... Continue reading

  
• Internet Issue
  March 24, 2023 by DasTobi

  One week ago my internet suddenly disappered and so I wasn't able to post anything. I was able to work offline and stored the devlogs locally. I will post them like normal, just with a delay and post... Continue reading

  
• Inverse Kinematics - Correct Angle
  March 14, 2023 by DasTobi

  Now the leg keep always the same length, but at the moment the performance is really bad. So tomorrow I have to fix that... Continue reading

  
• Inverse Kinematics
  March 13, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I started to implement inverse kinematics. It's nearly working, only the longer part of the leg gets shorter, the closer the foot comes to the hip until the shorter and longer part have the same... Continue reading

  
• Eye Focus
  March 10, 2023 by DasTobi

  Now the creature is able to focus an object... Continue reading

  
• Body Feature Animation Prepared
  March 09, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I added to each feature a bone point to animate them separately from the body. It's now also possible to give faces of start cubes (eyes) different materials... Continue reading

  
• Eyes are Working
  March 08, 2023 by DasTobi

  Now the eyes have the correct shape and are at the correct position. It's also possible to give other bones an other material... Continue reading

  
• New Approach for Body Parts
  March 07, 2023 by DasTobi

  The approach, which I implemented yesterday, was a dead end. The new approach is to add body parts to the bone and define a direction, in which they are and put the body parts to the intersection poin... Continue reading

  
• Additional Body Parts
  March 06, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I started to think about additional body parts. As result, I think I found a good starting point. It is a mix of the bone kind (head, other parts) and the face kind (face, skin) and the uv map... Continue reading

  
• UV Calculation Done
  March 03, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I found a good solution to create an uv-map. Next week I will add additional body parts like a face... Continue reading

  
• Better Animation
  March 02, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I added a second simpler scene to make debugging easier. Then I implemented several improvements. The most important change is, that the primary foot is now changed per hip (previously all feet... Continue reading

  
• Walking on a Path
  March 01, 2023 by DasTobi

  I added a head to the creature. Then I wanted to test the animations. To achieve that I created at first a terrain and a path to walk. Don't worry, I didn't wasted time, because I used the Blender-OSM... Continue reading

  
• More than 2 Legs
  February 28, 2023 by DasTobi

  Now it's possible to input the count of leg pairs and this is how an animal with 40 legs and a total length of 39m looks like. Tomorrow I will add a head and then check the animation... Continue reading

  
• Video Devlog - February 2023 - Procedural Animation
  February 27, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I made the devlog video for February... Continue reading

  
• 2 Leg Walking Done
  February 24, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I fixed the last bugs in the walking animation handler. Monday I will make the monthly devlog and then I will create an animal with 4 legs... Continue reading

  
• Improved Walking
  February 23, 2023 by DasTobi

  In the sheet you can see what I did today (green). In words: I improved the walking cycle. Before one foot was all the time the leading foot and now the leading foot starts and then the feets walk twi... Continue reading

  
• Walking over Stairs
  February 22, 2023 by DasTobi

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  Today I teached the little creature to climb up- and downstairs... Continue reading

  
• Animation to Rotate
  February 21, 2023 by DasTobi

  Now the object is able to rotate. I also changed the input a bit. Now I setup the target instead of moving the root of the creature manually, which makes everything easier... Continue reading

  
• More Options for Walking
  February 20, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I added more functions to the animation: the rest of the walk is now done in a shorter time (previously the last 10cm need also one second like previous 1m steps), different speeds are possible... Continue reading

  
• Jumping Animation
  February 18, 2023 by DasTobi

  After two days of trying several approaches, the little creature is able to walk to a point... Continue reading

  
• Snapping Walking Animation
  February 16, 2023 by DasTobi

  Like I promised yesterday, I created a pair of simple legs and started to animate them. At the moment the feets just snap to the next position, which have to be improved during the next time... Continue reading

  
• Bone Weights
  February 15, 2023 by DasTobi

  Now the bone weights of vertices are set up correctly, so I can change the object by moving the bone points manually. The next step is to set up an animal and then calculate an walking animation... Continue reading

  
• Procedural Animation
  February 14, 2023 by DasTobi

  Here you can see my first procedural created animation of a procedural created object... Continue reading

  
• All Bone Combinations Working
  February 13, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I created an automatic test to check if all combinations of neighboring bones are working and fixed errors, which I found. After this was done, I researched, how I will be able to animate dynami... Continue reading

  
• Connecting 2 Bones
  February 11, 2023 by DasTobi

  Now it works to connect two bones. Well, technically it should work to connect multiple bones, but it is already annoying to connect two bones with each other. So three or more would just be pain, whi... Continue reading

  
• Bone System
  February 10, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I documented the previously created source code. During this task, I saw a bug and fixed it, so now the result of the subsurface modifier looks better. After that was done I started to implement... Continue reading

  
• Catmull-Clark Subsurface Modifier
  February 09, 2023 by DasTobi

  After a lot of debugging to solve a mesh salad, I have now a Catmull-Clark subsurface modifier. The next step will be to add more cubes to the start cube... Continue reading

  
• More Faces for the Catmull-Clark Algorithm
  February 07, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I build a mesh between the yesterday's points and then I created a cube to continue tomorrow with more faces for the catmull-clark algorithm... Continue reading

  
• 4 Vertices to Calculate a Circle
  February 06, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I started to learn how it will be possible to subdivide meshes with the catmull-clark algorithm. In the screenshot you can see the original vertices (green) and the resulting circle (other color... Continue reading

  
• Work on Animals Started
  February 03, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I started to work on automatically calculated animals (or at least I tried several ways how it will not work)... Continue reading

  
• V1.23 Released - Plant Update
  February 02, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I prepared #Blockiverse for the next release and released V1.23. Change Log: added: - new plant system - added crafting recipes to modding api - added fall damage - button after loading to start... Continue reading

  
• Tutotial - Modding Api - Setup Plants
  February 01, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I made a tutorial video in which I show you, how you can edit the plants, which will appear in the game. After that was done, I continued to improve the loading times... Continue reading

  
• Video Devlog - January 2023 - Forest Layers
  January 31, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I made the devlog video for January... Continue reading

  
• GermanGameDevShowcase Video
  January 30, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I made the video for the next GermanGameDevShowcase. Even, when today is the last Monday of the month and normally reserved, for the monthly devlog, but the ggds-video has an important deadline,... Continue reading

  
• Optimizing Plant Generation #2
  January 27, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I improved the performance of creating needles for conifers. At the end of the day I wondered, why the plant generation is now only need ~25%, but the loading time is at ~35%. I already have an... Continue reading

  
• Optimizing Plant Generation #1
  January 26, 2023 by DasTobi

  I started to improve the source code of the plant creation to shorten the loading time for the first launch of the game. Today I optimized leave trees and tomorrow trees with needles as leaves, which... Continue reading

  
• Optimizations for Plants
  January 25, 2023 by DasTobi

  Now you have an apply button, when you open the plant selector in the building designer. This allows you to switch between plants easier. I also optimized the calculation of seasons, because some plan... Continue reading

  
• Bug Fixes
  January 24, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I fixed some bugs, for example like pink leaves in the plant preview, when they should be green... Continue reading

  
• Plant Selector - Filter
  January 23, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I added a filter to the plant selector and I randomized the plant color a little bit to get different colors, even if the light of the sun would allow only one color, to let forests look more na... Continue reading

  
• Grass in Different Biomes
  January 20, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I improved the handling of grass heights (unused values for the object scale of natural objects are now one value, which is used for just the grass height, because everything else is now handled... Continue reading

  
• Tropical Rain Forest - Before and After
  January 19, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I added the signature plants. In the screenshot you can see the comparison between the new tropical rain forest with the signature rubber tree as sapling and in the small image is the old versio... Continue reading

  
• All Biomes set up
  January 18, 2023 by DasTobi

  Now all biomes are set up. Tomorrow I only have to add some signature plants, which I forgot to add, because I sometimes copied other biomes and used their trees instead of the signature plant... Continue reading

  
• More Biomes
  January 17, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I continued to setup plants for different biomes... Continue reading

  
• Forest Layers
  January 16, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I created more biomes. I also added the first biome, which contain forests. This is a big milestone for this game, because it's the first time, when Blockiverse has natural forests, because now... Continue reading

  
• Improved Workflow of Creating Biomes
  January 13, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I improved the workflow to setup new biomes, based on the accidents, which I had yesterday and while I added new biomes today... Continue reading

  
• Different Plants in Deserts
  January 12, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I added a function to the model generator, which helps me to setup a minimum and a maximum value for plants, when the plant, from which I copy the values was neither a dwarf nor a giant. I also... Continue reading

  
• More Options to Setup Biomes
  January 10, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I added a chance value to the random definition of plants in biomes and started to fill in the plants... Continue reading

  
• Tidied Up - Sheet in Model Generator
  January 09, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I resolved the last formula in the sheet of the model generator. It looks so much better and is easier to understand like before... Continue reading

  
• 2 of 3 Formulas Done
  January 06, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I resolved 2 of the 3 formulas to make it possible to calculate random plants easier. All other values are now also ready... Continue reading

  
• Continued Task From Yesterday
  January 05, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I just continued what I started yesterday. I only realized that it will be painful to resolve all the formulas to calculate something to simple values... Continue reading

  
• New Workflow of Creating Plants
  January 04, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I started to implement, that you can describe the plants, which will grow in each biome, in a xml-file. You have to input now the value ranges for each plant definition instead of creating each... Continue reading

  
• Table to Describe Plants per Biome
  January 03, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I did, what I promised yesterday and I created a table, which describes in which biomes, which plants have to be... Continue reading

  
• More Planet Kinds
  January 02, 2023 by DasTobi

  Today I added all new planet kinds to the game. The next step is to add the vegetation temperature offset to the calculation of seasons, else seasonal plants will have forever winter or summer. Then I... Continue reading

  
• Different Plants per Planet
  December 30, 2022 by DasTobi

  Today I started to randomize plants per planet kind. At the moment the plants look like before, but now they are slightly different per planet... Continue reading

  
• Blockiverse Video Devlog - December 2022 - Plant Selector
  December 27, 2022 by DasTobi

  Today I made the devlog video for December... Continue reading

  
• Default Tree
  December 26, 2022 by DasTobi

  Today I prepared the source code of the model generator to fill the table with plants with random values. At the moment I added only default values for all attributes and this is how the tree with def... Continue reading

  
• I left Germany
  December 19, 2022 by DasTobi

  A little life sign from my side: I decided, that it is the best for the development of the game, when I leave leave Germany. I arrived at the new location and I'm fine, so soon I should be ready to wo... Continue reading

  
• Preview 01 of V1.23 Released
  December 08, 2022 by DasTobi

  Today I improved the handling of the dna selector. I also released the preview of the next version. The preview versions is free for everyone and if you send me something helpful (bug report, screensh... Continue reading

  
• Building Designer for Plants
  December 07, 2022 by DasTobi

  Today I added the plant selector to the building designer. But before I release this version, I have to fix some bugs and improve the look of the menu. For example: it doesn't make sense to allow to e... Continue reading

  
• Placing of Saplings Working
  December 02, 2022 by DasTobi

  Now it's possible to place plants manually. At least, when you use the item bar. The next step is to add the plant selector to the building menu and then I'll release a preview version... Continue reading

  
• Network Code for Saplings
  December 01, 2022 by DasTobi

  The sending of data for planted saplings through the network works. The next step is calculate the actual plant from the data. I figured out, that there is no way to use the algorithm, which place pla... Continue reading

  
• GUI of the Plant Selector Done
  November 30, 2022 by DasTobi

  Today I fixed the last issues with the thumbnails for plants and I added some functions to the menu (cheat to unlock all plants, displaying the costs of plants and disable buttons, with to high costs)... Continue reading

  
• Video Devlog - November 2022 - Food and Sapling System
  November 29, 2022 by DasTobi

  Yesterday I didn't realize, that it was the last Monday in November, so here is the monthly video devlog with one day delay... Continue reading

  
• Improved Thumbnails of Plants
  November 28, 2022 by DasTobi

  Today I optimized how the plants look in the plant selector. In the next step I have to figure out, why the leaves of thorn bushes is blue, when it should be green and why flowers are drawn on the lea... Continue reading

  
• Automatic Thumbnails for Plants
  November 25, 2022 by DasTobi

  Today I tried Unity 3Ds Render Textures to create the thumbnails for the plants. Basically it's working, but next week I have to improve the taking of thumbnails... Continue reading

  
• Plant Selector Filled
  November 24, 2022 by DasTobi

  Today I continued my work on the plant selection. At the moment the thumbnails for the plants look "interesting", because I used the raw leave texture, without the shader as image... Continue reading

  
• Bug Fix and Location for Plant Selector
  November 23, 2022 by DasTobi

  It was a bit hard to solve the bug, that occur when players cut multiple plants in one chunk. So I was only able to think about a good location, for the menu, where you will be able to select unlocked... Continue reading

  
• Backend to Unlock Plants done
  November 22, 2022 by DasTobi

  Now it's possible to unlock plants. At least in the backend since the next task is to add a menu, where you are able to select a plant. But before adding the menu, I have to fix the bug, that an excep... Continue reading

  
• GermanGameDevShowcase - Season 2 Episode 1
  November 21, 2022 by DasTobi

  Today I made the 1st video for the season two of the GermanGameDevShowcase... Continue reading

  
• Food System Done
  November 18, 2022 by DasTobi

  Today I added all items, which you can craft from items, which plants give, like a salad. Next week I implement a system, where you are able to select, which plant you want to plant... Continue reading

  
• Fertilizing Plants
  November 17, 2022 by DasTobi

  Now it's again possible to fertilize plants to get items... Continue reading

  
• More Loot of Plants
  November 15, 2022 by DasTobi

  Today I added more items to the loot of plants: yeast, thorns, herbs and corn... Continue reading

  
• Enum or Not Enum
  November 14, 2022 by DasTobi#performance

  During the last days, I replaced the enumeration for items with a class, which contains an index and a string. pros (new system): - removed long unhandy drop-down in unity editor - I can delete and re... Continue reading

  
• More Modding Api Stuff
  November 10, 2022 by DasTobi#modding

  Now it's also stored in the modding api, which items are useable as fuel for ovens... Continue reading

  
• Modding Api Improvements
  November 09, 2022 by DasTobi#general

  Today I moved the crafting recipes for fluids (use an empty bucket to collect water from a river) to the modding api... Continue reading

  
• Some Items Deleted
  November 08, 2022 by DasTobi#general

  Today I deleted some less important items, which won't make it into the next release. During this I realized, that I need a better workflow, when I want to delete Items... Continue reading

  
• DNA for Plants
  November 07, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  I'm back from holiday and I started to implement a system, which let you collect and plant saplings without spamming the inventory... Continue reading

  
• Video Devlog - October 2022 - Flowers and Thorns
  October 28, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator, #devlog, #video

  Today I made the devlog video for October. Yes I know, it's not the last Monday in the month. But next week Monday is holiday in Germany and I'm not sure, if I want to work or play computer games next... Continue reading

  
• Next Steps
  October 27, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I did the same like yesterday, but this time for the flowers, which are part of the leave texture. The next steps are to implement a sapling system, which doesn't spam the inventory and then a f... Continue reading

  
• Flower Colors based on Photosynthesis
  October 26, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I started to implement the automatic selection of colors for flowers based on the photosynthesis color... Continue reading

  
• Automatic Color for Dead Plants
  October 25, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I implemented, that the color of dead plants is set automatically and I fixed a bug in the calculation of the leave color during autumn... Continue reading

  
• Photosynthesis of Trunks
  October 24, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  I guess at the moment happens enough, so I go back to the daily devlogs. Now the color of trunks is affected by photosynthesis, if the trunk do photosynthesis... Continue reading

  
• Automatic Autumn Calculation
  October 21, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  During this week I improved several things for example, the color change during autumn of leaves is calculated automatically. I also fixed some bugs like the cave had gaps or plants where at the wrong... Continue reading

  
• Plants with Thorns
  October 14, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  This week I added plants with thorns. Now all biomes have a plant again. The next step is to add all old functions to the plants... Continue reading

  
• Flowers Done
  October 07, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  The main topic of the week was to implement the flowers. Either as texture, like on rusty leaved alproses or as real flower, like arctic poppy... Continue reading

  
• Palm Trees and Flowers
  September 30, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  This week I added palm trees, with their special bent/ shaped leaves and I started to implement flowers... Continue reading

  
• Video Devlog - September 2022 - Dynamic Leave Color
  September 26, 2022 by DasTobi#video, #devlog

  Today I made the devlog video for September... Continue reading

  
• New Plant Color System
  September 16, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  During the last 2 weeks, I changed mainly the system how I select colors for the leaves. Previously I defined colors per planet in the model generator. Now I define the light on the planet and plants... Continue reading

  
• Little Break from Writing Devlogs
  September 02, 2022 by DasTobi

  The next time I'll skip writing the daily devlogs, because I think, that it'll be a bit boring, if I post repeatedly: "And here is another plant.". The next devlog will appear, if all plants added or... Continue reading

  
• Automatic Bamboo #1
  September 01, 2022 by DasTobi

  Today I started to add bamboo and made the normal improvements like adding function to set the position of the camera automatically or display the vertex count... Continue reading

  
• Movie Mode
  August 31, 2022 by DasTobi

  Now the model tester contains a "movie"-mode, where all grow steps for all setup plants are displayed... Continue reading

  
• Automatic Dwarf Birch
  August 30, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I started to implement functions to create dwarf birches. The main challenge of this plant is the small size. A small fix offset on a big plant, feels like one kilometer on this plant... Continue reading

  
• Model Tester - Prototype 01 - Released
  August 29, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I released the 1st prototype of the Model Tester and made a video tutorial for it... Continue reading

  
• Automatic Giant Redwoods
  August 26, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Now giant redwoods are also back in the game... Continue reading

  
• Spruces Done
  August 25, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I improved the look of the texture for leaves and now I'm happy with spruces (at least for the moment)... Continue reading

  
• Needles for Leave Textures
  August 24, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I started to implement needles for the texture of leaves... Continue reading

  
• Bug Fix and Small Improvements
  August 23, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I fixed the bug, that all leaves looked into the same direction and made some small improvements to let spruces look better. The next step is to use needles instead of leaves to the leave textur... Continue reading

  
• Spruces and "Wind"-Bug
  August 22, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I started to add spruces. To create them I had to add more values to the model generator (an offset for the length of the first tree segment and a multiplier for the length of not center branche... Continue reading

  
• Improved XML-Structure
  August 18, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I tidied up the xml-file, in which I store the data to create plants, and the front end to edit the xml-file... Continue reading

  
• Removed Oaks from Rivers and Ponds
  August 17, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I added an option to select, if plants grow in fresh water or not and I made it easier to setup spawn chances for different plants (you can now input chances like you want, previously, the sum o... Continue reading

  
• Multiple Plants per Biome
  August 16, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Now it's possible to let multiple plants grow in one biome. I also improved the performance of the code, which select plants by 50%... Continue reading

  
• Oak Forest
  August 15, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I investigated, why in empty biomes everywhere were mushrooms and fixed it. After that I added a spawn chance, to make a forest out of the oak leaves wall... Continue reading

  
• LOD and Bug Fixes
  August 12, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Yesterday I started to write an algorithm to set up the LOD, but then I figured out, that I just have to call the method "recalculateBounds" on the LODGroup. Today I fixed game crashes, if there are n... Continue reading

  
• Oaks Done
  August 10, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I finished the work on oaks (randomized leaves and added a "gravity" to them). Tomorrow I'll write an algorithm, which setup the LOD-distances... Continue reading

  
• Plant Generator - Optimizations
  August 09, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I optimized the generated plants and the menu (e.g the refresh button, reduced the vertex count). The next steps are to randomize the leaves and improve the LODs... Continue reading

  
• Grass in Model Tester
  August 05, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I added an option to test grass in the model tester... Continue reading

  
• Center Branches
  August 04, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I added options to create center branches to make it easier to setup round treetops... Continue reading

  
• Gravity for Branches
  August 03, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Now I'm able to control the gravity, which affect the direction of branches, with formulas... Continue reading

  
• Well, that escalated quickly :D
  August 02, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Here you can see, what happens, when you add a gravity to the growing direction and set it to a positive value... Continue reading

  
• Formula Interpreter and Game Connected
  August 01, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I implemented the connection between game and Formula Interpreter. Now everything looks like before, but with the difference, that it's possible to change formulas without recompiling... Continue reading

  
• Attributes and Sub Formulas
  July 28, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Now it's also possible to use attributes and sub formulas. I also implemented more special cases like leading signs. Does somebody know an other special case, which I don't test?... Continue reading

  
• Formula Interpreter - More Functions
  July 27, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I improved the formula interpreter (- / * and max(,)) is now possible and I can check, if the DLL is still working after I added new functions... Continue reading

  
• Formula Interpreter
  July 26, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I fixed the bug, that sometimes leave textures had a very small amount of leaves and I started to implement a formula interpreter to add a lot of information in an easy way to the model generato... Continue reading

