Block engine 16

[MattMcCool]

Is it wrong of me to think this looks better than Minecraft? xD

[Anth0nyRey]

nice, il love the way some ground is going up xD

[gruntlover2]

Holly... Shit... What language did you write this in?

[Avery7667]

Fuck I know, everything that has visible pixels in it is a "Minecraft Clone"!

WTF?

[Cactupia]

so epic ..

[nanoguy4098]

Dude, I love minecraft...but this. Pheeewww.....Sexy.

[Hugobros3]

wont work under linux....

[gevelegian]

Dude please don't keep those textures and models on chairs and other stuff, I can help out with my 3DsMax noob modelling but still it's not that hard BUT WAIT you have to write the models into the engine too right? PM me

[progamerX94]

i love minecraft but i think this is pretty good too, i mean the lighting is handled MUCH better, and the ramped blocks in the cave there, thats a fresh idea, pretty cool.

[Ragor005]

woooow!!!!! its very cool!!!!!! :D

[DeathScytheBR]

@BloodAsLube sorry if my native language is not English

[MrShinhadoken]

This is awesome, and the above ground sections give me a real desire to re-play Magic Carpet.

[forebodingburger]

Hey, it's that song from Phoenix Wri--

oh no it's not

[gamealogic]

@RJHTommy Notch isn't the only person doing the programming. And plus thats the way minecraft is intended to be, otherwise it wouldn't be minecraft ;D

[Iambenjoz]

Holy shit.

[TheRealMetalsoul]

The first scene reminds me of Penumbra: Overture

[xDoNuTmAnx]

Wow this game looks far better than Minecraft!!!!!! The games also programmed in a way better language. :D Cant wait to play!!! Hope there's going to be multiplayer!!! xD

[metabog]

Now this is pretty awesome.

[Etheral1234]

Minecraft called. They want your engine.

[DeathScytheBR]

How did Notch not see this yet? Is he afraid of twitting it so it will become more popular than his game?

Nah, I bet he is probably thinking about getting some rest... like how he has been doing for the last 2 months xD

No, really. He is one of the laziest guys I have ever seen.

[FranticEntertainmen]

@DeathScytheBR

uhm... You clearly don't know anything about programming do you?

Notch is one of the most productive programmers I have ever seen in my 31 years(doing programming and game development for more than half of that time)...

I remember when he fixed like 50+ bugs in a day or two... cant remember that I have ever done that for any of my projects.

as far as hard working goes, he is an inspiration to all Indy developers.

[Metroid225]

@FranticEntertainmen If you were a programmer of 31 years, you'd be doing development back in.. hmm.

1980.

Nice job lying, notch fanboy. Try harder next time.

-The actual programmer.

[FranticEntertainmen]

@Metroid225

Perhaps you need to READ before you start insulting people, makes you seem rather ignorant otherwise.

I wrote "I have ever seen in my 31 years(doing programming and game development for more than half of that time)..."

I am 31 years old(yeas, i was born 1980) and i have been doing programming for about HALF that time, thats roughly 15 years.

One would think a "real" programmer would be able to figure this out.

and for the record, we had programmers 31 years back to.

[FranticEntertainmen]

@Metroid225

And why would ANYONE lye about being a programmer from the 80s? your statement is absurd and ignorant... and dare i say, immature.

but i guess that is it, you are ... what... 14-16? perhaps... and you spend all your time running around the Internet making absurd childish claims and random bashing on things you don't understand.

in Sweden we have a term for this behavior: fjurtis.

[Metroid225]

@FranticEntertainmen You're obviously a 13-14 year old trying to act cool and defending minecraft.

Rage more bro.

-The actual programmer.

[FranticEntertainmen]

@Metroid225

I should have known... a Youtube-troll.

So i assume all attempt of trying to reason with you is pointless?

still, feel free to check out my videos from some of the projects i have been working on recently, the liero3d.blogspot.com for example.

and for someone claiming to be into programming, you don't show a single video about the subject ... instead, you only have fan-boy videos about games... one witch you even named your self after... hmmm

[Metroid225]

@FranticEntertainmen "troll".

So I guess I should mention my C/C++ experience, Z80, 6502, x86, ARM ASM experience, the fact that I'm a licensed ESA (Embedded Systems Architect, for the lesser educated), the fact that I specialize in FPGA and ASIC fabrication/development cycles, and also the fact that I know at least 26 languages (Ranging from good ol' BASIC to the newer age abstractions of C#, Java, and the higher bytecode orders of Lua).

