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Terasology open-source survival and discovery update 26 is out

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Terasology is an open-source survival and discovery game with influences from Minecraft, Dwarf Fortress, and Dungeon Keeper. The game is in a pre-alpha state, but it's already fun to play!

We covered it before but now they have pushed out stable build number 26! Along with that they have published an easy to use Launcher which can download new versions for you (much like the Minecraft launcher infact).

I love this project and it certain looks good already.

The Launcher
  • The launcher allows you to auto-update your version of the game
  • You can run different builds and even different release streams (latest unstable vs stable)
  • Options are included for memory settings and such
  • Launcher is internationalized image So far just English and German
  • The is our first fully released project - version 1.0.0 woo!
  • This also is the first time we're using "proper" versioning like that image

Download (Look in the bin folder for Linux executable)

The update itself

  • We finally did the upgrade from byte block IDs to shorts, fixing the issues where too many modules would cause overflow and weird world behavior - thanks to @Skaldarnar and the foundation work by @Panserbjoern
  • We can support hi-res textures for blocks now, pretty! There are some higher res blocks floating around somewhere already
  • New smoke particle effects on explosions
  • Even crazier shadows now!
  • Torches got a major update and now light up their surroundings when thrown! For now we made them pick random colors for bonus points
  • ... much more crazy 3D wizardry from @begla - just watch his videos on YouTube like this one image
  • Game mode/type work by @synopia and we renamed "Survival" to "Normal" for now (not much to survive yet)
  • Drowning: thanks to @SleekoNiko we can now drown - woohoo! Which for now includes while you're in god mode image
  • Assorted other things, see the whole commit list if you like


Video of some of the work done noted above:
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Pretty eh?!

I don't think it will ever be able to top Minecraft but considering this is free and open source I hope it will be popular. They are in need of developers too so if you have the time, pitch in and help them make it more awesome!

Full update post found here. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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3 comments

Lord Avallon Jul 22, 2013
Very cool!
n30p1r4t3 11 years Jul 22, 2013
It's like minecraft with Crysis 3's motion blur.
xeranas 11 years Jul 23, 2013
From my POV best part of Terasology is that it write in Java so theoretically it would be easier porting Minecraft plugins/MODs to this game (at least it doesn't require learn new language). Also looks far better than Minetest.
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