  
• Video Devlog - July 2022
  July 25, 2022 by DasTobi#video, #devlog

  Today I made the devlog video for July... Continue reading

  
• Live on Indiegogo
  July 22, 2022 by DasTobi#crowdfunding

  Today I created a campaign for #Blockiverse on #Indiegogo. So let's the battle begin, which platform raises more money Kickstarter or Indiegogo. If Indiegogo collect 72€ or more it wins: https://www... Continue reading

  
• Model Tester - Better Scale
  July 21, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I added a scale to the model tester, because the human as scale isn't working for big plants. The next step is to add an option to the model generator, in which you are able to input formulas to... Continue reading

  
• Trees - Fine Tuning
  July 20, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I fixed that grass wasn't working and fine tuned the tree generation (closed gap, where branches connect, changed the split angle and now the split count is randomized)... Continue reading

  
• Source Code Optimization
  July 19, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I optimized the source code of the plant generator and suddenly the root of trees and saplings looked weird. It took a while until I figured out, what goes wrong, because somebody told me yester... Continue reading

  
• Tree Generation - Everything Fixed
  July 18, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Now the tree, with all the tangents (green) and normals (yellow and magenta), looks valid... Continue reading

  
• Plant Generator - Bug Fixes
  July 15, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator, #bug, #fix

  Today I nearly fixed all bugs in the plant generator. Only this little twist is left, but this is a task for Monday... Continue reading

  
• Rotation Nonsense fixed
  July 14, 2022 by DasTobi#bug, #fix

  Today I started to fix problems with the tree generation. The old version is the upper version and addBranchMesh() gave the wrong start rotation (the -left vector instead of the forward vector, there... Continue reading

  
• Plant Generator - Limited Randomness
  July 13, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Now the length of a branch is also random and there is a minimum angle between branches. The next step is to fix the bug, that sometimes branches have a width of 0... Continue reading

  
• Better Plant Growing
  July 12, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I made sure, that all growth steps of trees use the same random values. So now it looks like the same tree grow instead of 5 different trees. Btw I'm really happy, that I implemented the model t... Continue reading

  
• New Rewards
  July 11, 2022 by DasTobi#rewards

  After the Kickstarter campaign I still want to give you the chance to buy the rewards and so I added them to this page. Only the "Good Feeling" and the "Bronze Role" is missing, because itch doesn't s... Continue reading

  
• Randomized Trunks
  July 07, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  It's interesting how much a little bit of randomness let look a tree a lot more natural... Continue reading

  
• Better Growth Steps
  July 06, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I improved the growth steps. In the previous version all steps had start segment length of 1. Now the 1st growth step have a length of 0.2, which look more natural... Continue reading

  
• Model Tester in Game
  July 05, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Now there is a model tester in the game, where we can check how plants will look after the generation. This should save a lot of waiting time while testing new features... Continue reading

  
• Wide Trunks
  June 30, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I closed the tree at the root. I also fixed the bug, that the plant generator crash, if the trunk is wider than one meter, so now you can have very wide trunks... Continue reading

  
• New UV-Map for Tree Trunks
  June 29, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I improved the whole uv map of tree trunks... Continue reading

  
• Branch Endings closed
  June 28, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I closed the gap at the end of branches. The uv-map could be better, but this problem I will check tomorrow... Continue reading

  
• Video Devlog - June 2022
  June 27, 2022 by DasTobi#devlog, #video

  Today I made the devlog video for June... Continue reading

  
• Updated Page
  June 24, 2022 by DasTobi#marketing

  Today I updated the game page and spend time on other marketing content... Continue reading

  
• Mushroom Heads on Plants
  June 23, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Now the plant generator can handle the heads of mushrooms and different materials for trunks... Continue reading

  
• Calculation of Half Spheres
  June 21, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I added the calculation of half spheres to the test project of the plant calculation. Tomorrow I add the new source code to the game... Continue reading

  
• Correct Size of Mushrooms
  June 17, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I added attributes to scale the generated models of plants. With the new values mushrooms look more realistic. The next step is to flatten the low side of the sphere... Continue reading

  
• Textured Spheres in Game
  June 16, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I improved the algorithm, which calculates spheres and added it to the game. The next step is to make a mushroom out of it... Continue reading

  
• UV-Map for Dynamic Spheres
  June 15, 2022 by DasTobi#bug, #fix, #plants

  After the Kickstarter and marketing tasks, I went back to develop the game. In the morning I realised, that door hinges weren't working and fixed the problem. After that was done, I tested different w... Continue reading

  
• Kickstarter-Campaign is Live
  June 09, 2022 by DasTobi#kickstarter

  The Kickstarter campaign for #Blockiverse is now live: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dastobi123/notblockiverse... Continue reading

  
• Kickstarter - Page Approved
  June 01, 2022 by DasTobi#kickstarter

  Today the Kickstarter page was approved and you are able to follow Blockiverse on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dastobi123/notblockiverse... Continue reading

  
• Video devlog - May 2022
  May 30, 2022 by DasTobi#devlog, #video

  Today I made the devlog video of may and improved the Kickstarter campaign based on the given feedback... Continue reading

  
• Kickstarter - preview available
  May 27, 2022 by DasTobi#kickstarter

  Today I finished my work on the Kickstarter campaign. Here you are able to review the campaign and give me feedback: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dastobi123/573312697?ref=c241hq&token=0b899... Continue reading

  
• New project image
  May 19, 2022 by DasTobi#general

  While creating the Kickstarter campaign for Blockiverse, I created this new project image. Do you like it?... Continue reading

  
• Kickstarter - video - preview
  May 10, 2022 by DasTobi#kickstarter, #preview

  Today I finished my work on the video for a Kickstarter campaign. It would be cool, if you can give me feedback, what should be improved and whether there are questions... Continue reading

  
• Procedural spheres in game
  April 28, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Now the spheres works on plants in the game, but there is still a lot to do until it's a good looking mushroom... Continue reading

  
• Procedural sphere - done
  April 26, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I continued to work on procedural, spherical objects. The next step is to put this prototype sphere into the game... Continue reading

  
• Video devlog - April 2022
  April 25, 2022 by DasTobi#video, #devlog

  Today I made the video-devlog of April... Continue reading

  
• Procedural, spherical objects
  April 14, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Yesterday and Today I optimized on how attributes for models are handled in the projects. After that was done, I started to work on procedural, spherical objects to create e.g mushrooms or apples... Continue reading

  
• New form in the model generator
  April 12, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I added a form to the model generator to setup different objects... Continue reading

  
• Bad ideas and bug fix
  April 11, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator, #bug fix

  Today I tested, if it's a good idea to add a scene to the game, where you can watch all generated models and the result is, that I don't think, that it's neccessary to put work into that feature. Afte... Continue reading

  
• Marketing and Kickstarter preparation
  April 08, 2022 by DasTobi#bug, #fix, #marketing, #plant, #generator

  During the last two days I implemented, that the game can handle multiple grass textures and I fixed light issues in the space. From now on every Friday is reserved for marketing. I started with analy... Continue reading

  
• Different leaves on different planets
  April 06, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Now the in game model builder uses the xml-file, which is generated by the model generation tool... Continue reading

  
• Leaf colors done
  April 05, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I connected the form, which is responsible for the colors, with the main form. Tomorrow I connect the new dll with the game... Continue reading

  
• Random hsv-color
  April 04, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I created a form, which supports users to find good values to setup random colors... Continue reading

  
• Modding api: Model generator
  April 01, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I started to create a new tool for the modding api: The model generator. This tool will help you and me, to setup how models are generated... Continue reading

  
• Better performance - plant selection
  March 31, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I added the loading of the plants to the loading bar. The next step was to improve the source code, which select the plant, which can grow at a location. In the old version it took 66ms to selec... Continue reading

  
• What could go wrong?
  March 30, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Now the growth of trees works again (It wasn't working after I added the system, which can handle multiple plants). Then I started to add more plants. First I combined all spawn location attributes wi... Continue reading

  
• Different plants
  March 29, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Now the source code can handle different plants (At least technically there are 2 trees, for the human eye it's the same tree, because the tree generator use the same values for both trees)... Continue reading

  
• Video devlog - March 2022
  March 28, 2022 by DasTobi#devlog, #plant, #generator

  Today is the last Monday in March. So I made the next devlog video... Continue reading

  
• Location based plants
  March 24, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I teached the plants to grow only at places for which they are calculated. After that, I added falling damage... Continue reading

  
• Snow shader
  March 23, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generation

  Now the snow shader works on the new plants. I also added the crafting recipes to the modding folder. The next step is to create the plants based on the vertical biome (e.g ocean, land)... Continue reading

  
• Loot + growing of plants
  March 22, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Now the loot is calculated for the plants and the growing of the plants is also working. To achieve the 2nd feature, I had to improve the performance of the source code, which updates the plants, beca... Continue reading

  
• Plant colliders
  March 18, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I calculated the colliders for the tree. The next step is to calculate how much loot every growth step gives... Continue reading

  
• 1st dynamic tree in game
  March 17, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Finally the 1st dynamic created tree is in the game... Continue reading

  
• Bug fixes
  March 16, 2022 by DasTobi#bug, #fixes

  Now the project is completely tidied up and the grass gives you grass clothing, when you cut it. I also fixed two bugs: items were doubled after loading the game and the reediting of terrain deleted a... Continue reading

  
• All old plants deleted
  March 14, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  The deletion of the old plants is nearly done. Now the planets looks very empty. But with the new grass it still looks better than before... Continue reading

  
• Painful task
  March 10, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I moved the generation of the models to the normal loading screen, because I had the impression that the short lags in the menu were annoying. After that I analyzed how to add the plants to the... Continue reading

  
• Dynamic plants in game
  March 09, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  The last 2 days I migrated the source code, which creates the trees to the final game... Continue reading

  
• Back from holiday
  March 07, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  I'm back from holiday and migrated the automatic grass texture creation to the final game project. The game creates the texture in the background while being in the menu and during the loading bar, if... Continue reading

  
• V1.22 release video (grass update)
  February 28, 2022 by DasTobi#release, #video

  Today I made the release video for V1.22 (Grass update) and fixed the bug with the flying chunks, during chunk generation... Continue reading

  
• V1.22 released (grass update)
  February 25, 2022 by DasTobi#release

  Today I did what I promised yesterday and after that was done, I released the next version (V1.22 - grass update). change log: added: - decorative grass - landscape tester: grass height - toggle to di... Continue reading

  
• Grass improvements
  February 24, 2022 by DasTobi#grass

  Now the grass objects have different heights, so the landscape looks more natural. I also changed the grass color, because the old brightness hurt. Tomorrow I'll give each grass an little offset to re... Continue reading

  
• Mow grass
  February 23, 2022 by DasTobi#grass

  Finally it's working to send the current grass height through the network, store it and load it. It's also possible to edit the terrain height with the known horrible terrain editing tool (which looks... Continue reading

  
• Growing and dying grass
  February 18, 2022 by DasTobi#grass

  Yesterday and today I tested different ways to remove grass, when you place an object... Continue reading

  
• Grass - ocean transition
  February 16, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I implemented that the grass size decreases at the beach and started to fix the bug, that the game crash, when you try to fly into space... Continue reading

  
• New grass in game
  February 15, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I started to move the grass from the test project to the final game... Continue reading

  
• Terrain shader improved
  February 14, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  This is how it looks, when you try to improve your terrain shader and something goes wrong... Continue reading

  
• Procedural grass texture
  February 11, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Now the texture of the grass is also created by source code. The next step is to create a terrain texture, which fit to the new grass method... Continue reading

  
• Interactive grass shader - video
  February 10, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I merged the wobble shader with the interactive shader and made a little video about it. I also started to work on a dynamic texture generation for the grass... Continue reading

  
• Interactive grass
  February 09, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I tested how to implement an interactive grass shader (the player bends the grass down). I exaggerated the effect for better visibility. The performance is good enough. In a test I was able to a... Continue reading

  
• Plant generator #12 - LOD and grass #01
  February 08, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  The last two days I added the level of detail to trees and started to implement a grass shader... Continue reading

  
• Plant generator #11 - terrain
  February 04, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Now the trees are on the terrain and have the correct mesh depending on the height, where they are. In the screenshot you can the, that the tree on the right side is higher and has 2 splits, while the... Continue reading

  
• Plant generator #10 - multiple trees
  February 03, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I prepared a landscape to test a spawner for the dynamic trees. Now its also possible to store and load the generated trees... Continue reading

  
• Plant generator #09 - improved leave texture
  February 02, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I improved the look of leaves and moved them a bit into the tree, so they look more like a part of the tree... Continue reading

  
• Plant generator #08 - rotated leaves
  February 01, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Now the leaves have different rotations and the source code is tidy up... Continue reading

  
• Video Devlog - January 2022
  January 31, 2022 by DasTobi#video, #devlog

  Today I made the January video devlog... Continue reading

  
• Plant generator #07 - leaves #02
  January 28, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Now I copied the leave multiple times to the tree. The next step is to rotate the leaves into a valid direction... Continue reading

  
• Plant generator #06 - leaves #01
  January 27, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I started to implement leaves for the dynamic tree... Continue reading

  
• Plant generator #05 - 3D mesh
  January 26, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Now the dynamic calculated tree starts to look like a 3D tree... Continue reading

  
• Plant generator #04 - bezier curves
  January 25, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  The last two days I learned how to implement bezier curves to remove the straightness of the branches... Continue reading

  
• Plant generator #03 - branch connection
  January 21, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Now the connection between branches looks good. The next step is to calculate the tree in 3D. Because the connection was done in the morning and it's a bad idea to start a big new topic just before we... Continue reading

  
• Plant generator #02 - single mesh
  January 18, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I started to build a mesh out of the plant data. For easier learning I started with a 2D tree. The next step is to build a connection between the branches (at the moment, there are overlapping t... Continue reading

  
• Plant generator #01
  January 17, 2022 by DasTobi#plant, #generator

  Today I started to create a plant generator... Continue reading

  
• V1.21 released (performance update)
  January 14, 2022 by DasTobi#release

  Finally Unity released the next version and so I was also able to release the next version (1.21 - Performance update). change log: added: - landscape tester is now part of the modding api changes (to... Continue reading

  
• Landscape tester and random plants
  January 13, 2022 by DasTobi#moding, #api, #plants

  Today I prepared the landscape tester to be released as part of the modding api. In the next step I did some research to figure out, how to create random based plants... Continue reading

  
• Normals before and after
  January 12, 2022 by DasTobi#bug, #fix

  Now I'm done with fixing the normals of the terrain. I forgot during optimization, how horrible it looked before, so I was a bit shocked after making the before and after comparison... Continue reading

  
• Chunk connections
  January 07, 2022 by DasTobi#bug fix

  After I fixed yesterday the wrong normals of the terrain, I worked today on the connection of the chunks. Previously at corners, were 4 different normals, now there is only one merged normal, which re... Continue reading

  
• Terrain lighting bug fixed
  January 06, 2022 by DasTobi#bug fix

  Today I fixed the bug with the terrain lighting in the final game... Continue reading

  
• Terrain shadow bug
  January 05, 2022 by DasTobi#bug fix

  Today I reproduced and fixed the terrain bug in a test project. The reason for the bug is: old source code to generate the terrain = 100% trash... Continue reading

  
• 1st task in 2022
  January 04, 2022 by DasTobi#bug fix

  Today I started 2022. The first task is to fix bug, which cause the lines on the terrain... Continue reading

  
• Summary video - 2021
  December 28, 2021 by DasTobi#summary

  Today I made the summary video of 2021... Continue reading

  
• V1.21 Preview video - Better performance
  December 27, 2021 by DasTobi#video, #performance

  Today I made the video for V1.21, in which I explain, what I've done to improve the performance. Please remember, what I said yesterday: This version will be released, after Unity released the next ve... Continue reading

  
• Next release delayed
  December 24, 2021 by DasTobi#test

  Now the tests are done, but I can't release the next version, because of an Unity 3D bug, which crash the game after round about 15 minutes. So Monday I'll make the summary video of 2021 and then I en... Continue reading

  
• File improvements done
  December 22, 2021 by DasTobi#performance

  Now everything is updated to the new file system. Tomorrow I test the game and friday, I'll release the next version... Continue reading

  
• Some news
  December 16, 2021 by DasTobi#performance

  For the most important things the file system was updated. During the last 2 days, I had to export everything in the old Unity 3D project, create an new project and import everything, because after 4... Continue reading

  
• Network code improved
  December 09, 2021 by DasTobi#performance

  Now the complete network code is updated to the new header. In the table is a before and after comparison of the data trash and execution time. The next step is to improve how I store data... Continue reading

  
• Better performance - status
  December 01, 2021 by DasTobi#performance

  I'm still working on improving the performance of the network code and how I store data. Previously I had message classes, which I serialized to byte arrays, but the serialization was the bottle neck... Continue reading

  
• Better storing of data
  November 24, 2021 by DasTobi#performance, #data, #store

  Today I started to optimize, how I store data, to improve the performance and to get cleaner source code. Now I have 404 lines less source code to worry about... Continue reading

  
• V1.20 released (graphic update)
  November 23, 2021 by DasTobi#release, #video

  Today I released the next version (V1.20 - graphic update) including the ray tracing version and made a release video. change log: added: - rtx version - changeable material color - volumetric clouds... Continue reading

  
• GermanGameDevShowcase - Round 10
  November 22, 2021 by DasTobi#ggds

  Today I made the video for the 10th round of the #GermanGameDevShowcase... Continue reading

  
• Rain fog + bug fix
  November 19, 2021 by DasTobi#graphic

  Today I added fog, if it's raining. I also fixed the bug, that the calculation of the temperature didn't work on not normal planets... Continue reading

  
• New cloud system
  November 18, 2021 by DasTobi#graphic

  Today I started to improve the clouds... Continue reading

  
• Color update done
  November 16, 2021 by DasTobi#color

  Now all items are colorable. In the next step I'll improve the look of clouds... Continue reading

  
• Colored items
  November 12, 2021 by DasTobi#graphic

  Now you are able to select a color for wooden planks and glass... Continue reading

  
• Color picker for objects
  November 10, 2021 by DasTobi#menu

  Today I started to implement the color picker for objects... Continue reading

  
• RTX enabled
  November 09, 2021 by DasTobi#graphic

  Today I added #RTX to #Blockiverse . Because the ray tracing features are all experimental in Unity and slow down the performance, it will be another version of Blockiverse. I recommend to play with t... Continue reading

  
• Livestream to collect ideas
  November 05, 2021 by DasTobi#livestream

  Livestream: Collecting ideas while watching old videos: https://www.twitch.tv/dastobi123... Continue reading

  
• Todo created
  November 03, 2021 by DasTobi#todo

  Today I created a todo for blockiverse from your feedback and my own ideas. If I missed something or if you have new ideas, you can comment or send me a message: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d... Continue reading

  
• Early access start + demo
  November 02, 2021 by DasTobi#releace, #price

  Today I split Blockiverse into two version. The demo version remains free, but has neither multiplayer nor receive further updates. The full version is a normal early access version and cost 9.99$. I... Continue reading

  
• V1.19.7 released + news
  October 29, 2021 by DasTobi#release, #news

  Today I released V1.19.7 (bug fixes). Because the electric system is complex, I decided, that it will be better to make this system working on moveables after the multiplayer test, which will start ne... Continue reading

  
• V1.19.6 released (bug fixes)
  October 22, 2021 by DasTobi#release, #bug fix

  Today I released V1.19.6 (bug fixes). This time I released this version in the morning, because it is more complex to make the electricity system working on vehicles and I want to achieve that without... Continue reading

  
• Auto walk/ run
  October 20, 2021 by DasTobi#input

  Next to the normal tests and bug fixes, I added today key to auto walk/ run and throttle, to make it easier to travel long distances... Continue reading

  
• V1.19.5 released (bug fixes)
  October 15, 2021 by DasTobi#release

  I released the next version (1.19.5). Change log: changes: - redesigned option menu - improved the in game help added: - fuel gauge to driver seat bug fixes: - terraforming was not possible - drill wa... Continue reading

  
• Option menu - redesigned
  October 12, 2021 by DasTobi#menu

  Today I added the space to the help text, a fuel gauge to the driver seat and redesigned the option menu. The next step is to test, if special items work on vehicles... Continue reading

  
• 1st sell
  October 11, 2021 by DasTobi#bug fix, #ui, #news

  During the break, I sold Blockiverse for the first time. Thank you, for the support. Today I fixed the bug, that it wasn't possible to edit the terrain and improved the help text (now you only see, wh... Continue reading

  
• Free key - Last chance
  October 01, 2021 by DasTobi#release, #news

  Because it's Friday, I released V1.19.4. There won't be an update next week, because I take a break to play #Anno1800. In two weeks, I'll increase the price of #Blockiverse to 10USD, but if you do som... Continue reading

  
• V1.19.3 released (bug fixes)
  September 24, 2021 by DasTobi#release, #bug fix

  I released the next version (1.19.3). Change log: bug fixes/ changes: - antennas and navigation system - electric system bug fixes: - chainsaws/ drills - stick of arrow, was pink while being in bow ch... Continue reading

  
• Friday = update day
  September 22, 2021 by DasTobi#bug fix

  Today I started with the second test stage (testing the usage of items in single player). Because I already found enough bugs and other things, which I have to change, I decided, that I'll update the... Continue reading