Yeah, I'm a troll. Try harder.

[Metroid225]

@FranticEntertainmen Not to mention having developed 3 MIPS-like architectures, WK1-WK3 respectively, each with a staggered-thread pipeline structure to facilitate hardware-logic-style threading.

[FranticEntertainmen]

@Metroid225

pfft... right

Seriously, posting a bunch of fancy word you found on wikipedia don't impress anyone.

but two things are sure, you did not bother to check out my blog, where I have a picture of me...

and IF(and i strongly underline IF) you in fact are not 12, and you know ANY of the things you listed, then you are judging me from my spelling alone, not what i have written,and this say allot about your logic.

my spelling is a result of secondary language, and dyslexia.

[Metroid225]

@FranticEntertainmen There's a fine line of me -caring-.

You want me to believe you, provide me with a TL;DR-style paragraph with links detailing it further for me later to read.

Otherwise, have fun in ragetown bro.

also, lol at the wikipedia reference. keep thinking that.

[FranticEntertainmen]

@Metroid225

so back to typical pre-teen troll mentality: when presented with fact, sudenly you "don't care".

right, well don't bother "bro" ... I have more important work to do than waste it on the likes of you.

and who use expressions like 'bro'? are you a gangsta or something?

and why do you keep calling it "raging"?

you make random statements about my age, I corrected you.

Its time to stop feeding the trolls, have a nice day... "bro"

[Metroid225]

@FranticEntertainmen u mad?

rage moar.

[lcjj7]

@Metroid225 The height of intelligence and wit, well done.

[Malasuerte94]

Mincraft clone DirectX for quality gameplays !!!! Good work ! keep going

[sidewinderguy]

This looks awesome! Keep it up! I can't wait to play it.

[xxSweetravepartyxx]

Wow this looks amazing!

[phoenix13nl]

Slaihne12, I have one question about the sloped blocks.

How will the user be able to choose wether he wants his block to be a cube or that it should 'blend'? Because I'd like to be able to place both really :)

[phoenix13nl]

@uberfun19

I didn't make this so I could be wrong, but I'm fairly certain.

The cubes are made up from triangles as well, it's possible to simple check if the cubes on the sides are empty and then create a sloped thingy accordingly.

[phoenix13nl]

@paperback333 I totally agree, the language doesn't make much of a difference, the smart optimizations if the programmer do.

I managed to write a software renderer in C# that is faster then most other homemade software renderers I've seen on YouTube which were mostly written in C++.

C++ does allow for better optimization though, with inline assembly and SSE2 and the like, but most people won't be able to beat the compiler with that.

[x1joao]

well done, looking forward to more great stuff

[YoungButcherr]

Hi! I became this error : "External component has thrown an exception"

What shall i do?(sry for my bad english^^)

[winterkewl]

I hope this does at least as well as FortressCraft! Looks really good so far man!

[jerrywalmer]

Fuck minecraft fuck terraria fuck manic digger fuck infiniminer this this is so much more this is just butiful

[rapsis2x2]

I WANT THIS.

[uberfun19]

what is this, black magic?

[Darkfirephoinix]

minecraft est mort, vive cube engine!

[uberfun19]

its no more cube world, but you managed to triangluate it, can you explain what you did here with the edges, how does it work?

[andddreass]

is this game out yet? btw do you still have the ailiens in the game, please don't remove them

[tocboh]

I really think Notch should hire this guy LOL!

This has the things that Minecraft's engine should have, but doesn't!

DirectX For the Win!!!

[Sojk65a]

So will this be a minecraft-like game or is this just a engine showoff?

I'd really like to play something with this engine instead of the minecraft engine. Notch is just too lazy.

[xXChaosHavokXx]

@RJHTommy Hai. muh name is R Jah Tommeh an i like teh maik shit comments about otheh peoplez programming skellz wen i caunt program at all.

[HedjaHead]

I love those spires, they're just so... I hate to use the word... 'epic'. Especially with the music. It just makes me want to hold my newborn over me while standing on the edge.

But they'd be better off in specific areas like in plains and not all over the place.

[Eltoneyes]

I keep getting the "Thrown Exception Message" followed by the "has encountered a problem and needs to close"

[fibojoly]

This is great stuff man! Glad to see you're still working on it!

