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.

It would be cool if you could hire them to be your party until you disband the party or they all die

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Glad to see that you are still passionately working on the Game

I think that the algorithm should have some tolerance values to prevent multiple NPCs start following the same shortest/best path.

PLEASE REMOVE THE ZONE RESTRICTION PLEASE

Would love to be able to recruit NPCs for / build your own home town to bring all your treasure back too. Defend it from sieges etc.

so when are you gonna dip again

Can they be set up to move slower than the player? It looks like they'd be hard to catch up to.

Still keeping up the ruse, eh?

Maybe make it so that the NPCs don’t run all the time but walk slowly chilled most of the time. And maybe sometimes they run :)

I MISS THIS GAME SO FREAKING MUCH OMGGGGG

The option to team up with NPC's would be great.

those birds are going off

hell ya

cool. when's the release?

don't give me hope again

Can you sell the game to people who will finish it and not complain for money please ?

Can't wait the update 😅😍

cube world would go so mf hard if it was an mmorpg

Will all of this be a big update for Cube World or will it be a separate delivery?

Do NPCs still navigate when not-rendered? You mentioned they spawn in when near-by and then start using pathfinding, but what happens if you despawn them by going a decent distance then come back in? Do they just appear the way they were previously, or do they simulate travel?

Looks like they are all on a mission to get to the town.

@bernardmorenok

I inspire in you a lot to be a game designer

It must be fun to work on such a solid engine

Fantastic start to your NPC system. I'd just try to make it less robotic, seems they zig-zag to touch the outside of the path and then immediately head to the center. More of a natural walk eventually will look great. Great start! Talent system next :P ?

Is there an NPC spawn limit? Or I can walk following and NPC unlimited time to collect an NPC army?

But is your level still tied to the tile you're on

How much else do you have planned for the new version?

The A* pathfind project or something else?

Is it a new game or an update to the previous one that is on Steam?

It would be insanely cool if you added guilds and squads, allowing them to explore in groups and not by themselves, it'd give the game much more lore

Just wanted to say thank you for Cube World, and for sharing these glimpses into its development with us. I first got the game in 2013 and have been following to this day, and I look forward to every new post :)

looks great man :)

Cool!