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Q: When will Cube World be released?
A: I'm currently tuning and fixing everything but I don't know how long it will take and can't estimate a release date.

Q: How many people are working on this game?
A: I started this as a small hobby project in June 2011. Since May 2012 we are a team of two developers.

Q: Can I help with programming, graphics, sound, music etc?
A: Thanks, but I want to do everything by myself.

Q: Which platforms are supported?
A: Currently just Windows PC. Mac support is planned in the future.

Q: Which games inspired you?
A:
- Minecraft: Endless random world made up of blocks
- Zelda, Secret of Mana, Landstalker, Monster Hunter and more: Style, gameplay, overall feel
- Diablo, World of Warcraft: RPG elements
- And many more

Q: Which features do you still want to add?
A:
- Player customization: I'm planning to add player customization whith different faces, hair styles etc.
- Classes: I'm planning to add a mage class next and more classes in the future
- Different playable races
- Quests: A variety of different quests
- Items: Different weapons, armor and other items
- Building: Different blueprints and materials
- Weapon/Armor upgrading system
- Different pets

Q: Is there multiplayer support?
A: Yes, you can do everything in the game cooperatively with friends. I can't say anything about maximum players per server because it still needs to be optimized and tested.

Q: Will you add mining/building/crafting?
A:
- I'm not planning to add mining or digging.
- House building is supported.
- I will probably add a crafting system that allows you to craft weapons and armor from loot dropped by monsters.

Q: How do you create this game?
A: I've programmed everything with C++ and DirectX (OpenGL for the first version). For the voxel sprites, I created my own voxel editor.

Q: Will the final game still be called "Cube World"?
A: Probably not. It's currently just the project name. I'll have to come up with a new name soon.

Q: Will it be free?
A: No.

There's a separate server application and everyone will be able to host his own server. It's currently Windows-only but a Linux port should be no problem because it has basically no dependencies except Winsock.

The Cube World is divided into different lands (of course randomly generated ones). Each land has a level and all creatures living in that land have the same level. The land level increases with distance from the starting position.

Each land has a capital city and is inhabited by NPCs. They have quests, sell items or just talk about random stuff. :) Each city has a center place where all shops and other useful buildings are located.

Today I started with a house building system. The idea is that you will find construction plans during your adventure. There will be architect NPCs that will sell them or you can find them in treasure chests. Each construction plan allows you to create a 10x10x10 building piece, like a wall, a corner, a windowed wall, a roof etc. You can place them with a 3D cursor.

There will be different architecture types. I just implemented a 'framework house' architecture and you can see it in the screenshots below. I plan to add other architectures like elven and dwarven architecture. You can combine different architectures and some of them will be very rare.

The overall idea is that you're able to build and extend your home and fill it with trophies and treasures that you find during your adventure. I also want to add a way to teleport back home.

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... but I am HAPPY to pay for what they're selling here.

Ack, just when I put up a Hexxit Server too!

The Alpha is out. It's 15 euros / 20 bucks and you get all future updates Minecraft-style - but the server is being absolutely annihilated.

https://picroma.com/buycubeworld

That's the link to buy it once it comes back up.

What? Where?

I'm getting a minecrafty itch again. I was even considering Crafting Dead.

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What? Where?

I'm getting a minecrafty itch again. I was even considering Crafting Dead.

+1

Though with Cube World and TUG imminent maybe just a folly :)

I don't actually understand why the purchasing mechanism for Cube World is still down.

He built his own web store?

Is this where I assume the creator of Cube World is an idiot manchild that couldn't just, you know, do things in a sane, efficient way?

He built his own web store?

Is this where I assume the creator of Cube World is an idiot manchild that couldn't just, you know, do things in a sane, efficient way?

This is a sign of true genius.  Smart people always think that they can reinvent the wheel.  :why_so_serious:

Or, sure, they can reinvent the wheel as mentioned and we can "cut them some slack."

