Keeping up with KeeperRL: alpha 28 released, improves mod support

It has been a while since we last spoke of KeeperRL. The hybrid blend of dungeon building sim with roguelike features seems to be doing rather well, with a growing community and regular progress updates. The latest alpha has just been released, and this time it has a flavor for modding. Aside from the regular bugfixing and gameplay improvements, this build adds upgraded mod support … Continue reading Keeping up with KeeperRL: alpha 28 released, improves mod support

Let’s keep an eye out for Cytopia

With city builder games climbing back into popularity, it was about time for a serious libre project to tackle the genre once again. After many years of abandoned efforts, it is now the turn of Cytopia to try to scratch that itch. The project had its inception in 2018, when now lead developer JimmySnails announced in a forum post the intention of creating an engine … Continue reading Let’s keep an eye out for Cytopia

Blackvoxel, an ambitious Minecraft/Factorio mix?

Check out this interesting (somewhat recently GPLv3 re-licensed) game Blackvoxel: As you can see it has some interesting mechanic which they call “Molecular Voxel Interaction Engine“. As seen in the trailer above, it basically allows you to automate crafting, resulting in interesting “programmable” factory setups.Of course this might sound a bit too much like actual work and not fun… but given the big fan scene … Continue reading Blackvoxel, an ambitious Minecraft/Factorio mix?