  
• V1.19.2 released
  September 21, 2021 by DasTobi#release, #bug fix

  I released the next version (1.19.2). The support of the old multiplayer system ended, so I had to implement the new one. Because of this big technical change, I have to test the game again. But this... Continue reading

  
• Update - test progress
  September 10, 2021 by DasTobi#testing

  Today I want to give you an update about the testing progress: Now I guess I tested the single player mode, without using cheats, enough. The next step is to use also cheats to also test late game fea... Continue reading

  
• More tests necessary
  August 31, 2021 by DasTobi#testing

  Normally I wanted to release the next version today, but I found more bugs than expected, so I want to test longer... Continue reading

  
• Multiplayer - status update
  August 26, 2021 by DasTobi#multiplayer

  After a lot of issues, it's at least possible, that 2 players see each other... Continue reading

  
• Plan until end of this month
  August 23, 2021 by DasTobi#multiplayer

  Today I finished the migration to the new multiplayer system. Now I test the game and fix the bugs until the 31th of august. The bug with the long loading screen, if object pooling is on, will be also... Continue reading

  
• Multiplayer - status update
  August 20, 2021 by DasTobi#multiplayer

  Today I want to give you a short update about the update of the multiplayer system: I'm done with the source code. The next step is to add the new network components to the objects in the game... Continue reading

  
• Multiplayer code
  August 16, 2021 by DasTobi#multiplayer

  After I learned, what I have to change for the new multiplayer system of unity 3d, I started to make the changes in my game. I'll write the next devlog, if I made all changes... Continue reading

  
• Good news and bad news
  August 13, 2021 by DasTobi#general

  I have good news and bad news: The bug with the long loading screen should be fixed in the next unity 3d version. The bad news is, that I have to renew the multiplayer code, because the support for th... Continue reading

  
• V1.19 release video + bug fix
  August 10, 2021 by DasTobi#landscape, #release, #video

  Today I made the release video for V1.19 (River system update) and fixed the bug, that rivers sometimes flow uphill... Continue reading

  
• GermanGameDevShowcase - Round 9
  August 09, 2021 by DasTobi#landscape, #release, #ggds

  Today I made the video for the 9th round of the #GermanGameDevShowcase. During this I realized, that it wasn't possible to fly into space. So I fixed this bug and also released the new version... Continue reading

  
• V1.19 released (river system update)
  August 06, 2021 by DasTobi#release, #landscape

  Today I fixed the bugs, that ice on a frozen river looked wrong and that respawn chests weren't working. I also released the next version (river system update) of the game. Change log: changed: - the... Continue reading

  
• New river shader
  August 05, 2021 by DasTobi#landscape

  Today I created a shader to limit the view range of the river system to remove the rivers in the middle of nothing. Because now I'm happy with the 1st version of the new river system, I'll release the... Continue reading

  
• River system on other planets
  August 04, 2021 by DasTobi#landscape

  Today I checked and fixed the river system on other types of planets... Continue reading

  
• Rivers - colliders added
  August 03, 2021 by DasTobi#landscape

  Today I added the collider to the river. So now it's again possible to swim, drink and fish in rivers. The next step is to check the river system on other types of planets... Continue reading

  
• Rivers - bug fix
  August 02, 2021 by DasTobi#landscape

  Today I figured out, that sometimes the river bed was above the water line of the river at the transition zone between corners and edges, which looked wrong. The best solution for this problem is to b... Continue reading

  
• Rivers - water shader added
  July 30, 2021 by DasTobi#landscape

  Now the rivers looks ok. The next step is to add the calculation of the collider to them, to make it possible to swim and drink again... Continue reading

  
• More river improvements
  July 29, 2021 by DasTobi#landscape

  Today I fixed the gaps at river corners. The next step is to fix the uv-map, which will close the rest of the gap and solve the wrong looking texture... Continue reading

  
• River parts merged to one object
  July 28, 2021 by DasTobi#landscape

  Today I fixed that the height for riverbeds was calculated, even if there was no river. Now the river system is one big object instead of multiple small parts. The next step is to remove the gaps at r... Continue reading

  
• Rivers smoothed out
  July 27, 2021 by DasTobi#landscape

  Today I smoothed out the hard edges next to rivers (not to 100%, I optimize the rest later). Tomorrow I'll improve the water itself. At the moment there are separate objects for river corners and edge... Continue reading

  
• River corners improved
  July 26, 2021 by DasTobi#landscape

  Today I improved the corners of the river system. The next step is to smooth the hard edges next to rivers... Continue reading

  
• Mountains next to rivers improved
  July 23, 2021 by DasTobi#landscape

  Today I improved the generation of the mountains next to rivers. In the next step, I'll improve the point, where river elements hit each other... Continue reading

  
• New terrain system - base version done
  July 22, 2021 by DasTobi#landscape

  Today I added the water in rivers to the game. So the base version of the new terrain is done and working, but there are enough things, which have to be improved... Continue reading

  
• Rivers and ponds - river water in the prototype
  July 21, 2021 by DasTobi#landscape

  Today I fixed the bug, that you were able to breath under water. After that was done, I added water to the rivers in the landscape prototype... Continue reading

  
• Rivers and ponds - more improvements
  July 20, 2021 by DasTobi#landscape

  Today I removed the objects from rivers and ponds and added sand to them. I also filled the ponds with water. Tomorrow I'll add water to rivers... Continue reading

  
• Rivers and ponds - new system added to the game
  July 19, 2021 by DasTobi#landscape

  Today I added the new river system to the game. You can already see the future river beds. The next step is to remove the trees from rivers and add sand/ water to rivers... Continue reading

  
• Rivers and ponds - Landscape Tester updated
  July 16, 2021 by DasTobi#landscape, #tester

  Because I separated the Landscape Tester to its own project. I posted the todays devlog in the devlog of the landscape tester. You can find this tool here: https://dastobi.itch.io/landscape-tester... Continue reading

  
• Rivers and ponds - old source code deleted
  July 14, 2021 by DasTobi#landscape

  Today I removed the old source code from the game, which was responsible for the generation of rivers and ponds. In the next step I started to move the source code from the prototype to the landscape... Continue reading

  
• Rivers and ponds - mountains
  July 13, 2021 by DasTobi#landscape

  Today I added the noise functions to the terrain next to rivers and ponds. Now I guess it's time to test this new approach in the landscape tester and in the game... Continue reading

  
• Rivers and ponds - drawn on 3D model
  July 12, 2021 by DasTobi#landscape

  Now rivers and ponds are drawn on the 3D model of the landscape. The next step is to add better looking mountains between rivers... Continue reading

  
• Rivers and ponds - 3D model improved
  July 09, 2021 by DasTobi#landscape

  Now the calculation of the height inner the squares is working. The next step is to render the rivers and ponds... Continue reading

  
• Rivers and ponds - 3D model
  July 08, 2021 by DasTobi#landscape

  Today I tested the new approach to generate the terrain for the first time on a 3D system. Tomorrow I'll improve the calculation of the height inner the squares... Continue reading

  
• Rivers and ponds - river sources
  July 07, 2021 by DasTobi#landscape

  Today I improved the calculation, where river sources will be... Continue reading

  
• Rivers and ponds - now with rivers
  July 06, 2021 by DasTobi#landscape

  Today I added the calculation of rivers to the landscape prototype. To test the formulas I added sources to all corners, so the result looks a bit exaggerated... Continue reading

  
• Rivers and ponds - terrain elevation
  July 05, 2021 by DasTobi#landscape

  Now the elevation of the terrain is done. The next step is to add rivers to the map... Continue reading

  
• Rivers and ponds - basic shape
  July 01, 2021 by DasTobi#landscape

  The current status of the new landscape calculation is, that I now have the basic shape (oceans, the coast and ponds). The next step is to add the elevation to the points and then it will be possible... Continue reading

  
• Rivers and ponds
  June 29, 2021 by DasTobi#landscape

  Today I continued to implement the new approach. Because the rivers and ponds topic is really complex, I decided, that I'll only write devlogs, if there is something more visible, than formulas or wei... Continue reading

  
• Approach #2 for rivers and ponds
  June 28, 2021 by DasTobi#landscape

  Today I tested another approach to create rivers and ponds. The new approach has the benefit, that it already supports ponds... Continue reading

  
• Terrain next to rivers #2
  June 25, 2021 by DasTobi#landscape

  Today I added the calculation of the terrain next to the rivers and tested the new system on the terrain. It's already working, that water only flows downhill and that the terrain next to rivers is ev... Continue reading

  
• Slope of rivers
  June 24, 2021 by DasTobi#landscape

  Today I added the slope to rivers. The next step is to also lower the terrain depending on rivers height... Continue reading

  
• Terrain next to rivers
  June 23, 2021 by DasTobi#landscape

  Today I started to calculate the terrain next to rivers... Continue reading

  
• New approach for rivers
  June 22, 2021 by DasTobi#landscape

  Today I started to think about rivers. I guess the best approach is to divide the world into squares and give each square a river node. The next step is to mark some of these nodes as oceans. From the... Continue reading

  
• Improvement of rivers and ponds started
  June 21, 2021 by DasTobi#landscape

  The break is over. To improve the rivers and ponds, I created a test project, which calculates one planet as 3D model, to give an overview, what I'm doing... Continue reading

  
• V1.18.1 released (Bug-fix + improved objects)
  June 09, 2021 by DasTobi#release

  Today I improved the look of glass items (bottles, glass and broken glass). I also uploaded the next version, because now I take a break for 1.4 weeks and then I'll start to improve rivers and ponds... Continue reading

  
• Liter sized blocks removed
  June 08, 2021 by DasTobi#graphic

  Now liter blocks have the size of 1m, because the liter size was unhandy. I also improved some 3D models... Continue reading

  
• Bug fix + steam engine
  June 07, 2021 by DasTobi#graphic, #bug fix

  Today I fixed the bug, that the cave entry and the resources in the caves where at the wrong position, if you disabled object pooling. I also improved the model of steam engines... Continue reading

  
• Better 3D-models
  June 04, 2021 by DasTobi#graphic

  Today I improved the models of batteries and antennas. I also figured out, that caves are broken... Continue reading

  
• V1.18 released (Animal update) + release video
  June 03, 2021 by DasTobi#animal, #release, #video

  Today I released V1.18 (animal update). I also made the release video. Change log: - new animals... Continue reading

  
• Green lynx spiders - added to the game
  June 02, 2021 by DasTobi#animal

  Today I added the animation to green lynx spiders and added them to the game... Continue reading

  
• Green lynx spiders - 3D-model
  June 01, 2021 by DasTobi#animal

  Today I started to create the 3D-model for green lynx spiders... Continue reading

  
• Anacondas - added to the game
  May 31, 2021 by DasTobi#animal

  Today I added the animation to anacondas and added them to the game... Continue reading

  
• Anacondas - 3D-model
  May 28, 2021 by DasTobi#animal

  Today I started to create the 3D-model for anacondas... Continue reading

  
• Pandas - added to the game
  May 27, 2021 by DasTobi#animal

  Today I added a texture, the animation to pandas and added them to the game... Continue reading

  
• Pandas - 3D-model
  May 26, 2021 by DasTobi#animal

  Today I started to create the 3D-model for pandas... Continue reading

  
• V1.17.8 released + GermanGameDevShowcase
  May 21, 2021 by DasTobi#animal, #release

  Today I released V1.17.8 (1st part of the animal update). I also made the video for the 8th round of the #GermanGameDevShowcase. The english video will follow, when I created the last 3 planned animal... Continue reading

  
• Giraffes - added to the game
  May 20, 2021 by DasTobi#animal

  Today I added a texture, the animation to giraffes and added them to the game... Continue reading

  
• Giraffes - 3D-model
  May 19, 2021 by DasTobi#animal

  Today I started to create the 3D-model for giraffes... Continue reading

  
• Alligators - added to the game
  May 18, 2021 by DasTobi#animal

  Today I added the alligators to the game... Continue reading

  
• Alligator - texture + armature
  May 17, 2021 by DasTobi#animal

  Today I added a texture and the armature to alligators... Continue reading

  
• Alligators - 3D-model done
  May 14, 2021 by DasTobi#animal

  Today I added the remaining parts to the alligator... Continue reading

  
• Alligators - 3D-model
  May 13, 2021 by DasTobi#animal

  Today I started to create the 3D-model for alligators... Continue reading

  
• Helmeted water toads - added to the game
  May 12, 2021 by DasTobi#animal

  Today I added the helmeted water toads to the game. I also fixed the bug, that caves had no texture and moved the evil chicken to the biome of hard foliage plants... Continue reading

  
• Helmeted water toad - texture + armature
  May 11, 2021 by DasTobi#animal

  Today I added a texture and the armature to helmeted water toads... Continue reading

  
• Helmeted water toads - 3D-model
  May 07, 2021 by DasTobi#animal

  Today I started to create the 3D-model for helmeted water toads... Continue reading

  
• Elephants - added to the game
  May 06, 2021 by DasTobi#animal

  If you guessed yesterday, that I'm creating an elephant you were right. Today I gave them a texture, animation and added them to the game... Continue reading

  
• Guess, what I modeled today
  May 05, 2021 by DasTobi#animal

  This time I let you guess, which animal I modeled today. To see if I created, what I wanted to create... Continue reading

  
• Wolves - added to the game
  May 04, 2021 by DasTobi#animal

  Today I added the wolves to the game. I also fixed the bug, that the sunlight didn‘t reach planets in the space game... Continue reading

  
• Wolf - texture + armature
  May 03, 2021 by DasTobi#animal

  Today I added a texture and the armature to wolves... Continue reading

  
• Wolf - 3D-model
  April 30, 2021 by DasTobi#animal

  Today I started to create the 3D-model for wolves... Continue reading

  
• Marmots - added to the game
  April 29, 2021 by DasTobi#animal

  Today I added the marmots to the game. I also implemented, that if you press the join game button, without setting up an ip-address, an error will be displayed instead the loading is started... Continue reading

  
• Marmot - texture + armature
  April 28, 2021 by DasTobi#animal

  Today I added a texture and the armature to marmots... Continue reading

  
• Marmot - 3D-model
  April 27, 2021 by DasTobi#animal

  Today I started to create the 3D-model for marmots... Continue reading

  
• Bison - added to the game
  April 26, 2021 by DasTobi#animal

  Today I animated the bison and added it to the game... Continue reading

  
• Bison - 3D-model - part 2
  April 23, 2021 by DasTobi#animal

  Today I created the rest of the bison. Monday I'll animate it and add it to the game... Continue reading

  
• Bison - 3D-model - part 1
  April 22, 2021 by DasTobi#animal

  Today I started to create the 3D-model for bisons... Continue reading

  
• Snow rabbits
  April 21, 2021 by DasTobi#animal

  Today I changed the texture of normal rabbits to get snow rabbits and put them into the tundra... Continue reading

  
• Scorpion - added to the game
  April 20, 2021 by DasTobi#animal

  Today I added the scorpion to the game... Continue reading

  
• Scorpion animated
  April 19, 2021 by DasTobi#animal

  Today I animated the scorpion and prepared him for the game... Continue reading

  
• Scorpion - 3D-model
  April 16, 2021 by DasTobi#animal

  Today I created the 3D-model of a scorpion... Continue reading

  
• Experiment with dynamic animations
  April 15, 2021 by DasTobi#animation

  Today I experimented with dynamic animations to make it easier to add feeding and petting animations for new animals, but in the end, I decided, that it would be better to have 3 fix animations for sm... Continue reading

  
• Penguins and own project for the landscape tester
  April 14, 2021 by DasTobi

  Today I moved the normal penguins to the cold desert of normal planets and added iceuins to ice planets. I also created a new project on itch io for the landscape tester. This tool cost 50USD, if you... Continue reading

  
• V1.17.1 Bug fixes + improved materials
  April 02, 2021 by DasTobi#release

  Today I fixed some issues and replaced some of the landscape textures. I also released version 1.17.1, because now I take a little break until the 14th april and than I start to work on animals. Chang... Continue reading

  
• New ground texture
  April 01, 2021 by DasTobi#graphic

  Today I downloaded a material for grass, but there is a problem when I use normal maps for my terrain. The complete screen was black. After a while I decided, that I continue with just the texture, be... Continue reading

  
• Instruction for the landscape tester done
  March 31, 2021 by DasTobi#documentation

  Today I finished my work on the instruction for the landscape tester, so soon I'll be able to release this tool... Continue reading

  
• Instruction for the landscape tester
  March 30, 2021 by DasTobi#documentation

  To make the landscape tester more dynamic I changed that planet kinds aren't longer stored in an fix enumeration but in an unsigned long integer. This increases the performance too. I also started to... Continue reading

  
• Updated items
  March 29, 2021 by DasTobi#graphic

  Today I just continued with improving items and adding new materials... Continue reading

  
• New materials for items
  March 26, 2021 by DasTobi#graphic

  Today I added the new materials to other items and I realized, that the normal maps of stone and wooden planks where upside down... Continue reading

  
• Bug fix + new materials
  March 25, 2021 by DasTobi#bug, #fix, #graphic

  After I posted the yesterdays devlog, I wondered why the rigidbody workbench looked so wrong. The problem was, that the normals of the model were broken. I fixed, that clothes just disappeared after t... Continue reading

  
• Bug fix + new materials
  March 24, 2021 by DasTobi#bug fix, #graphic

  Today I fixed the bugs, that the light of flashlight and torches was to dark and that the space was rotated and so the space ship didn't look to the mouse cursor. I also added new materials to technic... Continue reading

  
• V1.17 (plant update done) release video
  March 23, 2021 by DasTobi#release, #video

  Today I created the official release video for V1.17 (Plant update done). Change log: added: - new plants - auto save changed: - some textures of items - removed saving after every item change - impro... Continue reading

  
• V1.17 released + GermanGameDevShowcase
  March 22, 2021 by DasTobi#release, #ggds

  Today I release V1.17 (2nd half of the plant update). I also made the video for the 7th round of the #GermanGameDevShowcase... Continue reading

  
• Bug fix + improved 3d models
  March 19, 2021 by DasTobi#bug fix, #graphic

  Today I fixed the bugs, that spawner spawned objects again after loading the game and that the game crashed, if a chunk was disabled during the creation of snow. I also updated some objects to the new... Continue reading

  
• Rubber trees
  March 18, 2021 by DasTobi#plant, #bug fix

  Today I created the 3D model of rubber trees and added them to the game. I also fixed some materials, where I forgot to add the new textures and I fixed the bug, that it wasn't possible to destroy whe... Continue reading

  
• Bamboo - new model in game
  March 17, 2021 by DasTobi#plant

  Today I added the new bamboo model to the game... Continue reading

  
• Bamboo - recreated
  March 16, 2021 by DasTobi#plant

  Today I recreated the model of bamboo... Continue reading

  
• Quiver trees, stone and cave objects
  March 15, 2021 by DasTobi#plant, #grafic, #landscape, #tester

  Today I added the quiver tree to the game. Now stones have a new material. I also improved the landscape tester: The cave objects are not longer stored in the source code, but in the object form, whic... Continue reading

  
• Quiver tree - 3D model
  March 12, 2021 by DasTobi#plant

  Today I created the model of quiver trees... Continue reading

  
• Palm - new model in game
  March 11, 2021 by DasTobi#plant

  Today I added the new model of palms to the game. When I decided to recreate the palms I wasn't 100% sure, if it's worth to make a new model for them, but when I saw the result in the game, I was sure... Continue reading

  
• Palm - recreated
  March 10, 2021 by DasTobi#plant

  Today I recreated the model of the palm... Continue reading

  
• Auto save and tree trunk texture
  March 09, 2021 by DasTobi#graphic

  Today I implemented an auto save function. You are able to setup the time interval in the option menu. I also updated the material of tree trunks... Continue reading

  
• Item system - performance
  March 08, 2021 by DasTobi#performance

  Today I improved the performance of the item system. Mainly I fixed the bug, that the inventory itself was refreshed, even if you wasn't in the inventory. I also removed, that the complete game was st... Continue reading

  
• Rosemary added
  March 05, 2021 by DasTobi#plant

  Today I've added rosemary to the game... Continue reading

  
• Better materials
  March 04, 2021 by DasTobi#plant, #graphic

  Today I added the giant redwoods to the game. After this was done, I searched for free materials and found some good sources. Here is a comparison between old wooden planks and the new version:... Continue reading

  
• Giant redwood - 3D model
  March 03, 2021 by DasTobi#plant

  Today I created the model for giant redwoods. I can't wait to see this big tree in the game... Continue reading

  
• V1.16.5 release video
  March 02, 2021 by DasTobi#release, #video

  Today I made a video about V1.16.5 (1st half of the Plant update)... Continue reading

  
• V1.16.5 (1st half of plants) released
  March 01, 2021 by DasTobi#update, #plants

  Today I added oaks to the game. I also uploaded the next version. But a little warning: In this build some biomes looks very empty, because I like the monthly update, but I planned two month of adding... Continue reading

  
• Oaks and better grass
  February 26, 2021 by DasTobi#plant, #performance

  Today I created the model for oaks. I also improved the normal grass. It looks now more decent and has a better performance (previously it consisted of 3 times the same model with different transforms... Continue reading

  
• Blender add on to create trees
  February 25, 2021 by DasTobi#plant, #blender, #add-on

  Today I tested another blender add on (modular tree blender by maxime herpin) to create trees and so far I like it... Continue reading