I'm migrating the server today, IP will change, ill make a post on our site or PM you today about it.

Some annoying people playing the game you can't.

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ARGH

WHAT'S TAKING SO LONG

How do you pick flowers and such?  I can't seem to figure out how to gather stuff.

I created a 2nd world with the multiplayer option and named it "f13?" I'm not sure how to invite others to play on it though. there did not seem to be a server browser or anything.

There is a rumor going around that there is a way to modify the server.exe file to allow for however many players you want in a multiplayer game.  Anyone know anything?

Also, it seems like the game is making people's GPUs run very hot.  If you have any software that lets you cap your framerate, I suggest capping around 90 or so.  

This could be a problem, I can't get the framerate to cap at all.

It ignores the Nvidia global force v-sync setting, it ignores setting an override for cube.exe, whatever I do it runs at 100-150 fps, spiking up to stupid numbers in loading/menus - like 1400 fps.

I would suggest keeping an eye on GPU temps while playing this and taking regular breaks to let the GPU cool down if it's getting too hot.

Bad News: It's pretty empty and has none of the lego-y bits of Minecraft. In fact, it kinda feels like a Minecraft mod with a lot of the fun of Minecraft removed.

RE: Night. Talk to an innkeeper in town, and that immediately changes time to 7am the next day.

Yeah, I was hoping for a bit more of this.  It looks like bombs can destroy (some?) rocks.  And "Player Housing" is listed under future features on the website, so hopefully  more of it gets patched in as we go.

Still having a bunch of fun with this for now.

I don't get why people are putting this in the same category as minecraft. There is some crafting, but it's more of a procedural open world rpg than a builder.

I like it. Combat got a bit better when my warrior switched to dual swords. It's a bit grindy. I could take on bats for 1xp each, and the uncommon humanoid solo for maybe 3xp.

Finally got enough iron to make the one piece of armor I can craft (chest). Went in search of the big crossed-swords event area, and it's a lake, so I spent some time taking out crabs and spitters (using a little camp as a base to sleep and conserve regen items), hitting level 2. Getting that jump attack is HUGE, finally something that does decent damage. Then after circling the lake twice, realized the boss was IN the lake, no penalty for adventuring underwater (other than slow movement). Cool. On the other hand, ouch. Far from ready to take on the event boss, I guess it's tuned for group play?

I've been munching pineapple slices to regen, where do you get glass bottles to make potions? Also, all the recipes in the city I spawned near are power 25 (I have power 5 at level 2). Are recipes drops? I'm assuming so, since there were only a couple usable by warriors.

A ton of the tuning is for group play. Basically you're either a mage or grouping. I'm enjoying it so far, but for what it is. An open world random RPG. It's pretty awesome at being that, though it needs better ways to level than the early levels of finding sheep to beat up.

That said...if someone wants to get a server set up cough BW cough

Orc smaaaaash!


..bats because I'm level 1 with crap gear...

I got a Collie. I have secretly named him TIGER BAIT because all he does is trip and save me from stuff I'm running away from.

Clearing out that orc/ogre castle solo is a beyotch (still playing my dual wield orc warrior). Thanks to learning about how to make potions (derp) I was able to clear it out, even the necromancer boss, only took about 30 potions for the whole thing and I didn't get much lewtz. Then on my way out I found half the place had respawned, a quick run and two more potions and escape was mine!

Is there a way to regen health other than the beds in town and potions?

Is there a way to regen health other than the beds in town and potions?

Water mages are sick.

Food, potions, beds, water mages, unholy spirits (on hit life drain)

You can take 50 pumpkins and 50 pineapples from the patches outside your city without trouble and cook em up for regen.

I think I saw an item that had regen on it. It was for a rogue so I couldn't test it.

Also, beds include those little bedrolls you find in wilderness camps, so you can conserve potions and food by using one as a base for an area. The bedrolls inside pup tents don't work, though. I use food for all out of combat regen to conserve potions, but I'm a bit OCD about potions. Make all the potions I can, then max inventory on water bottles, then max inventory on empty bottles. Gives you a working field time of 150 potions + any found potions.

