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version 2.4.0

SquareWorld Unpixeled
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux

After way too much time I can finally announce a large update covering various fields, including graphics, sounds and performance. A rewrite and extension of half the codebase now allows for easier and more frequent updates, with some cool new stuff planed in subsequent versions.

The noteworthy changes:

  • Overhauled the recipe book
  • Reworked portals
  • Step sounds
  • Added 25 additional languages
  • More digging and block break sounds
  • Reworked buffs
  • Items now burn in fire
  • Material with effects are now animated in inventory too
  • Added fps slider
  • Improved buckets + sounds
  • Improved a few paintings
  • Added some edges to block items
  • Improved GUI visuals
  • You can now harvest plants by right-clicking
  • Added better rain renderer
  • Improved item pickup
  • Improved fog
  • Added tooltips to arrows and bullets
  • Torches get destroyed in water
  • Reworked recipes for the ring, bow and arrows
  • Tin arrows
  • Added ash as fertilizer
  • Safe
  • Leave blocks
  • Basalt, slate and pebble
  • Yellow colored blocks
  • And probably a lot of smaller improvements I forgot about

The more technical stuff:

  • Rewrote and cleaned up major parts of the code
  • Improved render scheduler and light engine performance
  • Improved zoom especially on non-full HD screens
  • New font engine and support for most glyphs
  • Overhauled foliage system
  • Decreased server latency and improved sync performance
  • Improved collision engine and overall entity performance

I would also like to invite you to our Discord, as it's easier to chat and discuss there: https://discord.gg/fe5Tdug

Files

  • Squareworld Windows 149 MB
    Version 2.4.0
  • Squareworld Universal 148 MB
    Version 2.4.0
  • Squareworld Windows Demo 149 MB
    Version 2.4.0
  • Squareworld Universal Demo 148 MB
    Version 2.4.0
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