  
• Different grass size in different biomes
  February 24, 2021 by DasTobi#plant, #landscape, #tester

  Now grass is in the tundra smaller, because it looked wrong, if grass had the same size like in the rain forest. This is part of the additional data value of biomes. So this value got more complex. So... Continue reading

  
• Spruce in the game
  February 23, 2021 by DasTobi#plant

  Today I added spruce to the game. In the screenshot, you can see a comparison between old evergreen forest and new ones. Sadly you neither see the wobbling nor hear the sound... Continue reading

  
• Spruce and improved wobble shader
  February 22, 2021 by DasTobi#plant

  Today I created a 3D model of a spruce. I also improved the wobble shader. Now the leaves are moved in the direction of the normal vector instead of just up and down, which looks more realistic... Continue reading

  
• Landscape tester - more helping functions
  February 19, 2021 by DasTobi#landscape, #tester

  Today I added some helping functions to calculate the additional data field of world objects faster. You are now able to input the bit numbers to split existing additional data or merge new inputs... Continue reading

  
• World objects in landscape tester improved
  February 18, 2021 by DasTobi#plant, #landscape, #tester

  Today I added the rusty leaved alprose to the game. I also improved the input of world objects in the landscape tester. It's now possible to edit the objects in a table, like the biomes, which makes i... Continue reading

  
• Rusty leaved alprose
  February 17, 2021 by DasTobi#plant

  Today I created a 3D model of a rusty leaved alprose... Continue reading

  
• Adding plants - workflow optimizations
  February 16, 2021 by DasTobi#workflow

  Today I improved again the workflow of adding plants. Now I don't think that there is a lot room for more improvements. So as result there are 16 of the 24 steps left. Tomorrow I'll create a 3D model... Continue reading

  
• Wheat + workflow optimizations
  February 15, 2021 by DasTobi#plant

  Today I removed that you get wheat seed from grass and added the wheat as own natural grown plant to the steppes. This helped me to gain some time in my plan. I use this time to improve the workflow o... Continue reading

  
• Dwarf birch + object pooling option
  February 12, 2021 by DasTobi#plant, #loading

  Today I added the dwarf birch to the game. Parallel I wrote the steps down to avoid that I forget steps again and again. I also added an option to enable/ disable object pooling (enable = long loading... Continue reading

  
• Dwarf birch - 3D model
  February 11, 2021 by DasTobi#plant

  Today I created the 3D model of a dwarf birch, which will grow in the tundra. I also added the wobble shader for leaves to the final game. After that I improved the performance of the snow and season... Continue reading

  
• Tree - prototype
  February 10, 2021 by DasTobi#plants, #prototype

  Today I researched and tested, how it's possible to create better trees... Continue reading

  
• Giant cactus - done
  February 09, 2021 by DasTobi#plant

  Today I finished the cactus (I created cactus items, placed it in the world, added the lod and implemented, that players get damage, if they touch and cactus). I also fixed a terrain shader bug... Continue reading

  
• Giant cactus - in engine
  February 08, 2021 by DasTobi#plant

  Today I added thorns to the cactus and prepared it for the game. Tomorrow I have to add cactus building items, place the cactus into the world and add the lod... Continue reading

  
• Giant cactus - 3D model
  February 05, 2021 by DasTobi#plant

  To avoid that the snow cheat bug can happen again, I added it to the game. Now you have to activate the snow cheat with F8, else the weather overrides your changes and then you are able to toggle snow... Continue reading

  
• Better snow handling
  February 04, 2021 by DasTobi#snow

  Today I merged the different materials of plants, which contained snow/ no snow and the seasons, to one material. This makes it a lot of easier to set up new plants. I also realized that I forgot to r... Continue reading

  
• Terrain bug fix
  February 03, 2021 by DasTobi#bug fix, #plants

  Today I finally fixed the bug, that natural objects spawned in the air or below the ground. Ok technically I fixed the wrong terrain, but the plants looked wrong. I also added the arctic poppy to the... Continue reading

  
• Arctic poppy - 3D model
  February 02, 2021 by DasTobi#model

  Today I created the 3D-model for arctic poppy. This is a little flower, which will grow in cold deserts. I also fixed the bug, that the sun was drawn in front of clouds... Continue reading

  
• V1.16 (Biomes) release video
  February 01, 2021 by DasTobi#release, #video

  Today I made a video about the latest update (Biomes)... Continue reading

  
• V1.16 (Biomes) released
  January 29, 2021 by DasTobi#release, #biome

  Today I implemented, that biomes affect the weather. For example it's now cold on the top of mountains, there is nearly no rain in deserts or a lot of rain in tropical rain forests. I also released th... Continue reading

  
• Test + bug fixes
  January 28, 2021 by DasTobi#bug, #fix, #test

  Today I tested the new biome system on other kind of planets and fixed the problems, which I found... Continue reading

  
• Biomes - textures
  January 27, 2021 by DasTobi#biome

  Today I added the new version of the landscape tester to the final game. So the textures of the landscape are set by the biomes. Now mountains look a lot better, with their snowy and rocky tops... Continue reading

  
• Landscape tester - additional data
  January 26, 2021 by DasTobi#biomes

  Today I added a form to the landscape tester, where you are able to calculate the vertical indices for objects. Biomes have now a additional data value. This is a value, which developers can use to st... Continue reading

  
• GermanGameDevShowcase - Round 6
  January 25, 2021 by DasTobi#ggds, ##6

  Today I created the video for the 6th round of the #GermanGameDevShowcase, which will take place this saturday at 2pm CET... Continue reading

  
• Biomes in the game
  January 22, 2021 by DasTobi#biome

  Today I added the improved calculation of biomes to the final game... Continue reading

  
• Vertical biomes
  January 21, 2021 by DasTobi#biome, #landscape, #tester

  Today I added vertical biomes to the landscape tester to avoid for example, that sea anemones spawn on land. I also improved the filter options of the map... Continue reading

  
• Biome editor done
  January 20, 2021 by DasTobi#biome

  Today I added a form to the landscape tester, where it's possible to edit the biomes... Continue reading

  
• Biome editor
  January 19, 2021 by DasTobi#biome

  Today I added additional noises to the landscape tester, to store them in the landscape file, instead in the middle of the source code. I also started to implement a biome editor... Continue reading

  
• Biomes - landscape tester
  January 18, 2021 by DasTobi#biome

  Today I added the calculation of the biomes to the landscape tester... Continue reading

  
• Biomes - prototype done
  January 15, 2021 by DasTobi#biome, #prototype

  Now I'm done with the prototype calculation of the biomes. In the calculation I have 8 temperature zones (top = cold -> bottom = hot) and 5 precipitation zones (left = none -> right = a lot). The blac... Continue reading

  
• Building challenge
  January 15, 2021 by DasTobi

  What do you think about a building challenge? The challenge would run until the next release. During this time, you have to build something cool and send me one screenshot. Then I'll put this image in... Continue reading

  
• Biomes - prototype
  January 14, 2021 by DasTobi#biomes, #prototype

  Today I started to research how I want to create the biomes and which biomes. I guess this diagram is a good point to start and so I started to implement a prototype: www1.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-on... Continue reading

  
• Social media update
  January 13, 2021 by DasTobi#plan

  Today I updated my website and the social media stuff. I also retested and fixed some bugs. For the rest of this month and the next one, I'll work on the flora of the game, like adding flowers and mor... Continue reading

  
• Advertise campaign
  January 12, 2021 by DasTobi#marketing

  I'm back from my holiday. In the first step I updated my development tools and created an advertise campaign on youtube for the trailer. Tomorrow I'll update my social media plattforms and the website... Continue reading

  
• New trailer available
  January 01, 2021 by DasTobi#trailer

  Today I made a new trailer for Blockiverse... Continue reading

  
• Interview about gaming
  December 30, 2020 by DasTobi#interview

  Today I interviewed myself about gaming because @letsgamedev tagged me in the GamesTag... Continue reading

  
• Summary video about 2020
  December 29, 2020 by DasTobi#video

  Today I made a summary video about what I have done this year... Continue reading

  
• V1.15 (Character model) released + video
  December 28, 2020 by DasTobi#release, #video

  Today I released V1.15 (Character model update) and made a video about it. Change log: new features: - new character model - added particle system to humans to display make love bug fixes: - the join... Continue reading

  
• Test + bug fixes
  December 25, 2020 by DasTobi#character

  Today I tested the new character model and fixed some bugs. The main bug was: when you made a baby with a female villager, you got endless babies. In the image, you can see a comparision between the o... Continue reading

  
• New character model nearly working
  December 24, 2020 by DasTobi#character

  Now nearly everything works with the new character model. Tomorrow I have to test, if placing a baby and the respawn is still working... Continue reading

  
• Pregnancy added again
  December 23, 2020 by DasTobi#character

  Today I started to implement pregnancy with the new 3d-model... Continue reading

  
• New clothes in game
  December 22, 2020 by DasTobi#clothes

  Today I created the wool clothes. I also made that you are able to dress and undress the new clothes... Continue reading

  
• Grass clothing
  December 21, 2020 by DasTobi#clothes

  Today I recreated the grass clothing for the final game... Continue reading

  
• New clothes
  December 18, 2020 by DasTobi#character, #design

  Today I added clothes to my character designer prototype... Continue reading

  
• Hairstyles
  December 17, 2020 by DasTobi#character, #design

  Today I fixed some problems with the new model (the nose looked wrong and the animation of arms didn't work well). After this was done, I added the hair styles. Tomorrow I'll start to add clothes... Continue reading

  
• New character model in the game
  December 16, 2020 by DasTobi#character, #design

  Today I started to add the new player model to the final game... Continue reading

  
• Hair
  December 15, 2020 by DasTobi#character, #design

  Today I realized, that it was a bad idea to create a hair designer, because it slows the performance down during the joining of a player. Also its to complex to finish this task this week. So I use th... Continue reading

  
• Hairstyle designer - prototype
  December 14, 2020 by DasTobi#character, #design

  Because I'm not a good hair stylist, I decided, that I'll implement a hair designer. So you will be able to create your own hair styles... Continue reading

  
• Hairstyles #1
  December 11, 2020 by DasTobi#modelling

  Today I started to learn how to create hairstyles... Continue reading

  
• Stepless aging - prototype done
  December 10, 2020 by DasTobi#prototype, #modelling

  Now the prototype for the stepless growing is done. Tomorrow I'll research for a better way to create hair... Continue reading

  
• Stepless aging
  December 09, 2020 by DasTobi#modelling

  Now the stepless growing from a baby to a female adult is working. In the next step I have to add male adults and pregnancy... Continue reading

  
• Eye shader
  December 08, 2020 by DasTobi#shader

  Today I implemented a shader to set the eye color dynamically. From the modelling side: I forgot that I have to create the baby with the proportions of an adult and so I have to create the baby tomorr... Continue reading

  
• New character model
  December 07, 2020 by DasTobi#character, #model

  Because I was the last days very motivated and stopped working so late, that I was to tired to write a devlog, I write the devlog in the morning. Now I'm happy with the body model, beside the missing... Continue reading

  
• Modeling heads
  December 02, 2020 by DasTobi#modeling

  The last 2 day I tried to learn how to model good heads and I'm not 100% unhappy with the result... Continue reading

  
• Stepless aging - prototype
  November 30, 2020 by DasTobi#prototype

  The last 2 days I worked on a prototype for a new character designer, which allows aging without hard steps. In the next step I try to use a real model instead of a flat prototype... Continue reading

  
• Character designer - research
  November 26, 2020 by DasTobi#character, #designer

  Today I researched for a better way to create a character designer and ended at blend shapes. With them I'm able to change models with a simple value in the source code and so I practiced to create hu... Continue reading

  
• Social system improved
  November 25, 2020 by DasTobi#social, #system

  Now humans spawns hearts during making love to give a visual feedback, that something happened. Now you have to wait until an animation of a social interaction is over, before you are able to request... Continue reading

  
• Spawn system #2
  November 24, 2020 by DasTobi#ai, #spawn

  Now all spawner only spawn one object. So now if you want 10 evil chickens, you have to find 10 nests of evil chickens instead of waiting for 10 at one nest. Only the spawner of dust bunnies work like... Continue reading

  
• Spawn system
  November 23, 2020 by DasTobi#ai, #spawn

  In the morning I added a cheat to set the players age. In the afternoon I started to improve the spawning system. In the old system, a spawner checked every ~68 seconds, if the spawn is free, and spaw... Continue reading

  
• Tests + bug fixes done
  November 20, 2020 by DasTobi#bug, #fix, #testing

  Today I tested again time related features and fixed bugs. Now the game should work again and so I'm able to start implementing new features on monday... Continue reading

  
• Test + bug fixes
  November 19, 2020 by DasTobi#test

  Today I tested time related features and fixed bugs. I fixed the status bar, the skill system, the growing of vegetation and the loading of ai. The adding time cheat still worked. Tomorrow I'll test t... Continue reading

  
• Counting world time - testing
  November 17, 2020 by DasTobi#bug, #fix

  Today I tested the new time counting system. At the beginning the game crashed directly. After fixing bugs for the hole day, at least worlds are loaded again. Also from now on all dynamically generate... Continue reading

  
• Counting world time #2
  November 16, 2020 by DasTobi#bug, #fix

  Today I made all necessary changes in the source code to make the new time counting system working. At least I hope so, because I'll test it tomorrow... Continue reading

  
• Counting world time
  November 13, 2020 by DasTobi#bug, #fix

  Yesterday I figured out, that the float data type isn't working to count the world time. Problems got really heavy after 27.7 real time hours. In the new sytstem I count seconds as int and only the mi... Continue reading

  
• Aging
  November 12, 2020 by DasTobi#aging

  Today I added a text to display the age and that players die in the age of 80 seasons. I don't use years for the age, because in this case the gameplay would be to slow... Continue reading

  
• Time scale now faster
  November 11, 2020 by DasTobi#social, #system

  Today I increased the growing speed of everything and reduced the pregnancy time by 75% to make the game more interesting. In the next step I added aging and fixed the bug, that children weren't destr... Continue reading

  
• Better performance and less data trash
  November 10, 2020 by DasTobi#performance

  Today I improved the source code again (better performance and less data trash). The main differences are during the creation of caves... Continue reading

  
• Bug fix + performance
  November 09, 2020 by DasTobi#bug, #fix, #performance

  In the first step after the break, I fixed the bug, that the ice handler to free yourself, if you broke into ice, didn't stop during respawn. I also reduced the data trash, which was produced at sever... Continue reading

  
• Sound handler refactored
  October 30, 2020 by DasTobi

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  #refactoring

  Today I refactored the source code of the sound handler. Now this component produces a lot less data trash. Next week I take a break and play computer games. After the break, I start to improve the ai... Continue reading

  
• GermanGameDevShowcase - Round 5
  October 29, 2020 by DasTobi

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  #ggds

  Today I created the video for the 5th round of the #GermanGameDevShowcase... Continue reading

  
• V1.14 (Graphic) released + video
  October 28, 2020 by DasTobi

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  #release, #video, #graphic, #bug, #fixes

  Today I released V1.14 (graphic and bug fixes) and made a video about it. Change log: changes: - improved the graphics bug fixes: - position of collider of some blocks like glass was at the wrong posi... Continue reading

  
• Bug fixes
  October 27, 2020 by DasTobi

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  #bug, #fix

  Today I did: - fix the rest of the crafting system - create a star shader, which cut the lower parts off, to make sure, that the star don't shine from below through water - changed the light of items... Continue reading

  
• Test run - failed
  October 26, 2020 by DasTobi

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  #bug, #test

  Today I tested the game and figured out, that crafting puzzles weren't working with the new render pipeline and so I started to update all crafting materials... Continue reading

  
• New chocolate shader
  October 23, 2020 by DasTobi#graphic, #shader

  Now the sea shader also works for chocolate. I had to add a attribute to remove the glowing effect from dynamic colors. I also realized that the script for under water fog wasn't working and fixed thi... Continue reading

  
• New lava shader
  October 22, 2020 by DasTobi

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  #graphic, #shader

  Today I added glowing, dynamic textures and a flow rate to the water shader to use the same shader for water, lava and chocolate. Tomorrow I'll search the correct values for chocolate and test, if I f... Continue reading

  
• New water shader
  October 21, 2020 by DasTobi

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  #graphic, #shader

  Today I added the new water shader to the game. In the next step I have to add the shader to lava and chocolate... Continue reading

  
• Skill tree - space warp
  October 20, 2020 by DasTobi#skill, #tree

  Today I added space warp to the skill menu. This is a multiplier how far away 2 stars can be to travel between them. I also fixed the bug, that the space view was rotated wrong, if the rocket was rota... Continue reading

  
• Navigation system - performance
  October 19, 2020 by DasTobi

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  #performance

  Today I replaced trashy source code of the navigation system. Now the display looks a bit different... Continue reading

  
• Light temperatures
  October 16, 2020 by DasTobi#graphic, #universe

  Today I added different light temperatures to stars and fixed some minor lighting issues, like very bright clouds on planets with very bright stars... Continue reading

  
• Glowing stars
  October 15, 2020 by DasTobi#graphic

  Now stars glow in the universe map and in the star systems. I also fixed, that stars on all planets looked like the default star... Continue reading

  
• Navigation display in star systems
  October 14, 2020 by DasTobi

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  #graphic

  Because the orbit shader wasn't working with the hdrp of unity in the ui, I decided that the most effective workaround is to use the display from the navigation system... Continue reading

  
• Shader issues
  October 13, 2020 by DasTobi

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  #shader, #graphic

  Today I fixed flickering of light during sun raise and sun set. During testing the editor crashed as soon as I flew with a rocket into space. Later I figured out, that it was a shader issue in the min... Continue reading

  
• New cloud shader
  October 12, 2020 by DasTobi

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  #graphic

  Today I added the cloud shader to the game. I decided that I want to draw clouds as 2D plane to keep the cloud system easy for the moment and continue with more important stuff, but its already a lot... Continue reading

  
• Prototype - New cloud shader
  October 09, 2020 by DasTobi#graphic, #weather

  Today I removed the shadows from semi-transparent objects, because of the yesterdays issue. I also started to implement a new cloud shader, because the old particle system wasn't longer working... Continue reading

  
• HDRP - Shadow issue
  October 08, 2020 by DasTobi#graphic

  Today I figured out, that unity have problems with shadows of transparent objects and tried to find a workaround. The only workaround is to activate raytracing, but with raytracing I hat 6 fps. So I g... Continue reading

  
• Enjoy the sunset
  October 07, 2020 by DasTobi#graphic

  Should I say something else than "Enjoy the sunset."?... Continue reading

  
• New render pipeline - materials updated
  October 06, 2020 by DasTobi#graphic

  Today I "repaired" all materials. In the next step, I have to migrate the lighting to the new render pipeline... Continue reading

  
• New render pipeline
  October 05, 2020 by DasTobi

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  Today I figured out why the glowing effect of stars was missing.I used a different render pipeline and I didn't set up volumetric light. It would be enough to add volumetric light, but I want the best... Continue reading

  
• V1.13.5 (Space 2) released + video
  October 02, 2020 by DasTobi#space, #release, #video

  Today I released V1.13.5 (Space 2) and made a video about it. Change log: new features: - space is now a part of the game instead of being a menu changes: - improved performance of iron driver seats -... Continue reading

  
• Space 2 - maximum travelling distance
  October 01, 2020 by DasTobi#space

  Today I fixed 2 bugs (respawn wasn't working, if player was in space and a shader bug, which caused, that the minimap in starsystems sometimes wasn't working). I also added a maximum travelling range... Continue reading

  
• Space 2 - renaming planets and stars
  September 30, 2020 by DasTobi#space

  Now it's again possible to rename planets and stars... Continue reading

  
• Space 2 - several changes
  September 29, 2020 by DasTobi#space

  Now you can scan planets and stars to see their attributes, if you are close enough, with F3. The space ship has now a maximum speed and the camera moves away the faster the spaceship is. In the unive... Continue reading

  
• Space 2 - universe map
  September 28, 2020 by DasTobi#space

  Today I started to implement the traveling between stars... Continue reading

  
• Water wobble shader test
  September 25, 2020 by DasTobi#shader

  Now its possible to land on planets. I also improved the performance during using iron driver seats. Because I didn't want to implement something complex like traveling between stars on a friday eveni... Continue reading

  
• Space 2 - planet map
  September 24, 2020 by DasTobi#space

  Today I added the planet map to the new space system. At the moment the map opens, when you collide with a planet... Continue reading

  
• Space 2 - mini map
  September 23, 2020 by DasTobi#space

  Today I added the mini map in the final game. Now the mini map is drawn by different shaders instead of calculating the circles manually, which saves a lot performance... Continue reading

  
• Space 2 - gravity
  September 22, 2020 by DasTobi#space

  Today I added gravity to the universe, the movement of planets, the orbit display and the expected path of the space ship. I also figured out, that driver seats causes lags, which have to be fixed... Continue reading

  
• Space 2 - star system
  September 21, 2020 by DasTobi#space

  Now a star system can be displayed in the final game an the space ship can be steered... Continue reading

  
• Unity 3D bug accepted
  September 17, 2020 by DasTobi#space

  Today I started to implement the new traveling system in the final game. The Unity Bug which I created is now accepted and available in the public issue tracker: https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issue... Continue reading