I have a server running at ndizzle.dyndns.org or 67.172.160.50.

Found a catacombs dungeon today. It was a pretty neat little adventure.

So far my impression is that the "quests" (Crossed swords on the map) are pretty neat.  I would like to see more in between them.  The game just seems to be begging for vast cave systems to be explored with no particular major quest attached to them.  It would also reward players for actually seeing what is over that next and doing some exploration.  It will be a shame if all this is procedurally generated just to be walk ways from major quest to major quest.

Posted by wollay , 2013-07-06 12:35:06

The Reason For Server Downtime

Our server is getting attacked by denial-of-service (DoS) attacks on a regular basis. The attacks usually occur in the evening and at night (European time).

Because of that we have to disable user registrations and the shop from time to time, and you will get the message about 'Server Maintenance'.

We will try to find a solution as soon as possible.

I joined but "Timster" didn't know who I was. 

Game works much better multiplayer, a lot of the temples are almost impossible to solo (at least for a warrior).
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The higher level you are the higher level recipes (with old ingredients) you can make. They still don't heal very well, however pumpkin muffin +50 works a lot better then +5. The mushrooms are a much better alternative.

Mobs with + levels have a way higher chance then normal to drop rare loot. Pretty much full orange tier after running around two ocean islands, and since dropped equipment isn't adjusted so you can also upgrade it later (although at higher levels it costs a ridiculous amount of platinum coins).

Collapsing under unanticipated initial launch signup/payment/download load happens to projects with $100M budgets and projects with $10K budgets -- it's embarrassing, it gets sorted out, and people move on.  I'm willing to cut a small shop some slack as they get this stuff sorted -- I mean, really, I've seen Google (a company that does infrastructure and scale better than almost any other) product launches stagger under initial loads.

Yeah, water mage is where it's at. I think I'm close to level 60 now.

You'll be the guy who kites/kills stuff as people come back to resume the fight.

It's funny watching the warriors leap into a spinning melee mob only to be instagibbed. Then again people who don't want to learn game mechanics trend towards warriors, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

I saw an explorers video from Wollay where he moved the map to see previously explored areas.  Can't figure out how (if I can) do that.  Also, finally found a crossed swords site that's not red.  Unfortunately I did so just as it got dark, and not a campfire to be found.

Is it even any good? I don't get what will give it longevity?

Night time is definitely too dark.   Are there ways to switch day/night or get a better lamp?  I know you can do it at an Inn but that's not helpful when the Inn is half a map away.

Night time is definitely too dark.   Are there ways to switch day/night or get a better lamp?  I know you can do it at an Inn but that's not helpful when the Inn is half a map away.

 If you check out the thread linked earlier with different seeds for worlds one of them has a purple lamp on the town vendor near the spawn. I'm on a tablet at the moment so I can't check which one, sorry.


The purple lamp gives a much larger light radius.

Now i need to find a fun public server.

This is really interesting to me but it's an awfully long interval to not have gotten the store shit worked out. I'm not sure I understand the unwillingness to yell for help and get someone with serious experience in that area to pitch in.

Anyone know if you can split a stack or buy or sell a whole stack of items?

You guys should try to join up with me.

I try to keep my server up from ~5pm PST til ~midnight PST. I may or may not be on, because 3 kids.

The server crashes VERY OFTEN for no reason at all, so if I'm not around and it crashes who knows when it'll be back up.

ndizzle.dyndns.org

You guys should try to join up with me.

I try to keep my server up from ~5pm PST til ~midnight PST. I may or may not be on, because 3 kids.

The server crashes VERY OFTEN for no reason at all, so if I'm not around and it crashes who knows when it'll be back up.

ndizzle.dyndns.org

Is it even any good? I don't get what will give it longevity?

