We just released the final alpha version of GeoMechanic. Check out our Release Trailer!

We just released a very first preview version of GeoMechanic! If you preordered, you can now download and play!

We just released version 0.10 of UpvoidMiner!

We're pleased to announce the overhauled adventure mode, featuring crafting, tools with limited durability, and ore hidden in the stone.

In early 2013, I wrote an article about how we chose .NET/Mono as the platform for our engine’s scripting system. Today, the scripting system has become one of the most important parts of the engine.

This article gives an overview of how we implemented the scripting system to achieve a simple yet powerful environment for game development. Our system is based on .NET, but several things in this article (especially the API parts) might be also useful for other frameworks such as Java or Python.

As you might know, we have been working on a major refactoring of our engine for quite some time now, and we want to give you some updates on what we are currently working on.

The engine refactoring made our engine more suitable for multi-core processors and introduces a new threading and scheduling system that manages the execution of all subsystems of the engine. It will fix most of the crashes in the current UpvoidMiner version and ensures high FPS rates while the terrain generation can still use as much CPU resources as possible.

We are working hard to release a new UpvoidMiner update as soon as possible, but we are also doing some contract work to generate enough income so that we can keep working independently. We are still making progress on the engine, but unfortunately, most of this progress is (important) internal refactoring work, so it is not something we can readily show with awesome screenshots.

A short introduction to measuring time and a selection of timers present on modern Linux systems.

Upvoid Engine uses a Webkit-based GUI system, letting developers design GUIs in HTML.

We just released UpvoidMiner 0.4.70!

We are still not done with the major changes in the engine core, so there are still many bugs and crashes left in the game. However, we implemented some gameplay features to UpvoidMiner. The terrain contains flat valleys and a desert biome now, and you can chop trees with your axe. You will have to delete your savegames folder in Engine/Savegames after updating.