  
• Space prototype - traveling between stars
  September 16, 2020 by DasTobi#space, #prototype

  Today I implemented the traveling between stars. Now the space prototype is finished and tomorrow I start to improve the space in the final game... Continue reading

  
• Space prototype 2 - space ship
  September 15, 2020 by DasTobi#space, #prototype

  Today I added the space ship to the prototype. In the next step I implement the traveling between star systems and galaxies... Continue reading

  
• Space prototype 2
  September 14, 2020 by DasTobi#space, #prototype

  Because I wasn't happy with my 1st prototype, I decided to search for inspiration and I really like the system of "The Long Journey Home". Today I started to implement the next prototype. Btw. "The Lo... Continue reading

  
• Space prototype - static planets
  September 08, 2020 by DasTobi#space, #prototype

  Today I experimented with a system, where the planets rotate around stars. But I guess this system would be to complex on the game play side and from the development side. So I removed the top view... Continue reading

  
• Space prototype - more inputs
  September 07, 2020 by DasTobi#space, #prototype

  Today I added some more steering inputs. Now you can set up the length of the preview curve, how wide the curve is and the zoom level of the side and top view. It's also possible to warp yourself to t... Continue reading

  
• Space - better overview
  September 04, 2020 by DasTobi#space

  Today I implemented a side and a top view to give a better overview. I also added a curve to display the expected flight curve based on the current velocity and a green line to display into which dire... Continue reading

  
• Space experiments
  September 03, 2020 by DasTobi#space

  Today I started to experiment with a new "space menu". In the screenshot you can see the sun rise from the orbit of the earth... Continue reading

  
• GermanGameDevShowcase - Round 4
  August 27, 2020 by DasTobi#GGDS, #video

  Today I created the video for the 4th round of the #GermanGameDevShowcase... Continue reading

  
• V1.13 - Release video - Cave and performance
  August 26, 2020 by DasTobi#release, #video

  Today I made a video about V1.13 (cave- and performance-update)... Continue reading

  
• V1.13 - Cave and performance update released
  August 25, 2020 by DasTobi#release

  Today I released V1.13 (cave- and performance-update). Change log: changes: - cave system - terrain system new features - loading bar - screenshots are captured, if an message is written into the log... Continue reading

  
• Loading bar
  August 24, 2020 by DasTobi#loading

  Today I implemented a loading bar to avoid confusion with the longer loading times... Continue reading

  
• Unity 3D bug created
  August 21, 2020 by DasTobi#performance

  Today I figuered out that the workaround wasn't working in the final project. So I created a bug for Unity3D. As soon as the bug is visible in the public issue tracker, I send you the link to the bug... Continue reading

  
• Workaround for long loading screen found
  August 20, 2020 by DasTobi#performance

  Today I found a good workaround for the problem, that the loading screen in the final game was 10 times longer. The workaround is even faster and better than the old version. So let's hope, that this... Continue reading

  
• Problems with serialized classes in ui scripts
  August 19, 2020 by DasTobi#performance, #ui

  After a deeper investigation I figured out, that serialized classes in ui scripts are the problem. Tomorrow I'll try to find a workaround... Continue reading

  
• Long loading screen under investigation
  August 18, 2020 by DasTobi#performance, #ui

  Now I know, what causes the long loading screen in the builded game: it is the ui system. So the goal for tomorrow is to figure out, what in the ui system causes the problem... Continue reading

  
• Raytracing - test
  August 17, 2020 by DasTobi#performance

  Today I investigated the performance issue, which only appeared in the final game. At the moment it looks like writing into the RAM is very slow. At sunday I made raytracing working in my free time pr... Continue reading

  
• Editing terrain
  August 14, 2020 by DasTobi#terrain

  Today I made the editing of the terrain working again. After that I tried to build the game and test it, but somehow the loading of the terrain is 8 times slower than in the engine. Wouldn't be the fi... Continue reading

  
• More performance improvements
  August 13, 2020 by DasTobi#performance

  Today I made more improvements of the performance. Tomorrow I'll start to fix that its currently not possible to edit the terrain. Once this is done I'll test the game and try to find more issues... Continue reading

  
• Landscape tester - performance
  August 12, 2020 by DasTobi#performance, #landscape, #tester

  Today I started also to improve the landscape tester. Now the game is close to stable 60 FPS... Continue reading

  
• Game performance done
  August 11, 2020 by DasTobi#performance, #terrain

  Now the performance of the game looks good. In the next step, I have to improve the performance of the landscape-tester, which also have a bad performance like the game before... Continue reading

  
• Terrain - fast switches between snow and no snow
  August 10, 2020 by DasTobi#terrain, #snow

  Now the creation and removing of snow works even, if I switch the weather very fast. Tomorrow I'll check and maybe fix the walking around in the snow... Continue reading

  
• Terrain - snow is back
  August 07, 2020 by DasTobi#terrain, #weather

  Today I migrated the most parts of the snow creation to the new system. Only fast switches between the creation of snow and the removing of snow and I guess walking around aren't working... Continue reading

  
• Terrain - snow overlay prepared
  August 06, 2020 by DasTobi#terrain, #shader

  Now the terrain shader also supports snow as overlay. The next step is to setup the snow part of the overlay map correctly in the source code... Continue reading

  
• Terrain - sand overlay
  August 05, 2020 by DasTobi#Terrain

  Now the sand overlay on the terrain shader is working. The next step is to implement the snow overlay... Continue reading

  
• Terrain - texture shader
  August 04, 2020 by DasTobi#terrain, #shader

  Today I started to implement a shader to handle the textures on the terrain. The merging from sand strand to land is working. The sand on land is based based on a image. Tomorrow I'll implement that t... Continue reading

  
• Adding new terrain system to final project
  August 03, 2020 by DasTobi#terrain

  Today I started to implement the new terrain system in the final project. The form of the terrain is already working. In the next step I'll add the textures... Continue reading

  
• Terrain prototype
  July 29, 2020 by DasTobi#terrain

  My prototype to create a terrain without the Unity 3D terrain system is working better and better... Continue reading

  
• New own terrain system required
  July 24, 2020 by DasTobi#terrain, #performance

  Because Unity 3D allocates and deallocates to much memory and need to much time to create and connect new terrain chunks, I'll implement my own terrain system... Continue reading

  
• Performance improvements
  July 20, 2020 by DasTobi#performance

  The last 2 days, I improved again the performance. Friday I searched with the unity analysis methods, which were slow and make them work faster. Today I did the same for methods, which allocated and d... Continue reading

  
• Cave status
  July 16, 2020 by DasTobi#cave, #performance, #bug fix

  Today I want to give you a status update about the caves: Now there is for each kind of cave parts a 3D model. I also fixed an issue during crafting torches. Screenshots are taken, if an error occur... Continue reading

  
• Cave models until 22nd july
  July 10, 2020 by DasTobi#cave

  The creation of all new cave models will last until the 22nd july. Because my DevLog would be boring, if I'll write for 8 times that I created cave models, I'll skip the daily DevLog until this date... Continue reading

  
• Cave models - 12% done
  July 09, 2020 by DasTobi#Cave

  Today I continued with the new cave models. Now 12% are done... Continue reading

  
• Caves - more improvements
  July 08, 2020 by DasTobi#cave

  Today I fixed two bugs in the new cave system (creation of new cave parts went wrong, if they had to be created during runtime and there was no connection to cave entries). I also started to create th... Continue reading

  
• Cave tubes
  July 07, 2020 by DasTobi#cave

  Today I added the new cave models to the game... Continue reading

  
• Break is over and caves
  July 06, 2020 by DasTobi#cave

  I'm back from the break and started to improve the cave system. I started to think about, which crossings can appear in one cave chunk and created a very basic 3D-models for each kind... Continue reading

  
• One week break
  June 26, 2020 by DasTobi#Blender, #break

  Today I recreated the blender stuff without using the tutorial and now I'll make a one week break and play computer games... Continue reading

  
• Blender skills #4
  June 25, 2020 by DasTobi#Blender

  Today I finished the blender tutorial. Tomorrow I try to recreate everything from my brain... Continue reading

  
• Blender skills #3
  June 24, 2020 by DasTobi#Blender

  Now the model of the donut is more improved. I also figured out how to export the model to Unity 3d... Continue reading

  
• Blender skills #2
  June 23, 2020 by DasTobi#Blender

  Today I continued with improving my blender skills... Continue reading

  
• GermanGameDevShowcase - Round 3
  June 22, 2020 by DasTobi#GermanGameDevShowcase

  Today I created the video for the 3rd round of the #GermanGameDevShowcase... Continue reading

  
• Blender skills
  June 19, 2020 by DasTobi#blender, #cave

  Today i added a texture to caves and fixed a little bug with the distribution of resources. I also started to improve my blender skills... Continue reading

  
• Caves - new system working
  June 18, 2020 by DasTobi#cave

  Now the basic version of the new cave system is fully implemented in the game. The next steps are to give the cave objects a texture, add more and better 3D-models and implement more logic, how caves... Continue reading

  
• Cave - new 3D-models
  June 17, 2020 by DasTobi#cave

  Today I created some 3D-models for the caves and connected the cave entry with the cave itself... Continue reading

  
• Cave prototype in the game
  June 16, 2020 by DasTobi#cave

  Today I added the prototype cave system to the game. The next days I'll create 3D-models for the caves and add the resources to the new system... Continue reading

  
• Cave prototype
  June 15, 2020 by DasTobi#prototype

  Today I implemented a prototype for the redesign of the cave system. I decided, that a full dynamic system, like it was previously, would be to complex. So I'll create different models for main caves... Continue reading

  
• How I improved the performance
  June 12, 2020 by DasTobi#making, #of, #performance

  Here is, like promised in the yesterday's video, the explanation video how I improved the performance... Continue reading

  
• V1.12 - Manual crafting released
  June 11, 2020 by DasTobi#release, #video, #crafting

  Today I added the last manual crafting recipes, released V1.12 (Manual crafting system) and made a video about this version... Continue reading

  
• Manual crafting - 97% done
  June 10, 2020 by DasTobi#crafting

  Now you have to follow a target slider while crafting some items (e.g. strings from grass). Now 97% of all crafting recipes are done. I guess tomorrow I'm done with all recipes... Continue reading

  
• Manual crafting - 94% done
  June 09, 2020 by DasTobi#crafting

  Today I implemented a mechanism to grind, stir or polish something. You have to use the little circle to draw the big circle green. Now 94% of all crafting recipes are done... Continue reading

  
• Manual crafting - 90% done
  June 08, 2020 by DasTobi

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  Today I only added crafting recipes to the manual crafting system. Now 90% of all crafting recipes are done... Continue reading

  
• Manual crafting - 82% done
  June 05, 2020 by DasTobi#crafting

  Today I improved the shader, which displays how much of an item you builded. Now it's possible to add normal maps and change the building direction (it looked wrong to add wool from the bottom to the... Continue reading

  
• Manual crafting - 73% done
  June 04, 2020 by DasTobi#crafting

  Today I only changed minor things in the source code of the manual crafting system. Now 73% of all crafting recipes are done... Continue reading

  
• Manual crafting - 63% done
  June 03, 2020 by DasTobi#crafting

  Now 63% of all crafting recipes are done. The technical highlight of the day is a new shader, which displays how much of an item you builded. This item is used for recipes, which are builded from one... Continue reading

  
• Manual crafting - 57% done
  June 02, 2020 by DasTobi#crafting

  Now 57% of all crafting recipes are done. Today the progress was a little bit lower than the last days, because I had to change some 3D models to make them fit into the crafting puzzle... Continue reading

  
• Manual crafting - 54% done
  May 29, 2020 by DasTobi#crafting

  Now all crafting recipes, which are crafted at the shaping table, are implemented in the manual crafting system. Now 54% of all crafting recipes are done... Continue reading

  
• Manual crafting - 29% done
  May 28, 2020 by DasTobi#crafting

  Today I added again more manual crafting recipes. The technical highlight of the day, is the shaping table. You have to move the slider carefully upwards. Now 29% of the crafting recipes are done... Continue reading

  
• Manual crafting - 12% done
  May 27, 2020 by DasTobi#crafting

  Now it's possible to rotate the objects in the crafting puzzle, else it wasn't possible to reach all parts. Parts are reset, if you don't release them at a fitting position, to avoid, that you loose p... Continue reading

  
• Manual crafting - 4% done
  May 26, 2020 by DasTobi#crafting

  Today I added more manual crafting recipes. Now 4% are done. I also make now the blueprints automatically transparent to make my work easier... Continue reading

  
• Blueprint crafting system
  May 25, 2020 by DasTobi#crafting

  Today I redesigned the source code to make it easier to add new crafting recipes. I also added the crafting of sticks and workbenches to this system. To craft the latter one, you have to drag and drop... Continue reading

  
• V1.11.8 Video about the manual crafting system
  May 22, 2020 by DasTobi#release, #video

  Here is the video, which shows the preview of the manual crafting system in V1.11.8. The other new features will be shown in the video for V1.12... Continue reading

  
• V1.11.8 - Crafting test and bug fixes released
  May 21, 2020 by DasTobi#release, #bug, #fix, #crafting

  Today I released V1.11.8 (Crafting test and bug fixes) Would be cool, if you could give me feedback about the crafting of wooden planks, before I implement the other manual crafting recipes. Change lo... Continue reading

  
• New manual crafting system
  May 20, 2020 by DasTobi#crafting

  Now the new manual crafting is implemented for crafting wood planks from tree trunks... Continue reading

  
• Work on performance finished
  May 18, 2020 by DasTobi#performance

  Today I added quality settings to the game window settings and added the lowering of the level of details in the distance to some objects. I also made a short test for the new crafting system. With th... Continue reading

  
• Level of detail test and bug fixes
  May 15, 2020 by DasTobi#bug, #fix, #performance

  Yesterday I did a long test and found only minor issues, which I fixed today. I also experimented with a mechanism, which lowers the level of detail in the distance, which I'll implement next week in... Continue reading

  
• More bug fixes
  May 13, 2020 by DasTobi#bug, #fix

  Maybe I repeat myself, but I tested the game again and fixed the following bugs: respawn chests weren‘t created and the rotation of houses of villagers was sometimes wrong... Continue reading

  
• More bug fixes
  May 12, 2020 by DasTobi#bug, #fix

  Today I fixed the bugs, which I found yesterday. The most important bugs are: potential rounding issues (e.g. loading of items in a chest would fail), old ponds were visible after reuse the chunk and... Continue reading

  
• V1.11.5 - critical Bug fix released
  May 11, 2020 by DasTobi#relase, #bug, #fix

  Today I updated the Unity version and this time the update was working. Because the last released version crashed a lot, I decided to release this version earlier than planned. Today I tested this ver... Continue reading

  
• Test + bug fixes
  May 08, 2020 by DasTobi#bug, #fix

  This was the 3rd day of testing and fixing bugs. The main changes of the day are: I decreased the amount of villages by 50% and removed a white line in the preview image of chest frames... Continue reading

  
• Test + bug fixes
  May 07, 2020 by DasTobi#bug, #fix

  This day was another day with testing and fixing bugs. The old bugs of the day are: The pee animation wasn't working, the pile of poo had the wrong size. Now the game is also stored, if a player get a... Continue reading

  
• Test + bug fixes
  May 06, 2020 by DasTobi#bug, #fix

  Today I tested the game and fixed a lot of bugs. Old bugs, which I found and fixed: the animation of villagers wasn't working, the lung wasn't reset during respawn and some clicks where blocked by the... Continue reading

  
• V1.11.5 Performance test - released
  May 05, 2020 by DasTobi#performance

  Now the performance stuff is in the final game. Only the pregeneration of objects is not implemented yet, because I need to test, what the maximum number of objects per chunk is. I released V1.11.5, i... Continue reading

  
• Performance test - trees
  May 04, 2020 by DasTobi#performance

  Today I added simple trees to the performance test project. The final difference between the old and new version of creating chunks is now at round about 10% in average. Because the 10% are gained onl... Continue reading

  
• Performance tests
  April 30, 2020 by DasTobi#performance

  Today I created a test project to test the improvements of the performance of creating chunks. I already increased the average performance from 28.7 to 29.5 FPS in Unity. The FPS in the final game are... Continue reading

  
• More bamboo items
  April 29, 2020 by DasTobi#item

  Today I added the bamboo mattress to the game and implemented bamboo fire saws. In the next step I'll improve the performance of the creation of chunks... Continue reading

  
• Bamboo pot
  April 28, 2020 by DasTobi#item

  Today I added bamboo pots to carry different fluids. I also created the 3d-model for bamboo mattresses... Continue reading

  
• Bamboo - building material
  April 27, 2020 by DasTobi#building, #material

  Today I added the bamboo building materials (the normal and dried version). The next steps are to add some survival items from bamboo and implement a more interesting crafting system... Continue reading

  
• Multiplayer tutorial
  April 24, 2020 by DasTobi#tutorial, #multiplayer

  Because there were some questions about the multiplayer, I decided to make video with a multiplayer tutorial... Continue reading

  
• Bamboo
  April 23, 2020 by DasTobi#plants

  Now it's possible to drink directly from rivers and ponds with a middle mouse click. I also started to add bamboo. After the bamboo, I'll have to improve the performance... Continue reading

  
• Landscape tester - more updates
  April 22, 2020 by DasTobi#landscape, #tester

  Today I added input fields, to edit the planet kinds, where objects appear, to the landscape tester. Now its also possible to create additional noise inputs for the landscape in the source code. I als... Continue reading

  
• Landscape tester - easier object creation
  April 21, 2020 by DasTobi#landscape, #tester

  Today I made it easier to input object data in the landscape tester by removing some unnecessary inputs fields... Continue reading

  
• Cycle of life - plants
  April 20, 2020 by DasTobi#plants

  Today I closed the cycle of life for plants. They are now dying and planting themself again. This fixes the issue, that all plants were fully grown after a long play time. I also made raindrops drinka... Continue reading

  
• German advertising video
  April 17, 2020 by DasTobi#GermanGameDevShowcase

  Here is my video for the 2nd round of the GermanGameDevShowcase... Continue reading

  
• V1.11.1 (Survival #1) bug fix released + video
  April 16, 2020 by DasTobi#release, #video

  Today I made a video about V1.11.1 Survival update #1. I fixed the bug, that you needed a shaping table to craft clear ice spheres and released this version... Continue reading

  
• V1.11 (Survival-update #1) released
  April 15, 2020 by DasTobi#release

  Today I found a critical bug (menus weren‘t disabled for non local players, which caused that the looked horrible and sometimes they weren't working). So I decided to release the first survival upda... Continue reading

  
• Ash
  April 14, 2020 by DasTobi#dynamic, #fire

  Today I added a lifetime to the firepit. The firepit become glowing tinder, which you can use to craft a new fire or if you wait longer ash will be left. I also added a hint in the building designer,... Continue reading

  
• Bug fix
  April 11, 2020 by DasTobi#bug fix

  Yesterday I fixed the bug, that objects weren't loaded, if there was an object, which was destroyed at the same location previously... Continue reading

  
• Fire pits
  April 09, 2020 by DasTobi#crafting

  Now the creation of glowing tinder is shared through the network. It's also possible to create fire pits with sticks and the glowing tinder. I gave lenses a burning point (a 1cm sphere, which glows ye... Continue reading

  
• Some information
  April 08, 2020 by DasTobi#technic, #issue

  Today I tested the game with the new Unity 3D update and decided that it would be better to stay with the old version, because there were to many situations in which the light was buggy (flickering of... Continue reading

  
• New Unity 3D update
  April 07, 2020 by DasTobi#unity, #3d

  After the new Unity 3D update the game looked like this. So I spent the day to research the new problems and solve them... Continue reading

  
• Tinder + survey
  April 06, 2020 by DasTobi#fire, #nature

  Today I added tinder to the game. If the tinder is hot enough, it glows red. At the moment I think, how I should give hints about the correct values for the size of the lens and the distance to the ti... Continue reading

  
• Clear ice
  April 03, 2020 by DasTobi#crafting

  Now you can craft clear ice from normal ice, to build a lense. In the next step, I'll implement making fire with this lense. I also added clear ice to the other building forms (triangles and cylinders... Continue reading

  
• Breaking ice - finished
  April 02, 2020 by DasTobi#nature, #behaviour

  Today I added the ice to the other natural water objects (rivers and seas) and fixed the last issues with the menu handling during breaking into ice. I also increased the size of the arrows in the eve... Continue reading

  
• Breaking ice
  April 01, 2020 by DasTobi#fluid, #behaviour

  Now you can break into the ice. You can free yourself, if you press for 5 times the correct key, which is displayed on the crosshair... Continue reading

  
• Body temperature finished
  March 31, 2020 by DasTobi#player, #status, #nature

  Today I finished the work on the body temperature (now temperature is added during jumps and when you are close to torches) and started to implement frozen natural water... Continue reading

  
• Body temperatures - clothes and beds
  March 30, 2020 by DasTobi#player

  Now clothes have an influence to the body temperature. Wool pants and pullovers add each 5°C to the temperature as long as you are dry. If you stand in rain or swim, they remove 5°C. I also added be... Continue reading

  
• Body temperature - water effects
  March 27, 2020 by DasTobi#player, #status

  Today I implemented that you don't die during sleep, because of the body temperature. Now water, like rain or bathing, also affects the body temperature... Continue reading

