I've written a lot of long posts recently. Let's do a short one. These three quick videos show the main character in CodeSpells: The Seeker traversing the voxel world and deforming it with spells:

Just a standin' and a jumpin'

Just a castin' and a runnin'

Just a rollin' and a rollin'

Things to note:

Worlds are huge. I'm not faking that it stretches out as far as the eye can see.
The 3rd-person avatar has jump and roll capabilities.
Voxels are what allow for the cliffs and overhangs you see.
The spell being cast adds a sphere to the voxel terrain and is written in a programming language I'm designing to fit with the lore in CodeSpells: The Seeker.

Here's the source code for the spell shown in the videos.

Stay tuned for details about this "rune-based programming paradigm" and how the CodeSpells Authoring Tools will help authors add such languages to their own CodeSpells Authored Works, creating a polyglottic multiverse within the CodeSpells Canon.

- Stephen R. Foster

Voxels and Runes!

Thu, August 13, 2020