Wolfram von Funck

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I'm developing Cube World, a voxel-based exploration RPG.

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Testing combat behavior with my ogre friends (pathfinding dots only visible in dev mode) #cubeworld #cubeworldomega

Cube World Omega is running great on the ROG XBox Ally X, really happy! Getting up to 120 fps and there‘s still room for optimizations. Feels magic playing my game on a handheld.

Adding more procedurally generated enemies.

Me when I post something

Working on metal materials

I had some issues with UE's garbage collector in combination with asynchronously generated meshes. This is how I'm testing it. I think I resolved it.

Working on 'jiggle materials' for grass, flowers, grain etc.

Working on fog and lighting #cubeworld #cubeworldomega

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A quick look at the new crafting UI, tooltips, and inventory in Cube World Omega. Working on actual craft stations and shops next! #cubeworld #cubeworldomega

As mentioned in a previous post, NPCs can travel across large distances (several kilometers). I implemented this in my new multiplayer system. All NPC's are controlled by a server. In this test, they all gather at one point and dance when they reach it. #cubeworld #omega

Instead of using UE, I built my own Vulkan engine for full control over rendering and memory. Features: - Data-driven rendering - Preallocated arenas, no runtime heap - Cascaded shadow maps - Temporal AA Currently building a fully 3D voxel GUI. #cubeworld #vulkan

Testing NPCs traveling along roads. They use map information to navigate through the world (in this case find the closest road), even when they're kilometers away from the player. When the player gets close, they spawn and use the pathfinding algorithm I mentioned before.

Here's a look at how various creatures look in Unreal Engine 5.

For better visualization during development, I added a map (lower right) that shows how NPCs move (red dots). I my test, they start to walk to the street in the center, then following that street. Next step: zombie herds, bandit gangs, adventurers etc. moving across the map.

Currently working on NPC behavior. I'm enabling them to travel to distant locations across the world, using a high level world map representation that I described in a previous blog post:

Working on pathfinding. It's based on the A* algorithm. For testing purposes I can mark a destination and the algorithm tries to find the best path. Progress is visualized by small cubes. The yellow cubes mark the current best path.

Working on a new technique to generate more stuctured environments, allowing me to control how paths, streets, bridges, caves etc. are connected. I will make a new video and blog post once I added more things like buildings, street lights and so on.

Working on hedgehogs!

Cube particles and spinning windmill blades

Mini ogres! Aren't they cute? (Just testing something where I had to scale them down)

Working on rural areas

More progress with Unreal Engine 5 (clouds, foliage moving in wind)

...and day.

More progress, tweaking colors and lighting (Cube World Omega + UE5)

Another progress video on Unreal Engine 5 integration with Cube World Omega. I'm pretty happy with the performance and impressed by Unreal Engine's capabilities. Next steps: moving plants, leaves, water, clouds.

Good night.

Here's another clip. I like the global illumination. Still need to get a simple nice fog working, not so happy with the 'exponential height fog'. Plugin recommendations welcome!