  
• Body temperature added
  March 26, 2020 by DasTobi#player, #status

  Now the first version of the body temperature is implemented (the changing of the temperature, by the current temperature or a cheat). The next step is to implement that rain, bathing, beds and torche... Continue reading

  
• New calculation of the player status
  March 25, 2020 by DasTobi#player, #status

  Today I wanted to add the body temperature to the player status. But after I added the symbol to the status bar, I realised, that the way how I calculated the player status wouldn't work with the body... Continue reading

  
• V1.10 release video (Terrain-system-update)
  March 24, 2020 by DasTobi#release, #video

  Here is the release video for V1.10 (Terrain-system-update)... Continue reading

  
• V1.10 (Terrain-system-update) released + planning
  March 23, 2020 by DasTobi#release, #plan

  Because I wasn't happy with the uphill flowing water, I continued with researching better ways to do it. I ended with some new approaches but still not good enough to implement it in the game. So I re... Continue reading

  
• New river calculation - break
  March 13, 2020 by DasTobi#terrain, #river

  Today I decided that it is a good idea to have a break with the new river system, because it's more complex that I thought. To improve the looking of rivers I decided to remove the river "walls" and l... Continue reading

  
• New river calculation - terrain elevation
  March 12, 2020 by DasTobi#terrain, #river, #test

  I decided that I want to create the height of the terrain as the next step. At the moment I search the nearest river node and use the height of this point for the terrain. Tomorrow I'll smooth out the... Continue reading

  
• New river calculation - elevation
  March 11, 2020 by DasTobi#terrain, #river, #test

  Now the river nodes have an elevation. The next step is to figure out, what the best next step is. Either calculate where river mouthes are in the final world or build the terrain around the river. Yo... Continue reading

  
• New river calculation - test
  March 10, 2020 by DasTobi#terrain, #river, #test

  Today I started to test the new river calculation. The system, which I use, creates the river from the mouth to the next river node. At a node the river can be split. This is repeated until there are... Continue reading

  
• Rivers and lakes - research
  March 09, 2020 by DasTobi#terrain, #research, #water

  Today I started to research for a way to create rivers and lakes. I think the best idea will be to calculate in the first step the water and then build the terrain around the rivers. I also improved t... Continue reading

  
• New terrain system
  March 06, 2020 by DasTobi#terrain

  Now the new terrain system is in the game. In the screenshot you can see the differences between the old and new system. The new system is set up in a way, which increase the performance a little bit... Continue reading

  
• Landscape tester - new terrain final
  March 05, 2020 by DasTobi#landscape, #tester, #bug fix

  Today I found the right values for the bezier curve and fixed some bugs (the errors in the source code were small, but hard to find, because of the complexity of the code and the values, during debugg... Continue reading

  
• Landscape tester - improved bezier curves
  March 04, 2020 by DasTobi#landsacpe, #tester, #terrain

  Today I implemented the usage of the bezier curve and improved the display of this curve. The next steps are to find the correct values for the curve and add the new terrain system to the game... Continue reading

  
• Landscape tester - bezier curves
  March 03, 2020 by DasTobi#landscape, #tester, #terrain

  Now there is a form in the landscape tester to create bezier curves, which are necessary to define a landscape out of the raw perlin noise values. Tomorrow I'll implement the usage of this curve... Continue reading

  
• Landscape tester - new terrain calculation
  March 02, 2020 by DasTobi#terrain, #landscape, #tester

  Today I started to implement, what I've learned during the experiments with the new terrain calculation. At the moment there is to much water on the planet in the landscape tester, which I'll fix tomo... Continue reading

  
• Bug fixes and terrain experiments
  February 26, 2020 by DasTobi#bug, #fix, #terrain

  Today I fixed some bugs (houses and cave entries were sometimes in the air or in the ground, the game crashed at the border of planets and an issue with the shadow of the flashlight). I also started t... Continue reading

  
• Bug fix - lined up natural objects
  February 25, 2020 by DasTobi#bug, #fix

  Like I promised yesterday, I fixed the issue, that objects, like grass, where sometimes lined up. Tomorrow I'll investigate and hopefully fix the issue, that houses or caves were sometimes in the air... Continue reading

  
• Landscape tester - performance
  February 24, 2020 by DasTobi#landscape, #tester

  Today I improved the performance of the "count world objects"-button in the landscape tester. On my hardware its now 8 times faster. Tomorrow I'll fix the small issue, that objects, like grass, were s... Continue reading

  
• V1.9 (Building-system-update) released
  February 20, 2020 by DasTobi#release, #video

  Today I released the next version V1.9 (Building-system-update) and made a video about it. Change log: added: - new building shapes (triangles, spheres and cylinders), which can be crafted at the shap... Continue reading

  
• New building shape - cylinders
  February 19, 2020 by DasTobi#building, #shape

  Today I added cylinders as new building shape... Continue reading

  
• New handling of crafting recipes
  February 18, 2020 by DasTobi#file, #structure

  Today I added the other capsule objects. Only the new crafting recipes are missing, because I changed the system how I store them. The old way: I created the recipes in the unity-editor (which was get... Continue reading

  
• New building shape - capsules
  February 17, 2020 by DasTobi#building, #shape

  Today I started to add capsule objects. When I'm done, you will be able to build and use marble race tracks... Continue reading

  
• Building designer - more functions + ctrl+z
  February 14, 2020 by DasTobi#building, #menu

  Today I added the "find border" buttons for the x and z coordinates. I also implemented ctrl+z to undo the last action in the building menu and the building designer... Continue reading

  
• Building designer - helping functions
  February 13, 2020 by DasTobi#building, #menu

  Today I added some helping functions to make it easier to design something. "height by angle" is important for triangles to set a specific slope angle. The x- and z-helper search an edge and put the o... Continue reading

  
• Copying of objects
  February 12, 2020 by DasTobi#building, #menu

  Now you are able to copy objects. You have to look at one object and press ctrl + c and then you can edit the object data like normal... Continue reading

  
• Shaping table
  February 11, 2020 by DasTobi#building, #shape

  Today I added the other materials to the new shape and the shaping table to craft the different shapes... Continue reading

  
• New building shape
  February 10, 2020 by DasTobi#building, #shapes

  Now there are triangles as new shape available. In the next step I'll add this shape to the other building materials. I'll also add a shaping table, to craft different shapes... Continue reading

  
• Automatic scale of objects
  February 06, 2020 by DasTobi#building, #designer

  Today I added fill buttons to the size in the building designer. Now it's a lot of easier to create objects, which have to fill something, like windows... Continue reading

  
• Coordinate system during building
  February 05, 2020 by DasTobi#building, #system

  Today I added this coordinate system to make is easier to find the value, which you want to change and the direction into which you want to change the value... Continue reading

  
• V1.8 release video (Character-model-update)
  February 04, 2020 by DasTobi#release, #video

  Here is the release video for V1.8 (Character-model-update). Now I start to work on the next topic (improving the building system)... Continue reading

  
• V1.8 (Character-model-update) released
  February 03, 2020 by DasTobi#release

  Today I added settings for the game window, because unity removed the default-dialog before the start of the normal game. I also released the next version 1.8 (Character-model-update). Change log: add... Continue reading

  
• PC issues
  January 30, 2020 by DasTobi#issue

  Currently I have heavy issues with my pc. The new pc is already in work, so please stay tuned and no panic... Continue reading

  
• Character designer - camera steering
  January 27, 2020 by DasTobi#character, #designer

  Today I added buttons to steer the camera in the character designer. I also started to implement more clothes... Continue reading

  
• Improved face + haircuts
  January 24, 2020 by DasTobi#player, #character

  Today I added the nose and the mouth to the face. You are now able to select one of 4 haircuts (no hair, short, ponytail and afro)... Continue reading

  
• Character designer is working
  January 22, 2020 by DasTobi#character, #design

  Now the eye color and the preview of the player are working... Continue reading

  
• Character designer - eye color
  January 21, 2020 by DasTobi#character, #designer

  Today I started to implement the new character designer. I hope that you understand, what the ui want to tell you... Continue reading

  
• New file format and bug fix
  January 20, 2020 by DasTobi#bug fix, #file format

  Today I changed the file format, how I store data about spawned objects and I fixed the bug, that clothes weren't reset during a normal respawn... Continue reading

  
• Dynamic player model - game is working again
  January 17, 2020 by DasTobi#player, #model

  Now everything which was affected by the change of the player model is working again. The gender of babies is displayed by the name of the gender chromosom (y = male, x = female). The next week I'll s... Continue reading

  
• Dynamic player model - clothes - part 2
  January 16, 2020 by DasTobi#player, #model, #clothing

  Today I testet the clothing system of Unity 3D, but this wasn't really working (At least in the time, which I wanted to spend to make it working). I also implemented the scripts to handle the new clot... Continue reading

  
• Dynamic player model - clothes
  January 15, 2020 by DasTobi#player, #model, #clothes

  Now the 3d models for clothes are done for the new player model. Tomorrow I'll update the scripts to handle the new clothes... Continue reading

  
• Dynamic player model - gender differences
  January 14, 2020 by DasTobi#player, #model

  Today I created the differences between male and female characters. I also started to implement clothes on the new 3d-model... Continue reading

  
• Dynamic player model - added to the game
  January 13, 2020 by DasTobi#player, #model

  Today I created the missing animations and put the new model into the game... Continue reading

  
• Dynamic player model - animations
  January 10, 2020 by DasTobi#player, #model

  Now the first half of the animation is migrated to the new dynamic model... Continue reading

  
• Dynamic player model - part 2
  January 09, 2020 by DasTobi#player, #model

  Today I added 3D-models to the dynamic player model. In the next step, I'll add the current animations to the new player model... Continue reading

  
• Dynamic player model - part 1
  January 08, 2020 by DasTobi#player, #model

  Today I experimented with an animation without a 3d model... Continue reading

  
• New dynamic player model
  January 07, 2020 by DasTobi#player, #model

  At the day on which I showed the current player model, I also said, that you shoudln't get used to this model to much, because I will change it some day. Today, nearly 2 years later, is this day. I st... Continue reading

  
• V1.7.1 released (bug fixes)
  January 06, 2020 by DasTobi#bug fix, #release

  Today I fixed some bugs and made some changed. Because of the bigest issue, I released V1.7.1 (clicking on objects with rigidbodies (e.g dust bunnies or vehicles) wasn't working, after one of these ob... Continue reading

  
• Trailer 1.7
  December 31, 2019 by DasTobi#trailer

  Today I uploaded the new game trailer, updated my game pages and social media stuff... Continue reading

  
• Preparation for trailer V2
  December 29, 2019 by DasTobi#trailer

  In preparation to create the new trailer, I builded a house and some enclosures... Continue reading

  
• V1.7 (Graphic and sound-update) released
  December 27, 2019 by DasTobi#graphic, #sound, #release

  Today I fixed the bugs, which I found during the last days, released V1.7 (Graphic and sound-update) and made a release video. Change log: added: - new textures, normal maps for some items and scaling... Continue reading

  
• Bug fix
  December 24, 2019 by DasTobi#bug fix

  Today I fixed the bug, that parts of doors weren't loaded correctly. At the next 2 days I'll test the game... Continue reading

  
• Bug fixes
  December 23, 2019 by DasTobi#bug fix

  Yesterday I tested the game and today I started to fix the found bugs. Already fixed: - text module showed a text mess during input - old doors appeared again after placing a new door hinge at the sam... Continue reading

  
• Blinking status bar
  December 20, 2019 by DasTobi#status bar

  Now items in the status bar blink, if the value is to low and the status is important to survive. I also found some light issues, but I'll have a look into this with the next Unity 3D (2019.3 and abov... Continue reading

  
• Plan for the rest of 2019
  December 19, 2019 by DasTobi#sound, #plan

  Today was another day, which I spend with adding more sounds. The plan for the rest of the year is to add tomorrow also more sounds. After that, I'll test the game and fix the found issues. At the end... Continue reading

  
• More sounds - part 2
  December 17, 2019 by DasTobi#sound

  Now there are also sounds, when you hurt animals and at rivers and ponds... Continue reading

  
• More sounds - part 1
  December 16, 2019 by DasTobi#sound

  Today I started to add more sounds to the game (walking sounds and destroying sounds)... Continue reading

  
• Skill tree - done
  December 13, 2019 by DasTobi#skill

  Today I finished the work on the first version of the skill tree (Carry skills affect now the maximum item weight. I added a cheat to add xp and the option how many xp players get per minute)... Continue reading

  
• Skill tree - buying of skills
  December 12, 2019 by DasTobi#skill

  Now you are able to buy skills with the xp. Green = you already bought this skill White and interactable = you can buy this skill White and not interactable = you either have not enough xp or you need... Continue reading

  
• Skill tree
  December 11, 2019 by DasTobi#menu, #skill

  Today I started to implement a skill tree. You are able to open this menu with the r-key. The xp increases by one per minute. If you respawn as one of your children, you get the half of your xp back... Continue reading

  
• Hand animations + improvements
  December 10, 2019 by DasTobi#animation

  Now the animations to attack or destroy something are done. I also fixed the bug, that the colors, to display the tool wear in the item bar, stayed black. And I improved the sliders in the building de... Continue reading

  
• Walking animations done
  December 06, 2019 by DasTobi#animation

  Now the walking animations are done. I also started to work on a destroying and an attack animation... Continue reading

  
• Walking animations
  December 03, 2019 by DasTobi#animation

  Today I started to implement walking animations for players... Continue reading

  
• Textures and normal maps done
  December 02, 2019 by DasTobi#texture, #normal map, #graphic

  Now the textures and normal maps are done. I also fixed the bugs, that picture hangers weren't working and that the weather display didn't show the snow intensity... Continue reading

  
• Better graphic
  November 30, 2019 by DasTobi#texure, #normal map, #graphic

  Today I created more textures and normal maps for the 1st half of items, where it was useful... Continue reading

  
• Changed plan
  November 29, 2019 by DasTobi#grafik, #cloth

  Because I realized, that it would be stupid to create more clothes, when I will change the player models (because of reasons) in the future, I started to create better textures, normal maps and scalin... Continue reading

  
• More clothes
  November 26, 2019 by DasTobi#clothing

  Today I started to implement more clothes. I started with jeans pants for female players... Continue reading

  
• V1.6 (Animal and terrain-update) released
  November 22, 2019 by DasTobi#animal, #terrain, #release

  Today I released V1.6 (Animal and terrain-update) and made a release video. added: - giant fire salamander - naked mole rat - penguin - ponds - rivers - increased the default values of hunger and thir... Continue reading

  
• Snow - final
  November 21, 2019 by DasTobi#weather, #shader

  Now the snow shader is working on everything, where it is necessary. In the screenshot you can see rain, because I cheated the snow effect. Tomorrow I'll remove the creation of snow on water and fix t... Continue reading

  
• New shader system
  November 19, 2019 by DasTobi#shader, #weather

  The last working days I implemented the automatic change between snow and no snow and made snow collectable. I also upgraded the project to a new shader system, to create new shaders for the vegetatio... Continue reading

  
• Snow - high performance
  November 14, 2019 by DasTobi#weather

  Today I found a solution with 60 fps. Not a perfect one, but for the moment it should be fine (The snow is createt stripe by stripe). The next steps are: implement the automatic change between snow an... Continue reading

  
• Snow - low performance
  November 13, 2019 by DasTobi#weather

  Now the next snow version is in the game. In the next step I have to improve the performance (I guess 10 fps instead of 60 are not enough)... Continue reading

  
• Snow - test
  November 12, 2019 by DasTobi#weather

  Today I tried different approches to create snow in a test project. 1: The system like yesterday with added rasterization. 2: All snow objects have 0 rotation. 3: All corners of a snow object are calc... Continue reading

  
• Snow objects
  November 11, 2019 by DasTobi#weather

  Today I started to implement snow on the ground or on objects... Continue reading

  
• Option for the item limit
  November 09, 2019 by DasTobi#option

  Now you can setup the item limit in the option menu. Monday I'll start to implement that snowfall create snow on the terrain... Continue reading

  
• Rivers - finished
  November 08, 2019 by DasTobi#terrain

  Today I added water to the rivers. I also increased the decreasing of hunger and thirst, because now there is more water and food in the world than at the beginning of this project... Continue reading

  
• Rivers - carving terrain
  November 07, 2019 by DasTobi#terrain

  Now the terrain is carved by the river. At the moment, I keep rivers simple, so it looks sometimes better, sometimes not. Tomorrow I'll add water to the rivers... Continue reading

  
• Rivers as sand line
  November 06, 2019 by DasTobi#terrain

  Today I started to implement rivers. At the moment they are a straight sand line on the terrain... Continue reading

  
• Ponds finished
  November 05, 2019 by DasTobi#terrain

  Today I improved ponds. To test the performance of ponds better, I added the current fps to the debug menu. I also decreased the spawn rate for naked mole rats, because the old rate caused performance... Continue reading

  
• Ponds
  November 04, 2019 by DasTobi#terrain

  Today I started to implement ponds... Continue reading

  
• Inventory - weight limit
  November 01, 2019 by DasTobi#inventory, #weight, #limit

  Today I added the weight limit to the inventory. The current weight is diplayed in the item bar. From 0 to 400 everything is fine. From 401 to 500, you get a warning and as soon as you are over 500, y... Continue reading

  
• Item weight
  October 31, 2019 by DasTobi#item, #inventory

  In preparation to limit the size of the inventory, I added today a weight to items... Continue reading

  
• Penguins - finished and more
  October 30, 2019 by DasTobi#animal, #animation, #item

  Now the animations for interactions between players and penguins are done. I also fixed the bug, that the own body wasn't visible during some parts of an animation and I started to add a weight attrib... Continue reading

  
• Penguins - preview
  October 29, 2019 by DasTobi#animal

  Today I nearly finished to implement penguins. I only have to create the animations, when players pet or feed them with kahawais. Penguins live on cold planets... Continue reading

  
• Naked mole rats - finished
  October 28, 2019 by DasTobi#animal

  Now naked mole rats are animated and in the game. Tomorrow I'll start to implement penguins... Continue reading

  
• Naked mole rats - preview
  October 25, 2019 by DasTobi#animal, #ai

  Today I created the 3D-model of naked mole rats, they will live in caves and be aggressive... Continue reading

  
• Giant fire salamander - finished
  October 24, 2019 by DasTobi#animal

  Now giant fire salamanders spawn on hot planets. They are slow, but strong... Continue reading

  
• Giant fire salamander - preview
  October 23, 2019 by DasTobi#animal

  Today I created the 3D-model for the next animal (giant fire salamander), which will live on hot planets... Continue reading

  
• V1.5 (Ai-update) released
  October 21, 2019 by DasTobi#release, #video, #ai

  Today I released V1.5 (Ai-update) and made a release video. Change log: added: - female villagers are able to become pregnant - respawn as child - climate zones - positions of antennas on a planet are... Continue reading

  
• Respawn as child - finished
  October 18, 2019 by DasTobi#respawn, #child

  Now the gender of the player is changed, if he respawns as child with a different one. I also fixed the bugs that worn clothes and the left hand item weren't in the respawn chest and that the respawn... Continue reading

  
• Respawn as child
  October 17, 2019 by DasTobi#respawn, #child

  Now its possible to select one of your children as respawn position. In the next step I have to change the gender, if the selected child have a different one and fix the bug, that worn clothes and the... Continue reading

  
• Preparation for "respawn as child" done
  October 16, 2019 by DasTobi#baby, #ai

  In preparation for the "respawn as child"-option, its now possible to place babies as ai into the world. You have to use the item bar to avoid scaled babies... Continue reading

  
• Pregnancy of villagers
  October 15, 2019 by DasTobi#villager, #pregnancy

  Today I implemented, that female villagers are also able to become pregnant. So now its also possible for male players to get a child, when only male players are available. You get the child, when you... Continue reading

  
• New social behaviour of ai
  October 14, 2019 by DasTobi#ai, #behaviour, #bug fix

  Now ai decides based on the friendship level and the love level, if an interaction will be accepted or not. I also fixed the bugs, that destroyed cave resources appeared again after loading and evil c... Continue reading

  
• Memory game in sleep menu
  October 11, 2019 by DasTobi#sleep, #menu, #mini, #game

  Because there are cases, in which not all players are able to sleep at the same time, I added the memory game to the sleep menu. I used the item thumbnails for the cards... Continue reading

  
• Climate zones
  October 10, 2019 by DasTobi#climate, #zone

  Today I implemented climate zones. The black dots are conifers (in the black marks and mountains (dark green)) and the red dots are leaf trees (between the black marks. At the north and south, are no... Continue reading

  
• Antennas in the space menu
  October 09, 2019 by DasTobi#space, #menu, #antenna

  Now antennas on a planet are shown in the space menu. When you click on a button, the target position will be set to the position of the antenna... Continue reading

  
• Bug fixes
  October 08, 2019 by DasTobi#bug fix

  Today I fixed 6 minor bugs and and annoying things, which I found during my 10 hours test during the weekend: - chainsaws had no tool wear - fuel is now craftable from coal - parts of satellites need... Continue reading

  
• Release video V1.4 (Vegetation-update)
  October 07, 2019 by DasTobi#release, #video, #vegetation