Also, it's nice to see a programmer who can also do something else: that's some cool music you've got :)

[PauliusM1994]

@Slaihne12 what kind of game will it be? fps, rts, building, rpg?

[Foqerman]

your lighthning and shadows look better on "block engine 11" clip. have you altered it since then?

[HedjaHead]

@Foqerman He had to to fix the lighting on the slopes. Check his forum, he updates it regularly.

[thesilentdoctor]

nvm i found the problem

[thesilentdoctor]

the download keeps asking to download a lilivid program or something is that it or have i just ****ed up my com?

[LookImAnEmoKid]

Test version? HELL YES. I love how this is turning out! Great job man.

[emjaiz]

Looks like a prehistoric world.

[Keram1987]

The current state looks awesome. Very high quality.

Could you give or have you already given an estimate what kind of a machine would be needed to run it smoothly?

[WatchMeLag]

Who cares if its a Minecraft clone or inspired, because Notch is happy when people are inspired by it, because Minecraft is a clone of a clone of an old game like this, so you can't accuse anything of copying Minecraft because Minecraft is a clone too. Good work Slaihne12!

I'm going to make a Minecraft clone when I finish my game development coarse at University, I'm doing first year and am learning C++ (very efficient language), which will make it more powerful and faster than Java!

[paperback333]

@WatchMeLag Don't get me wrong, I prefer C++ over Java, but the speed increase and efficiency over each other are negligible. Google and Ebay is built on top of Java. Each language has different uses, strengths and weaknesses.

[CrazyLirik]

So, this is the game that Notch made a clone of.

[thekiller0673]

@CrazyLirik i think this guy stated working on the engine before notch, so you are right

[Mace1224]

@CrazyLirik NO. GTFO. Notch started off with a clone of Infiniminer, and evolved it into Minecraft. And this doesn't have anything to do with Minecraft anyway.

[CrazyLirik]

@Mace1224 Perhaps if you took that dick out of your mouth you could see the sarcasm in my post.

[MrJackojc90]

@CrazyLirik I knew it!

[jonathan1Bis]

@CrazyLirik it ts diffrent

[3Gyro]

Nice work.

[Mariehanerrific]

is this randomly generated or is it pre-generated?

[Slaihne12]

@Mariehanerrific Its randomly generated, but the map is the same each time atm. Nothing is saved until you start altering the landscape.

[Mast3rSkillz]

*surfaces

[Mast3rSkillz]

Very cool angled serfaces were something this game really needed

[exlxf2]

If there is a sexier man in this world, I haven't met him.

[Slaihne12]

@exlxf2 I'll pay you later ;)

[SquadalaMaster]

This is great! I really like how your caves look!

[arceus121121]

@flashmozzg before you go insulting that, the terrain gen hasn't been as much a focus as polishing the engine. The terrain generation coding is like, #3 on the dev list right now.

[arceus121121]

tspider4 he probably didn't mean a regular top down td, it would be a sandbox, just implimenting td elements to fend off ufos.

[Slaihne12]

@arceus121121 Correct, not a top down TD. You'll be right in there in the thick of the action. Filling up auto guns with ammo, repairing power lines to laser turrets, or getting drones to do the work for you while you command the action from your control center.

[Tspider4]

@Slaihne12 That sounds a lot better. But still, i hope it wont have to much a focus on that point. It would be cool to inspire the player and give him the things he need to let him build things you and everybody else would never think of. Let players use their originality is one of the coolest thing you could implement in a game. Let the player design and build things with tools that were not made for that goal especially.

ot

I hope you understand where i am talking about, maybe not though.

[DeathScytheBR]

@Slaihne12 You, sir, is a genius. And Notch is a lazy guy that jsut went on vacances... again.

He visited the playboy mansion this time...

[rvert777]

@Slaihne12 please give us a option to wear a napoleon styled hat please

[brandonwild11]

how do i place stuff down?

[IAmSomeoneOrOther]

Who ever calls this a Minecraft Clone needs to have a boot shoved up their ass.

[RandomMalcolm]

@IAmSomeoneOrOther Lol i wish minecraft looked like this.

[toxicshot]

@IAmSomeoneOrOther But it is

[IAmSomeoneOrOther]

@toxicshot Hello dumbass, meet boot.

