I haven’t been posting for a while, and for a good reason. I grew seriously tired of XNA/MonoGame, so I have been hard at work to port Survivalcraft to my own cross-platform engine.
I hate fancy names, so it’s name is just it: Engine.
This was an epic amount of work, and I am amazed that I completed it so quickly :-) I had to both write a graphics/audio/input/media/content/math engine that runs on Windows/Mac/Android/iOS etc. from scratch (that bit was completed back in January), and then port the mass of code that is Survivalcraft to it. Then make sure that I haven’t broken it all.
The new engine opens up new possibilities, not least support for custom shaders, proper audio and content pipeline. I am now also firmly in control of how everything works, all the way from the top to the bottom.
I will let you know more details soon. Yes, I am not dead and Survivalcraft is alive. It is in better shape than ever before.
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Awesome Kaalus!
Does this mean you might port Survivalcraft to Windows 8.1/10?
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YES! IT’S GOING MULTI PLATFOOOOOORM!!
First! Lol
This is going to be awesome! Survivalcraft is aliiiiiiiiiive! :-D
And I can enjoy the experience on my laptop. This means it will have key controls instead of just the touch pad now, right?
omg first! finally! also, survivalcraft will be getting.. 20% cooler
nonono after refreshing multiple times im no longer first! how? first time I refreshed I was still first!
I know right??? I was 19 and hadda relogin, and now I’m 20. Life is over.
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Great to see your still at work with survivalcraft and keeping it top notch :)
Did you ever get that email I sent? :-)
Hmm, interesting.
I could have been first but I had to sign in. Kaalus, will this mean its easier to make multiplayer in any way?
Or what about mods?
Mods are fan made additions really it’s so the game can have a different touch. Think of it as a way of people to make SC unrealistic if they want, but no that’s not really a mission for Kaalus.
I meant making it mod compatible, engine gives him more control over things, so I was wondering if it would make it easier to support mods.
You know, like 75% of the people who go on this blog and see that you don’t post again for two weeks or longer think that you’re dead. I mean, if you were dead, we would know about it from your friend Dave or someone else. I guess kids never learn these days :-)
P.S. I’m not a hater
Oh my gosh. This almost made me cry. For real, honestly, this shocked me. All this time I believed you, kaalus, was dead. But your not. So… YYYYYAAAAAYYY
I can wait for more details 😊.
Yes! Whats a monogame? Does that mean its going to be a multiplayer game?
That would be awesome and even sooner than i thought!
no. mono means one. also, im pretty sure that was the game engine kaalus was using before
So, this means we will get possible mods and more community/fan input? Awesome.
Now is everyone satisfied? No more kaalus is dead. Great to see you again.
Keep up the good work, and be awesome!
My gawd you are amazing. Thanks for always being so open with all
Wow. Almost none of the people I know on the blog from 1.20 are here. I’m sad, I feel old.
RIP
I’ve been silent for a while. But maybe its because too many gave up seing that multiplayer would’nt come in a while. I don’t mind.
I’m still here. I just changed my name. (I’m Maggie Blue)
Oh Maggie, that kinda throws people off when you change names lol.
Yeah. I was kinda worried nobody would recognise me. But ah well.
I was just thinking the same thing
But my account was just SWORDMASTER then
Since 1.18 am I right? *No Response*
WOW people thinks he’s dead not the fist time I heard that. And why people want to be the first post? Awesome the new Survivalcraft!
Do you remember a “mark” or “ericchurch” because those were my names
That was meant for ike21
Ike231
Maybe, the name rings a bell but idk if you were one of my old friends.
I don’t I was a friend but I just thought you might remember me… I remember you… (._.)
Odd though, found Kaalu’s tweet when looking up cool pictures for “Metal Arms: Glitch in the System” +1 to anyone who knows that game.
Welcome back Kaalus!!!
Happy New Year and CONGRATS!!! :)
same form me!
Kaalus I am so glad to see that your ok, I would like to apologize on behalf of all of us here, for freaking out. Thank You for the awesome game.
KAALUS POSTED!! PRAISE THE LORD!!!!
YEAH!!!! MY EMAIL DID IT!!!
I would love to hear more details about this engine that you made… :)
Kaalus does this mean that the 4-bit coding is no longer an issue?
You’re in control of everything?
Shaders…?
Underwater blocks…?
(give us some bedrock btw)
All those problems will be… Fixed!