  Here is the release video of V1.4 (vegetation-update)... Continue reading

  
• V1.4 (Vegetation-update) released
  October 05, 2019 by DasTobi#release, #vegetation

  Today I released V1.4 (Vegetation-update). Change log: added: - sea anemones including clownfishes - leaf plants are changing their leaves depending on the current season - ice stalagmites - fire flow... Continue reading

  
• Seasons for leave plants
  October 04, 2019 by DasTobi#seasons, #vegetation

  Now the leaves of trees an bushes change their look depending of the season. In the screenshot you can see 3 different seasons, because I made years very short to make the screenshot (the season chang... Continue reading

  
• Conifers
  October 02, 2019 by DasTobi#conifer, #vegetation

  Now conifers are growing in the mountains... Continue reading

  
• Fire flowers
  October 01, 2019 by DasTobi#fire, #flowers, #vegetation

  Today I added fire flowers to hot planets. They are glowing in the dark... Continue reading

  
• Ice stalagmites
  September 30, 2019 by DasTobi#ice, #stalagmite, #options

  Now ice stalagmites are on cold planets. I also merged the vegetation growing speed options into one option (aging multiplier)... Continue reading

  
• Clownfishes
  September 27, 2019 by DasTobi#clownfish

  Today I implemented clownfishes. They are just decoration... Continue reading

  
• Sea anemones
  September 25, 2019 by DasTobi#sea, #anemone

  Now sea anemones are in the ocean. Tomorrow I'll add clown fishes... Continue reading

  
• Villages improved
  September 24, 2019 by DasTobi#village

  Today I improved the spawning of houses and fixed the bug that it wasn't possible to open doors of houses of villagers... Continue reading

  
• V1.3 (Technic-update) released
  September 23, 2019 by DasTobi#release, #video

  Today I released V1.3 (Technic-update) and made a release video. Change log: added: - navigation system - satellites - technic workbench - text modules - user defined background music - default backgr... Continue reading

  
• Navigation system working
  September 20, 2019 by DasTobi#navigation, #system

  Now the navigation system is working. You can edit the name of an antenna, if you make a middle mouse click on it. To confirm the name, press F3. If there are more than 7 antennas on one planet, you c... Continue reading

  
• Navigation system
  September 19, 2019 by DasTobi#navigation, #system, #antenna

  Today I started to implement navigation systems. It will work only, if 3 satellites are in the orbit. To mark a location, you have to place an antenna there... Continue reading

  
• Weather display
  September 18, 2019 by DasTobi#weather, #display

  After the satellites were working. I implemented weather displays. You can hold this item in your hand or place it into the world... Continue reading

  
• Satellites
  September 17, 2019 by DasTobi#satellite

  Today I started to implement satellites. A satellite needs a rocket engine, a technical block (new) and a number input device. To launch a satellite, input a number higher than 10 (else it will try to... Continue reading

  
• Default background music
  September 16, 2019 by DasTobi#music

  Today I added some default background music, a checkbox, if you want to listen to the default music and a slider to change the music volume... Continue reading

  
• User defined background music
  September 13, 2019 by DasTobi#music

  Now its possible to add user defined background music to the game. At the start of the game 3 folders (cave, night and normal) are generated. Into these folders, you can put your own music. At the mom... Continue reading

  
• Text modules
  September 12, 2019 by DasTobi#text, #module

  Today I implemented text modules. You can place them wherever you want (even in air). To edit the text, press with the middle mouse button on the text. With F3, you leave the editing mode... Continue reading

  
• Technic workbench
  September 11, 2019 by DasTobi#technic, #workbench, #crafting

  To make the crafting system more complex, I added a technic workbench... Continue reading

  
• V1.2 (Unicorn-update) released
  September 10, 2019 by DasTobi#release, #video

  Today I released V1.2 (Unicorn-update) and made a release video. Change log: Game: added: - corny planets - rotation of natural spawned objects bug fix: - player status change (e.g fall asleep) was tr... Continue reading

  
• Animations between unicorns and players
  September 09, 2019 by DasTobi#animation, #unicorn, #player

  Today I created the animations for interactions between players and unicorns. I also had to learn and switch to the new animation system of unity 3d, because I updated blender... Continue reading

  
• Unicorns in game and animated
  September 06, 2019 by DasTobi#unicorn, #animal

  Now unicorns are implemented in the game and animated. In the next step, I have to create the animations for players, when they are interacting with unicorns... Continue reading

  
• Unicorn
  September 05, 2019 by DasTobi#unicorn, #animal

  Today I created this beautiful creature... Continue reading

  
• Corny planets
  September 04, 2019 by DasTobi#corny, #planet kind, #candy

  In the screenshot, you can see more features of corny planets (candy canes and the terrain texture)... Continue reading

  
• Chocolate items
  September 03, 2019 by DasTobi#chocolate, #item

  Today I added some chocolate items and added a rotation to natural spawned objects... Continue reading

  
• Seas of chocolate
  September 02, 2019 by DasTobi#chocolate, #bug fix

  Now there are seas of chocolate on special planets. I also fixed the bug, that the player fell asleep, if he hitted b during filter the items in the inventory... Continue reading

  
• Release video V1.1 (Cave-update)
  August 30, 2019 by DasTobi#release, #video, #cave

  Here is the release video of V1.1 (cave-update)... Continue reading

  
• Release V1.1 (cave-update) and chainsaws
  August 29, 2019 by DasTobi#release, #chainsaw

  Today I added F2 as rescue key, if you are stuck somewhere. I also added chainsaws and released the next update (V1.1 cave-update). Change log: changes: - improved cave system - replaced patreon link,... Continue reading

  
• Cave - resources
  August 28, 2019 by DasTobi#cave

  Today I implemented the rest of the caves (start and end walls, resources and loading issues in caves). Tomorrow I'll implement a rescue key, if you should get stuck in a cave, because of an bug... Continue reading

  
• Cave tubes are back in the game
  August 27, 2019 by DasTobi#cave

  Now the tube of the cave is back in the game. In the next steps I have to close the start and end point of caves (at the moment, you can fall through the world there) adding resources and fix the ligh... Continue reading

  
• Cave entries working again
  August 26, 2019 by DasTobi#cave

  The cave entries are working again with the new system. During the next step, I have to implement the cave itself and the resources in the game... Continue reading

  
• User defined villager names
  August 23, 2019 by DasTobi#villager, #name, #user, #defined

  Now its possible to add user defined names for villagers. If you want to have a name in the default name database, you can write a comment until the next week starts in CET. I will only add "normal" n... Continue reading

  
• Cave test - in game
  August 22, 2019 by DasTobi#cave, #experiment

  Today I added the rest to the cave and started to move the new source code into the game... Continue reading

  
• Cave test - smooth bottom
  August 21, 2019 by DasTobi#cave, #experiment

  Now the caves are smooth (at least for the bottom, the rest (including shadows) will be done tomorrow)... Continue reading

  
• Cave test - block version
  August 20, 2019 by DasTobi#cave, #experiment

  Here you can see the current status of the new cave system. The next steps are: smooth blocks, improve the performance and implement it into the game... Continue reading

  
• Experiments with caves
  August 19, 2019 by DasTobi#cave, #experiment

  Today I started to experiment with a new and better working cave system... Continue reading

  
• Release video V1.0.1 (Building-menu-update)
  August 17, 2019 by DasTobi#bug fix, #release, #video

  Today I made the release video for V1.0.1 (V1.0.1, because walking over stairs was only working in Unity 3D and not in the release, whyever)... Continue reading

  
• V1 (Building-menu-update) released
  August 16, 2019 by DasTobi#release

  Today I moved the spawn point away from mountains. Wheels and steering wheels are now moving. I also released the next version (V1 - Building-menu-update). Change log: added: - design mode in the buil... Continue reading

  
• Improved walking
  August 15, 2019 by DasTobi#stairs, #steering

  Today I implemented, that a player walk over stairs automatically... Continue reading

  
• Item filter + bug fixes
  August 14, 2019 by DasTobi#bug fix, #menu

  Now there is an option to filter the inventory by the item name. I also fixed the bugs, that ovens weren't working and that the space menu disappeared, when a player fell asleep... Continue reading

  
• Slider for the design menu
  August 13, 2019 by DasTobi#building, #menu

  Today I added slider to the "design" menu. The more you move the slider to the right or left, the faster it changes the object... Continue reading

  
• Break over and new building designer
  August 12, 2019 by DasTobi#building, #menu

  I'm back from my break. At day one of the new cycle, I started to improve the building menu. Now you have a "design" button in the normal building menu. After pressing this button, you can enter value... Continue reading

  
• Release video V0.33 (last "0 cycle"-Update) + News
  August 02, 2019 by DasTobi#release, #video

  Here is the video about V0.33 (last "0 cycle"-Update). Next week will be a break of development to create a list of things, which I want to implement during cycle 1. Please let me know, if you have id... Continue reading

  
• V0.33 (last "0 cycle"-Update) released
  August 01, 2019 by DasTobi#release, #terrain, #vehicle

  Today I improved the editing of the terrain (fixed gaps in the terrain after editing the border of the chunk and marker was sometimes at the wrong position) and released V0.33 (last "0 cycle" update)... Continue reading

  
• Editing of the terrain is working
  July 31, 2019 by DasTobi#editing, #terrain

  Now the editing of terrain works. For the moment, I let you exaggerate, like you see in the background... Continue reading

  
• Editing of the terrain
  July 30, 2019 by DasTobi#editing, #terrain

  Today I started to implement the editing of the terrain. When you look at the terrain while pressing 'v', you can input the wanted terrain height for this position... Continue reading

  
• New vegetation system - finished
  July 29, 2019 by DasTobi#vegetation

  Now the growing and saplings for the other vegetation objects are implemented (wheat, carrots, leaf trees, palm trees and blueberry bushes)... Continue reading

  
• Leaf tree saplings
  July 25, 2019 by DasTobi#leaf, #sapling, #tree, #vegetation

  Today I implemented leaf tree saplings. In the next step I will add saplings for palm trees and blueberry bushes... Continue reading

  
• Drills on vehicles
  July 24, 2019 by DasTobi#bug fix, #vehicle, #drill

  Today I fixed the bug, that drills weren't working on vehicles. Now I only have "editing of terrain" and "growing of trees and bushs (including saplings)" on my to do list for the first cycle and then... Continue reading

  
• Chests on vehicles are working
  July 23, 2019 by DasTobi#vehicle, #chest, #bug fix

  Now chests on vehicles are working. There are some inaccuracies, but they will be fixed, when I optimize the building system. I also started to implement, that drills are working on vehicles... Continue reading

  
• Special items on vehicles - bug fix
  July 22, 2019 by DasTobi#vehicle, #bug fix

  Today I tested chests and other special items on vehicles. Because the test failed, I started to fix this issue. It is nearly fixed, only the cover of chest not, this will be the goal for tomorrow... Continue reading

  
• Propellers
  July 19, 2019 by DasTobi#vehicle, #propeller

  Today I added propellers to the game. You can add objects, which looks like wings, but the propellers on their own are enough. The keys to steer air planes are the same like for rockets including up-... Continue reading

  
• Fuel
  July 18, 2019 by DasTobi#fuel, #vehicle

  From now on you will need fuel to use the iron driver seat, which you can craft from grass closing at the grinding table... Continue reading

  
• Release video V0.32 (Electricity-Update)
  July 17, 2019 by DasTobi#release, #video

  Today I made a video about V0.32 (Electricity-Update) and started to implement new features for vehicles... Continue reading

  
• V0.32 (Electricity-Update) released
  July 16, 2019 by DasTobi#release, #electricity

  Today I added the UI for the electricity system, fixed some bugs and released V0.32 (electricity update). Change log: added: - electricity system (steam engines, batteries, lamps) - default picture ad... Continue reading

  
• Electricity - bug fix
  July 15, 2019 by DasTobi#bug fix, #electricity

  Today I tested the electricity system and fixed the bugs, which I found. The plan for tomorrow is to implement the UI... Continue reading

  
• Electricity - update + default picture
  July 12, 2019 by DasTobi#electticity, #picture

  Now the electric system is working (without an UI, which will be added in the next step). I also added a dog to the default pictures, because I promised the owner, that I will add his dog to the game... Continue reading

  
• Electricity - update
  July 11, 2019 by DasTobi#electricity

  Today I finished the work between the different electric components. Tomorrow I will optimize the scripts and then I have to create the UI for the electric system... Continue reading

  
• Electricity - scripts
  July 10, 2019 by DasTobi#electricity

  Now I only have to calculate which component have how much electricity and improve the electricity source code. After this work is done, I will release the next update... Continue reading

  
• Electricity - lamp
  July 09, 2019 by DasTobi

  In the screenshot you can see the last part of the electric system (at least for the moment). To turn on/ off the lamps, you have to do a middle mouse click on it... Continue reading

  
• Electricity - battery
  July 08, 2019 by DasTobi#battery, #electricity

  Here you can see the next part of the new electric system: a battery. I also fixed the bug, that mouse clicks weren't recognized after building something with the building menu... Continue reading

  
• Electricity - steam engine
  July 05, 2019 by DasTobi#electricity, #engine, #steam

  Today I started to implement electricity. In the screenshot, you can see a steam engine... Continue reading

  
• V0.31 (furniture update) released + video
  July 04, 2019 by DasTobi#release, #video

  Today I released V0.31 (furniture update) and made a video about it. Change Log: added: - beds - door hinges (for doors and windows) - bathtubs including water taps - toilets - lifts including number... Continue reading

  
• Number input devices
  July 03, 2019 by DasTobi#number, #input, #device

  Now there are number input devices to input the wanted high of the lift. Just click with the middle mouse button on the device, enter the number, press enter and the lift will move to the target... Continue reading

  
• Lifts - part 1
  July 01, 2019 by DasTobi#lift

  Today I started to implement lifts. The only missing thing, is to input the location to which you want... Continue reading

  
• Difficulty and speed options finished
  June 28, 2019 by DasTobi#difficulty, #options, #speed

  Now all options to setup the difficulty (e.g how fast you are getting hungry) and the speed of the game (e.g the duration of a day and year) are implemented... Continue reading

  
• Difficulty options
  June 27, 2019 by DasTobi#difficulty, #options

  Today I started to add options to setup the difficulty and the speed of the game, e.g how long default days are, how many days a default year has or how fast players are getting hungry... Continue reading

  
• Drills
  June 26, 2019 by DasTobi#drill

  Now there are also drills (they do automatic left clicks). You can turn them on/ off with Q... Continue reading

  
• Toilets
  June 24, 2019 by DasTobi#toilet

  Today I implemented toilets... Continue reading

  
• Bathing
  June 20, 2019 by DasTobi#bathing, #bathtub

  Now bathing is fully working... Continue reading

  
• Water system
  June 19, 2019 by DasTobi#water, #system

  Today I added the water system from the yesterday's video to the game... Continue reading

  
• Water test
  June 18, 2019 by DasTobi#water, #system, #test

  Here is a little video with the test project for the new water system... Continue reading

  
• water tap
  June 17, 2019 by DasTobi#water, #tap

  Today I created a water tap and started to experiment with a water physic... Continue reading

  
• Doors
  June 14, 2019 by DasTobi#door

  Now you can also create doors. They are completely definable by the user like chests. You can craft door hinges and add the parts to the moving parts of the door hinges... Continue reading

  
• Beds
  June 13, 2019 by DasTobi#bed

  Today I implemented beds. To get a useable bed, you need a mattress, a head pillow and a bed cover. The rest of the bed can be defined by the player... Continue reading

  
• Release video V0.30 (plant-update)
  June 12, 2019 by DasTobi#release, #video

  Today I made a video about V0.30 (Plant-Update) and started to implement beds... Continue reading

  
• V0.30 (Plant-Update) released
  June 11, 2019 by DasTobi#release

  Today I finished my work on the sitting pillow and released V0.30 (Plant-Update). Change Log: added: - palm tree (including coconut items) - bottles - fertilizer - more food (apple, blueberry, salad,... Continue reading

  
• Sitting pillows
  June 10, 2019 by DasTobi#furniture, #sitting, #pillow

  Today I started to implement sitting pillows to allow players to sit comfortable somewhere... Continue reading

  
• More food
  June 06, 2019 by DasTobi#apple, #blueberry, #food

  Today I added bushs and fertilizer, which you can craft with earth and poo. When you click with fertilizer with the middle mouse button on a tree or bush, you will get an apple or a blueberry, which y... Continue reading

  
• Bottles
  June 05, 2019 by DasTobi#bottle

  Here you can see a screenshot of the new bottles (from left to right: empty, sea water, freshwater and coconut milk bottle)... Continue reading

  
• More coconut items
  May 29, 2019 by DasTobi#bowling, #bucket, #coconut, #food, #milk

  Today I added more coconut items. (from left to right: coconut, bowling ball, coconut half, coconut bowl, coconut milk, buckets with coconut milk... Continue reading

  
• Palm trees and coconuts
  May 28, 2019 by DasTobi#coconut, #palm, #tree

  Here is a screenshot of the new palm trees and coconuts... Continue reading

  
• V0.29.1 released - bug fixes + video
  May 27, 2019 by DasTobi#bug fix, #release, #video

  Today I released V0.29.1 (bug-fix) and made a video about this version. Change Log: fixed: - destroying of multiple objects in one chunk wasn't stored correctly changed: - animation missing error is n... Continue reading

  
• V0.29 (Vehicle-Update) released + livestream
  May 23, 2019 by DasTobi#release

  Today I released V0.29 (vehicle-update): https://dastobi.itch.io/blockiverse In about 15 minutes I'll start a livestream to test this version: https://www.twitch.tv/dastobi123 Change Log: added: - buc... Continue reading

  
• Dashboard of the iron driver seat
  May 22, 2019 by DasTobi#dashboard, #driver seat, #iron

  Now the dashboard for the iron driver seat is working. G releases and activate the hand brake and with U and J, you can up- and downshift... Continue reading

  
• Iron driver seat
  May 21, 2019 by DasTobi#driver seat, #iron, #tool, #wear

  Today I finished the work with the tool wear (storing and loading of the wear) and I started the work on a new iron driver seat, which you will need to use a rocket engine. Now it should be more inter... Continue reading

  
• Tool wear
  May 20, 2019 by DasTobi#tool, #wear

  Today I started to implement tool wear. To avoid multiple half worn items, I decided, that the wear is stored global for each kind of item. I also fixed a bug with the oven and the rebuilding of destr... Continue reading

  
• Buckets
  May 17, 2019 by DasTobi#bucket

  Here is a screenshot of the new buckets. To get a fluid, you have to hold a bucket in your right hand and click on the sea. You can "melt" the sea water in the oven to a freshwater and salt. If you "u... Continue reading

  
• V0.28.1 released - bug fixes
  May 16, 2019 by DasTobi#bug fix, #release, #video

  Today I fixed bugs, which I found in the yesterdays live stream. Released V0.28.1 with the fixes and made an video about this version. Change Log: fixed: - game crashed, when light source was in the h... Continue reading

  
• V0.28 released
  May 15, 2019 by DasTobi#release

  Today I finished the work on pictures and released V0.28. Change Log: added: - terrain items (sand, earth, stone) - glass and broken glass - shovel (wood, stone, iron) - copper and copper ore - flashl... Continue reading

  
• Picture hanger
  May 14, 2019 by DasTobi#hanger, #picture

  Here is the new picture hanger. To change the picture, click with the middle mouse button on the picture or the picture hanger. Then a menu opens, where you can setup the picture. The available pictur... Continue reading

  
• Glass and flashlight
  May 13, 2019 by DasTobi#broken, #flashlight, #glass

  Today I implemented glass (melt sand in the oven), broken glass (destroy glass) and flashlights (can be crafted at the workbench with copper and glass)... Continue reading

  
• New terrain items
  May 11, 2019 by DasTobi#copper, #earth, #sand, #shovel

  Now shovels are available to gain sand and earth. I also added copper to caves... Continue reading

  
• Game engine update
  May 10, 2019 by DasTobi#game engine

  Today I installed the new versions of visual studio and unity 3D and because of that I had to change some things in the backend. At least I was able to implement one new feature: Now a log file is wri... Continue reading

  
• Livestream to test V0.27+
  May 09, 2019 by DasTobi#livestream

  I do a livestream, in which I test V0.27 + some new features for V0.28. Please ask in the chat, if you want to join the test, then I'll upload this special version. The main language will be in german... Continue reading

  
• Release video V0.27 (seasons-weather-update)
  May 08, 2019 by DasTobi#release

  Here is the release video for V0.27 (seasons-weather-update)... Continue reading

  
• V0.27 (Seasons-Update) released
  May 07, 2019 by DasTobi#release, #weather, #seasons

  Today I released the next version (V0.27 Seasons-Update): Change Log: added: - seasons - weather system - sound is played, when player is hurt - sticks are craftable from wooden planks changed: - obje... Continue reading

  
• Seasons - part 2
  May 06, 2019 by DasTobi#bug fix, #seasons

  Now the local temperature is calculated (snow/ rain depending of season). I also fixed the following issues: - pregnancy timer was reset after making love again - houses of villagers are now destroyab... Continue reading

  
• Seasons - part 1
  May 03, 2019 by DasTobi#seasons

  Today I created an algorithm to calculate the position of a star at the sky depending on the day of the year, day length, axial tilt, length of the year... Continue reading