[basilisk128]

@IAmSomeoneOrOther To be fair, all 3D shooters were called "Doom Clones" for ages and ages. None of the games were exactly clones, but back then the 3D and Shooting parts were the most distinct, so that's what people would see. Today, it's 3D blocks and destructible, sandboxy terrain that stick out the most.

I consider the "clone" comments to be a mark of how influential a game is/was.

[Tspider4]

What you did is awsome.

You told someone you are planning to make a tower defense style game.

Please don't! What you did has way more opportunities than just a tower defense style game. I guess you heard a lot of people talking about minecraft when they see this engine, but let me tell you one thing: Your engine is way better!

You should use the capabilities of this engine and make an awsome sandbox game (i know it sounds like minecraft, but you can do it way better with mroe blocks)

[RPFeltz]

Perhaps this will cause a huge performance drop, but try making blocks half of the original size. It makes the world less blocky.

[XradicalD]

Question, will we able to mod it like minecraft? Also, how much RAM will we need to run this game smoothly?

[SFTaYZa]

awesome

[flashmozzg]

The fenerated landscape is still much worser then in minecraft. Anyway, good work, keep it up!

[Joddy12]

Well done its coded in vb.net with DirextX right?

[Slaihne12]

@Joddy12 Correct. Nice to think that this sort of stuff is possible with VB.Net. :)

[Joddy12]

@Slaihne12 Not bad, how long have you coded in vb.net and how old are you?

[Slaihne12]

@Joddy12 I've coded in VB.Net for around 6 years now, business stuff mainly. I'm 43, so bit of a golden oldie ;)

[Joddy12]

@Slaihne12 Ok :)

[SSJ21Talon]

This is QUICKLY becoming my favorite voxel engine. What really caught my eye in this vid was angles between blocks. I've been thinking someone needed to try that for a pretty long time now.

[Nakasi100]

Excellent to see progress. Great work. What are your plans for this?

[Slaihne12]

@Nakasi100 Thanks for the support :) I'm planning on a Tower Defense style game.

[gnomkillah]

i waited the whole last to weeks on this and now its here :D

[MrHaxx1]

Well, fuck me. I was just talking with my friend about this today, about that there haven't been updates in a pretty long time.

This looks really amazing. I would love to play Ace of Spades or some other games with this engine.

[idgarad]

I see an epic tower defense game in the future

[microwaveshowfan]

i applaud you on you success with this engine. but what are those big ramp things throughout the video?

[Slaihne12]

@microwaveshowfan They're meant to be shards of rock that broke through the surface of the world on some age old earthquake, and cheers for the message.

[SSJ21Talon]

@microwaveshowfan Looks like natural rock formations for that biome. Reminds me a lot of Blade's Edge Mtns in WoW. I like the thought of fictional biomes in a voxel game :)

[WTFigotepic]

ace of spades would look great with this engine :D

[Ditherliss]

This is beautiful! Do you plan on actually making a game with this or are you just an engine guy?

[Slaihne12]

@Ditherliss Thanks. I'm planning on a Tower Defense style game.

[Theblargen]

@Slaihne12

The angled blocks look absolutely perfect. I support this project 10 fold. Keep up the great work!

[Theblargen]

@Slaihne12

Also you have epic music skills.

[Foqerman]

@Slaihne12 Grat idea! i suport you. And im waiting for beta! :D

[arceus121121]

love it man! dang, this is really amazing.

[Tamloo1]

Looks great!

[crazyceezy]

Cool but where are the ufo bombers?

[raket94]

This is amazing.

[blazin20aday]

nice update i cant wait to see what else you got

keep up the good work!

[thekiller0673]

wow but what is your plane for the engine. and are you going to make a game out of it

[Slaihne12]

@thekiller0673 Planning on a Tower Defense style game as the main gameplay element.

[enlivee]

No update in ages, forgot about it almost :(, good work though.

[Slaihne12]

@enlivee had a lot going on with the dayjob, thanks for the support :)

[iamtheonemrg]

Very nice. I like those slopes.

Brace for angry minecraft kids though.

[lIJordanll]

@iamtheonemrg Yeah, they don't seem to understand that there is going to be more and better block type games.

[lIJordanll]

Amazing.

[helehole]

you deserve more views maan! make a tutorial please hehe :D

[cristian0411]

Nice I like that whole industrial look.

[TheSunWolves]

Very Nice O.o!

how do you made this ?

respect!