All those bugs I know will be… Fixed :(
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AWESOME!!!!!!!!!;!!!;;!!!!!!
Finally Kaalus is Come Back!
Anyway, in the next update, I would like to see a block electrically controlled that can shot arrows and bolts, something similar to the Minecraft’s Dispenser…
This ain’t minecraft. This is another game. So stop making it like minecraft
Actually that block may be cool, but I don’t think it fits the theme very well.
Instead of a dispenser maybe just add tripods add the to a bow or crossbow and ta-da a dispenser for arrows and bolts
Awesome news, I recently bought it on android as well for my son
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Something wrong?
I know this is not Minecraft, and I think this game is better than Minecraft…
I just told an innocent idea…
MY EMAIL DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEAH!!! great to here form you again!!!
Kaalus so will this make the game less laggy? It sounds great! But do you think it is going to be worth your time?
I like this
OMG So epic!
Fake
FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE
Fake what?
Glad to see its still moving forward. Can’t wait to see what can be done with the new engine.
This is so awesome!!!
Does that mean that Survivalcraft will have virtually limitless modding capabilities??
If that is so, than Survivalcraft could be the best platform of all if it comes to expanding the games’ capabilities!
And a completely new engine is ingenius!!!
I thought Survivalcraft already elvolved really far, but this is truly astounding!
I like the name “engine” and wonder why no-one did that before! :-D
If I could review this update in just one word, it would be; “wow!”
One other thing:
Perhaps it would be a good idea to create a sticker with Survivalcraft and a block code, (with the permission of Kaalus, or made by Kaalus himself) so we could stick those in places like the supermarket or lanternpoles and such, then more people will become aware of the existance of Survivalcraft.
When one person tells the other, you will get a chain reaction of people that want to play the game!
It is just a thought though.
It deserves so much more credit and attention than it already does.
And also; If Kaalus does not appear for a while, than we know he is not “gone”, lol! (-:
I agree.
Does e new engine mean the vision glitches will be fixed? My city is going to have nearly 100,000 slabs as sidewalks in the first city highway and district!
Can you please raise the sky level in creative normal worlds, from 64 blocks to at least 80-115. i build huge builds and would love to not be limited to the things i build especially in my new city by the height limit.
Now if it is not possible, or if you don’t want to do this, i will try to work around the sky limit.
Thanks for the amazing game!!!!!!!!!
I really think their should be a sound effect volume adjuster . I don’t want to hear the wet swishy sound .
More possibilities are a foot. Absence does create worthy results
Wow! congrads!!!!! i have a question for anyone to answer!! what is the export file for the character skin? I try exporting it and i didn’t know what file so i tried .png but thats for block textures! can anyone help me please…..
I think it’s .scskin
Holy crap! Why is my name Sassy Black Guy?
Fixed I think
Im happy u are back kaalus! i see big changes are comming :)
is this mean we move to 32bit blocks soon? :)
cant wait for some visual changes here, like sun flares, maybe some particle effects or waving grass/trees or nice water shader :P
i hope u planning thing like this someday ^^
cheers ands sry4myEnglish :)
Absolutely love Survivalcraft! Wanted to show my support, You’re amazing TYVM!!!!
Oh no! Does this mean all my hard-learned knowledge of hex-editing will soon mean nothing? (Sorry, can only think of myself!)
I don’t think so.
i don’t think so either.
Actually im a bit worried too. A world file is just a zip file of three files (chunks.dat, bak, .xml) right? Thats why we can open and modify it. But if kaalus decides to use a different system and those files become unreachable……that would REALLY suck. :(
Nice kaalus. Keep up the good work!
Awsome News This Will Bring So Much More Freedom To The Game!!!!!!
I Only Have One Request For 1.27 Please No More Werewolves Would Make Game So Much Better.
Please Keep Up The Great Work Kaalus
I wonder how many block ids are left now….probably just a few. Hopefully it will be solved by this new engine.
This update should be 2.0, not 1.27. This is huge.
But if this is going to block the way to world files, im just going to play in 1.26.
Wait, does this mean Survivalcraft’s going to be on PC or Mac?
http://the-franknorth-adventures.wikia.com/wiki/The_Franknorth_Adventures_Wiki
I cannot believe it,it is on PC/Mac.This makes the game mod campatible.
AMAZING, i just realized i missed 3 update posts from you Kaalus lol.
But it’s amazing you did this with compatibility working in Mac AND Windows!
Definitely Survivalcraft is better than ever! I see great things going forward.