  
• Release video V0.26 (tool-update)
  May 01, 2019 by DasTobi#release, #video

  Here is the release video for V0.26 (tool-update)... Continue reading

  
• Weather system works
  April 30, 2019 by DasTobi#weather system

  Now the weather systems works. In the next step I'll implement seasons... Continue reading

  
• Weather system - experiment
  April 29, 2019 by DasTobi#weather system

  Today I started to implement a weather system and changed some minor things, which I also detect during the live test,... Continue reading

  
• Gameplay improved
  April 27, 2019 by DasTobi#improvement

  After the yesterdays stream, I changed the following annoying things: - objects to spawn ai's are more often in the world - the social menu is now disabled for dead ai's - text field with the wanted c... Continue reading

  
• Livestream to test V0.26
  April 26, 2019 by DasTobi#livestream

  I do a livestream, in which I test V0.26, here (Main language will be in german, but if you ask something in english I'll answer in english, because I'm even more boring, if I don't talk in my mother... Continue reading

  
• V0.26 (Tool-Update) released
  April 25, 2019 by DasTobi#release, #scissors, #screwdriver

  Today I added scissors and screwdrivers to the game and now clothes are removed from the accessible inventory as long as players wear them. I also released the next version (0.26 Tool-Update): Change... Continue reading

  
• Swords and pickaxes
  April 24, 2019 by DasTobi#pickaxe, #sword, #weapon

  Now swords and pickaxes are also in the game. Besides items are now removed from the accessible inventory, as long as they are in the left hand... Continue reading

  
• weapon cool down + axes
  April 23, 2019 by DasTobi#axe, #battle system

  Today I implemented the cool down for weapons and added different axes (wood, stone and iron)... Continue reading

  
• Destroying delay works
  April 22, 2019 by DasTobi#destroying delay

  Now everything have a destroying delay or health in the case of ai. Before I release the next version, I'll add tools and a cool down for weapons and your hand to make battles more interesting... Continue reading

  
• Destroying delay
  April 19, 2019 by DasTobi#destroying delay

  Today I started to implement a destroying delay. In preparation for the first tools... Continue reading

  
• Dust bunnies, wool and bug fixes
  April 18, 2019 by DasTobi#bug fix, #wool, #dust bunny

  Today I fixed the bugs, which I found in the yesterdays livestream (left hand item wasn't refreshed, space menu wasn't useable after pee, poop or sleep) and I implemented dust bunnies and wool... Continue reading

  
• Release video V0.25
  April 17, 2019 by DasTobi#release, #video

  Here is the release video for V0.25 (evil chicken update). Now I will start to work on dust bunnies and wool... Continue reading

  
• Discord + V0.25 released
  April 16, 2019 by DasTobi#discord, #release

  Today I created a Discord server for this game: https://discord.gg/utwXyNa I also tested, fixed the bow and arrow, when 2 players are in one world. Besides I released V0.25. Change Log: - added evil... Continue reading

  
• Bow and arrow works
  April 15, 2019 by DasTobi#and, #bow, #arrow

  Now it's possible to shoot with bow and arrow and kill animals with it. Tomorrow I'll check the new features with 2 players and release the next version, if the multiplayer works... Continue reading

  
• Tidy up day
  April 12, 2019 by DasTobi#and, #animation, #arrow, #bow, #tidy up

  Today I tidied up my scripts folder (Having 89 scripts in one folder isn't really funny). I also started to create the script and animation for the bow... Continue reading

  
• Bow and arrow prepared
  April 11, 2019 by DasTobi#and, #arrow, #bow

  Today I created the items, which you will need to craft and use bow and arrow... Continue reading

  
• Evil chicken works
  April 10, 2019 by DasTobi#AI, #evil chicken

  Now the evil chicken is fully implemented. I also added a button to the landscape tester to count, how many objects of which item will be placed on a planet... Continue reading

  
• First aggressive AI - preview
  April 09, 2019 by DasTobi#AI, #aggressive, #preview

  Here you can see a preview of the first aggressive AI... Continue reading

  
• Release video V0.24
  April 08, 2019 by DasTobi#release, #video

  Here is the release video for V0.24. I also started to work on the next feature (the first aggressive AI)... Continue reading

  
• V0.24 released
  April 07, 2019 by DasTobi

  Today I released V0.24: change log: - added handling of multiple worlds on one device - added torches - added 2 hand system - fixed bug: storing of item bar... Continue reading

  
• 2 hand system + torches
  April 06, 2019 by DasTobi#2 hand system, #torch

  Today I implemented the 2 hand system and it's now possible to undress yourself. I also added two kinds of torches (wooden and coal)... Continue reading

  
• More rabbit items
  April 05, 2019 by DasTobi#rabbit

  Now it's possible to catch, eat and bake rabbits. You can click on them with the left mouse button, but you will need rabbit food, else you don't get close enough to catch them... Continue reading

  
• Renaming of universe objects + bugfix
  April 04, 2019 by DasTobi#bug fix, #planet, #star, #renaming, #space menu

  Today I fixed the bug, that the item bar wasn't stored correctly, if you scrolled over the last element in the item bar and from now on it's possible to rename stars and planets... Continue reading

  
• World options added
  April 03, 2019 by DasTobi#options, #world

  Now its possible to store multiple worlds on one device. You can also delete worlds and input seeds for the generation of worlds... Continue reading

  
• Release video V0.23 (fishing update)
  April 02, 2019 by DasTobi#release, #video

  Here is the release video for V0.23 (fishing update)... Continue reading

  
• V0.23 - fishing update - released
  April 01, 2019 by DasTobi#fishing, #release

  Today I released V0.23 (fishing update). I also started to work on multiple stored games on one PC and seeds to create different universes... Continue reading

  
• New fish items
  March 29, 2019 by DasTobi#baked, #fish, #fishing, #food, #raw

  I decided that I want to implement kahawais first (a fish, who lives in the oceans near new zealand). From left to right you can see the kahawai in the raw, baked and sandwich form... Continue reading

  
• Fishing scripts finished
  March 28, 2019 by DasTobi#fishing, #script

  Now the scripts for fishing are implemented. With the right mouse button, you start and stop fishing and with the left mouse button, you steer the crosshair. To catch a fish, the crosshair have to mov... Continue reading

  
• Fishing rods prepared
  March 27, 2019 by DasTobi#fishing, #rod

  Today I started to implement fishing rods. To have items to craft a rod, I added sticks, when you cut trees and grass strings, which you can craft from grass clothing. Tomorrow I'll write the scripts... Continue reading

  
• Right hand items
  March 26, 2019 by DasTobi#item, #visibility

  Now you are able to see, what you have in your right hand... Continue reading

  
• Release video V0.22
  March 25, 2019 by DasTobi#release, #video

  Here is the release video for V0.22... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.22 released
  March 24, 2019 by DasTobi#release

  Today I released V0.22... Continue reading

  
• More gui options
  March 22, 2019 by DasTobi#gui

  Today I added the position and the rotation of the player to the debug menu and made it possible to disable the gui to make better screenshots... Continue reading

  
• Player status cheat
  March 21, 2019 by DasTobi#cheat, #player status

  Now its possible to change the player status in the cheat menu... Continue reading

  
• Sleep implemented
  March 20, 2019 by DasTobi#animation, #sleep

  Today I implemented sleep and added "skip sleep" to the voting options. The plan for tomorrow is to implement a cheat to change player status... Continue reading

  
• Added poo
  March 19, 2019 by DasTobi#animation, #poo

  Today I implemented poo... Continue reading

  
• Animations for peeing
  March 18, 2019 by DasTobi#animation, #pee, #peeing

  Today I created the animations for peeing... Continue reading

  
• Player status bar finished
  March 15, 2019 by DasTobi#pee, #player status bar, #poo, #sleep

  Today I implemented the last three status of players (sleep, pee and poo), which were in the single player version of this game, but not in the multiplayer version... Continue reading

  
• Hygiene added
  March 14, 2019 by DasTobi#hygiene, #player status bar

  Today I added hygiene to the status bar (whatever hygiene is :D)... Continue reading

  
• Hydration added
  March 13, 2019 by DasTobi#drinking, #hydration

  Now you also have to drink to survive... Continue reading

  
• Aloe vera
  March 12, 2019 by DasTobi#aloe vera, #healing, #health

  Today I added aloe vera. This plant can be used to heal yourself, after a bath in lava... Continue reading

  
• Health added
  March 11, 2019 by DasTobi#burning, #health, #lava

  Today I implemented the players health and that you burn in lava... Continue reading

  
• Drowning added
  March 08, 2019 by DasTobi#drowning

  Now you will drown, if you stay to long under water or in other fluids... Continue reading

  
• Cheat menu + voting system
  March 07, 2019 by DasTobi#cheat, #menu, #voting

  Today I created a cheat menu and an "add time" cheat. I also implemented a voting system for cheats, which effect all players. Only if all players are agree, then the cheat will be executed. I also fi... Continue reading

  
• To do list created
  March 06, 2019 by DasTobi#to do list

  Today I reviewed the old videos about the single player version of this game and created a to do list with featueres, which the single player version had, but I didn't implemented in the current multi... Continue reading

  
• Release video V0.21
  March 05, 2019 by DasTobi#release, #video

  Today I made a video about V0.21... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.21 released
  March 04, 2019 by DasTobi#brightness, #release, #star

  Today I released V.21. I also added the brightness of the light and the size of the star depending on how far the planet is away from the star and how bright the star is. In the screenshot you can see... Continue reading

  
• Stars from the planet view
  March 03, 2019 by DasTobi#planet view, #star

  Now you can see the different types of stars, when you are on a planet. In the screenshot you can see the sunset of a red supergiant... Continue reading

  
• Space menu works
  March 02, 2019 by DasTobi#space menu

  Now the space menu works completely. The next step is to show the different types of stars, when you are on a planet... Continue reading

  
• Space menu - colored stars
  March 01, 2019 by DasTobi#space menu, #star, #universe

  Today I added the color, temperature (K) and the brightness (absolute magnitude + 10) to stars. If you want to know more about the absolute magnitude, search for "hertzsprung russell diagram"... Continue reading

  
• Space menu - universe view
  February 26, 2019 by DasTobi#space menu, #universe

  Today I started to implement the universe view in the space menu... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.20 released + bug fix
  February 25, 2019 by DasTobi#bug fix, #release

  Today I released V.20 and made a video. I also fixed, the bug, that the planets were created wrong for client players... Continue reading

  
• Test + bug fixes
  February 23, 2019 by DasTobi#bug fix, #test

  Today I tested the game and found and fixed the following issues: - cover of chests weren't stored correctly - the cutting of natural spawend objescts wasn't loaded correctly - the respawn chest wasn'... Continue reading

  
• Terrain generation update
  February 22, 2019 by DasTobi#generation, #terrain

  Now all three planets look different. To achieve this, I updated the landscape tester (added, temperature of the planets and added the technical description of planets to calculate random noise offset... Continue reading

  
• New building materials
  February 21, 2019 by DasTobi#bug fix, #crafting, #ice, #lava, #oven

  Now it's possible to build with lava and ice. You are also able to melt the ice in the oven or use lava as fuel. I also fixed the bug, that it wasn't possible to add items to the oven or chests... Continue reading

  
• Seas of ice and lava
  February 20, 2019 by DasTobi#sea, #ice, #lava

  Today I added seas of ice and lava... Continue reading

  
• Different kind of planets
  February 19, 2019 by DasTobi#kind, #planet

  Today I created planets with and without vegetation, depending on the temperature on the planet... Continue reading

  
• Traveling between planets in multiplayer
  February 18, 2019 by DasTobi#multiplayer, #planet, #travelling

  Today I implemented, that you only see other players, if they are on the same planet. So basically traveling from one planet to another is working. But before I release the next version, I'll implemen... Continue reading

  
• Traveling between planets is working
  February 15, 2019 by DasTobi#space, #space menu, #traveling

  Now you are able to fly from one planet to another one (actually they looks like the same) in single player... Continue reading

  
• Space menu - stars and planets
  February 14, 2019 by DasTobi#space menu, #star, #planet

  Today I fixed the bug, that it was possible to neither build nor destroy anything and I added stars and planets to the space menu... Continue reading

  
• Traveling between planets prepared
  February 12, 2019 by DasTobi#space, #space menu, #traveling

  Today I prepared the space menu and the backend for traveling between planets... Continue reading

  
• Bug fixes
  February 11, 2019 by DasTobi

  Today I fixed these bugs: - player walked to fast after swimming - social menu was opened by clicking on your own clothes - ambient light remained dark, if you flew from night to day - moveables weren... Continue reading

  
• Space menu - help texts + release video
  February 08, 2019 by DasTobi#space menu, #video

  Today I added helptexts to the space menu and made a video about V0.19... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.19 released + bug fixes
  February 07, 2019 by DasTobi#release, #bug fix

  Today I released V.19 I also fixed 2 bugs: - when two players flew to the same location, the 1st player was invisible for the 2nd player, if he left the rocket before the 2nd player arrived - moveable... Continue reading

  
• Another day with bug fixes
  February 06, 2019 by DasTobi#bug fix

  Now the following issues are fixed: - client players were loaded at the wrong location - client players weren't able to add parts to moveables correctly... Continue reading

  
• More bug fixes
  February 05, 2019 by DasTobi#bug fix

  Today I fixed the following bugs: - when to players flew to the same location, the 1st player was invisible for the 2nd player - the rocket flew to the wrong location, if it was rotated - client playe... Continue reading

  
• Space menu - bug fix
  February 04, 2019 by DasTobi#space menu, #bug fix

  Today I fixed the issue, that when two player flew to one location, the first player didn't saw the rocket of the second player anymore... Continue reading

  
• Space menu - some improvements
  February 01, 2019 by DasTobi#bug fix, #space menu

  On my first day as full time game developer, I tested and improved the flying over the planet. I also fixed the wrong storing of moveables and that client players weren't able to build or destroy some... Continue reading

  
• Space menu - flying on one planet
  January 31, 2019 by DasTobi#space menu

  Now the flying from one place to another on the same planet is working in the single player. Tomorrow I'll check the multiplayer... Continue reading

  
• Space menu - planet view
  January 29, 2019 by DasTobi#space menu, #planet view

  Today I implemented the map of the planet in the space menu... Continue reading

  
• Space menu v1
  January 25, 2019 by DasTobi#space menu

  Here you can see a first screenshot of the space menu, where you'll be able to select a target of the flight... Continue reading

  
• First step into space
  January 22, 2019 by DasTobi#space

  Today I started to implement the space... Continue reading

  
• Blockiverse 0.18 Trailer
  January 20, 2019 by DasTobi#trailer

  Today I created the english version of the trailer... Continue reading

  
• Blockiverse 0.18 Trailer [german advertisement]
  January 06, 2019 by DasTobi#advertisement

  Here is a german trailer video about V0.18. (It's german, because it's an advertising video in front of a german livestream)... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.18 released
  January 05, 2019 by DasTobi#release

  Today I released V0.18. Now the adult version is also available for the first time for 1.99 USD. The censored version remains available for free. Change log: - added iron ore and iron - added rocket e... Continue reading

  
• Rocket steering improved
  January 04, 2019 by DasTobi#rocket

  Today I added the missing axis to the steering of rockets and fixed an issue, when a player quit the game without pressing the "disconnect"-button. Now I don't have more things to fix, so soon I'll re... Continue reading

  
• More bug fixes
  January 03, 2019 by DasTobi#bug fix

  Here is a list of bugs, which I fixed today: - rabbit holes spawned to many rabbits at the same place - problems with changing clothes while being in a driver seat - player wasn't able to move after b... Continue reading

  
• Bug fix - flickering of non local players
  January 02, 2019 by DasTobi#bug fix

  Today I fixed the issue, that sometimes the non local players were flickering around... Continue reading

  
• Driver seats - new system
  January 01, 2019 by DasTobi#driver seat

  Today I changed the system, when a player sits down in a driver seat. Now there will be no more work at this point, when I add more clothes or change the model of the players... Continue reading

  
• bug fix - disappearing moveables
  December 31, 2018 by DasTobi#bug fix

  And the last thing, which I did for this game in 2018 was to find and fix the bug, that moveables disappeared for client players in some cases... Continue reading

  
• bug fix - longer flights
  December 30, 2018 by DasTobi#bug fix, #rocket

  Today I fixed the issue, that the game crashed, if the player flew a longer distance. Now are all known issues fixed in "singleplayer". So tomorrow I'll check the rockets in "multiplayer"... Continue reading

  
• rabbit holes
  December 29, 2018 by DasTobi

  Today I improved the spawning behaviour of rabbits. To achieve that I added rabbit holes. I also fixed a bug with moveables (update didn't work correct, for bigger coordinates)... Continue reading

  
• Rocket steering improved
  December 26, 2018 by DasTobi#rocket, #steering

  Now it's also possible to brake the rocket with 'Q', so it will be easier to land the rocket and gain the control back, if you lost it... Continue reading

  
• bug fix - driver seat
  December 25, 2018 by DasTobi#bug fix

  Today I fixed the bug, that the player was moved away from the driver seat during crashes... Continue reading

  
• Rocket steering
  December 24, 2018 by DasTobi#rocket

  Today I added more options to steer the rocket. But at the moment it's to difficult to steer, so tomorrow I'll try to find a better solution and fix the bugs, which I found during testing... Continue reading

  
• Rocket engine
  December 23, 2018 by DasTobi#engine, #rocket

  Rocket engines are now implemented and here is a video about them... Continue reading

  
• Iron added
  December 22, 2018 by DasTobi#iron, #ore

  Today I implemented iron ore and iron. I also tested the reflections of iron, but I decided to not implement it yet (the easy solution costs too much performance)... Continue reading

  
• Uncensored version - result
  December 20, 2018 by DasTobi

  Based on the results of the survey, I implemented the uncensored version and decided for a price of 1.99 USD for this version... Continue reading

  
• Survey for uncensored version?
  December 17, 2018 by DasTobi#survey

  Do you want an uncensored version of blockiverse and how much do you would pay for this version? Sadly itch.io doesn't support surveys, so please vote at twitter, if you want: https://twitter.com/Ent... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.17 released
  December 15, 2018 by DasTobi#animation, #carrot, #release

  change log: changed: - decreased walking and running speed of players added: - carrots - animations for social interactions... Continue reading

  
• Animation update finished
  December 14, 2018 by DasTobi#animation

  Today I tested the animation update and fixed the last issues. So tomorrow I will publish the next version and create an update video... Continue reading

  
• Animations for males created
  December 13, 2018 by DasTobi#animation, #male

  Today I created the animations for social interactions for males and fixed the issue that rabbit food wasn't removed of not hosting players. Now let's see what receive more likes: the hug of womens or... Continue reading

  
• Censoring improved
  December 12, 2018 by DasTobi#censoring

  (Don't worry in the screenshot is a normal house censored :P) Today I made the censoring of object more save. Now you see a heavy blur effect, if you are to close to an object, which is censored... Continue reading

  
• Animations between females created
  December 11, 2018 by DasTobi#animation, #female

  Now the social interactions for females are animated (talk and flirt are just movements of the head. hug and kiss looks like an animation and make love is an empty animation for censoring reasons)... Continue reading

  
• Some optimizations
  December 10, 2018 by DasTobi#animation, #bug fix, #rabbit, #villager

  Today I optimized the behaviour of the rabbit. It goes now closer to the feets of the player (rabbit sits now at the correct spot for the animation). I also added the new skins to the villagers and fi... Continue reading

  
• Animations between players and rabbits done
  December 09, 2018 by DasTobi#animation

  Finally all animations between rabbits and players are done. Today I also fixed the bug, that if the guest player requests the social menu from a rabbit, the request was send to the host player and no... Continue reading

  
• More animations
  December 07, 2018 by DasTobi#animation

  Today I fixed the bug, that it wasn't possible to feed rabbits and created the missing animations for social interactions between female players and rabbits. Tomorrow I'll start to create the animatio... Continue reading

  
• animation of petting a rabbits head
  December 06, 2018 by DasTobi#animation, #pet, #rabbit

  Yesterday I implemented the source code for feeding of rabbits and started to make the animation for it. During changing the 3d model, I also changed the skin texture and added eyebrows and lashes... Continue reading

  
• New rabbit behaviour
  December 02, 2018 by DasTobi#rabbit, #carrot

  From now on rabbits decide, if they run away or go to a player, depending of which item he have selected. Carrot or carrot leaves -> they come closer, else they run away... Continue reading

  
• Carrots as food
  November 29, 2018 by DasTobi#carrot

  Today I implemented that players are able to eat carrots and added different ages of spawned carrots (when you create a world for the first time, for example one carrot will be in growth step one and... Continue reading

  
• Carrots - next steps finished
  November 27, 2018 by DasTobi

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  Now the things, which I announced yesterday, are implemented (3d models + thumbnail for carrot items). So the next step is to implement carrots as food for human beings and rabbits... Continue reading

  
• Spawning and harvesting of carrots
  November 26, 2018 by DasTobi#carrots

  Today I implemented the natural spawning and the harvesting of carrots. The next steps are to create the thumbnails and the 3d models for the carrots items (seeds, leaves and the carrot itself)... Continue reading