Brilliant solution

Question: A friend and I started a new world together but appear to be nowhere near each other.  Is there any way to start together or do we just explore until we find each other?

That is odd, you should spawn in the same place I think.  Also, in multiplayer as far as I know other players show up on the map.

Mob power Vs. Player power has a wildly large range. It goes from "oh my gosh, too easy" to "why the fuck is this developer such a sadist?"

Or a game feature. Game would be good. Right now it's Neckbeard Spreadsheet World.

I'll worry about game aspects when it gets out of alpha.

Miracle patch?

I wasn't interested in this game until you said that.

You just can't live without hyperbolic overgeneralizations which bolster your need to bitch about everything, can you?

Reading this thread, I'm not quite certain what some of you are expecting out of a product in what's probably mid alpha right now.

Unless the :uhrr: with the store coding extends to the rest of the game, it's practically a guarantee that it's going to be much better come beta and release than it is now.

I dunno about crafting. But on a MP server, there is a bug where your pets do not keep levels. Really painful.

Get the majority useless NPC text to mean something, like informing the player. Something that really changed things for us was an NPC that gave us a location to a castle.

June 23, 2013

• Added an option to limit the frame rate (see options menu: FPS limit; default 111 fps)
• Ranger ability 'Scout's switftness' doesn't crash on multiplayer servers anymore
• Ranger ability 'Retreat' doesn't increase hang gliding speed anymore
• The crossbow's right mouse button ability now only does damage when charged
• You can now reset the day in inns only between 6:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M.
• Fixed a bug where multiplayer groups received too much XP for missions

•Fixing bugs: We have already gathered a big list of bugs and glitches reported by players.
 •Compatibility: Some players have DirectX initialization problems on their PCs. We will try to find out the reasons and solve these issues.
 •Performance: We will work on performance optimizations, both for client and server.
•Remappable controls: We will make all controls configurable.
 •Scalable GUI: We will make the GUI scalable, so it works well with lower resolutions, too.
 •Multiplayer server configuration: We will add more server configurations options, such as a configurable port.
 •New content: We already have a few things in the making, such as new creatures.
 •Changes to the website: We'll restructure the site a little and add a new forum and probably a bugtracking system (if anyone can recommend a good bugtracker, please let me know).

Interesting changes.

This is one of the only games of the last few years in which I feel I got burned.  It looks like the dev is AWOL.

I'm currently reworking some aspects of Cube World to improve the game experience. I'm planning to include them in the next update, but I still need some time to test them. Here is an overview:

• Maximum power is now scaled to 20 (from 100). Effectively, your strength won't be affected, just the numbers are scaled and items are available for a wider level range.
• Each land now has a power level which determines the average power of creatures and dungeons. That way, players can choose difficulty by themselves.
• The size of lands has been decreased. The average size is now 20x20 tiles (was 64x64). This enables players to explore new lands more quickly and also results in closer cities.
• Naming and coloring of creatures and dungeons is now analog to items: For example, a blue "Undead +18" means that he has power level 18 and is likely to drop +18 items of blue quality. In contrast to before, players can now precisely see the power of creatures.
• Dungeon missions aren't generated daily anymore and aren't adapted to the player level. Instead, players can see on the map if a dungeon has been cleared or not (indicated by a skull icon). A dungeon is cleared by defeating the boss and will remain empty for a couple of days.
• I'm working on underworld caverns: The idea is to have a network of caverns below the overworld with secret entrances at the surface. The underworld will be inhabited by various monsters of varying power and will add another exploration factor to the game. Currently I'm experimenting with nice-looking entrances (it's tricky to get them right).

Besides that I'm working on a better forum/comments solution, but currently the next update has priority.

I'm working on underworld caverns: The idea is to have a network of caverns below the overworld with secret entrances at the surface. The underworld will be inhabited by various monsters of varying power and will add another exploration factor to the game. Currently I'm experimenting with nice-looking entrances (it's tricky to get them right).