Question

[metouto]

Hi all I am new here and have questions ....

1) What are those pesky little colored blocks the 2 is pointing at in above picture?

2)What is the block that the one is pointing to in the above picture?

3) I can remove blocks but I don't seem to have any inventory

4) Is the only thing that I can do now is explore

5) the # 1 spot, under the hearts, seems to be brick block and the other numbered spots are empty


Now, I know from reading some of the posts that this game is in it's very early stages of creation .... right ???

Also I am not a coder, programmer ..... just a interested watcher/player but I just want you to know I really like what I see so far.

 

[Cervator]

1) It is a little hard to see in your screenshot, but we've got little colorful gelatinous cubes bouncing around the world as makeshift mobs - they're an easy first creature until we get a fancier mob system

2) The weird single block floating somewhere in the world is a "portal" block - again a placeholder for a more fancy-looking portal. The gelatinous cubes spawn either right near the Portal (50%) or anywhere in a wide radius around the portal (remaining 50%). Texture was just the first strange looking one I found that would make it stand out. We've got a bunch of stuff planned for portals.

3) Inventory is in development right now. We have a concept for how blocks will drop in a more unique fashion, then be pickable for your inventory

4) Yes - explore and be bothered by the little gelatinous cubes gathering around you

5) The toolbar is also very early (spot a pattern yet, heh?). There are a few tools available and they change rather often. Other than remove/place block there are some selection tools that can copy paste a bunch of blocks in one move, along with a tool that blows up terrain

Thanks for the questions and your observations! Stay tuned for more

 

[begla]

Make sure to update Blockmania daily (and to remove your saved world when you're upgrading). We're currently advancing rapidly gameplay-wise. :twisted:

 

[metouto]

@ Cervator ... I am sorry about my screen being hard to see I was not sure what size to make it but I guess I should have zoomed in on what I wanted you to look at better

1) from reading post I thought that was what they were but now I now for sure thank you

3)

4) good ..... that will keep me busy for a while And it is always nice to have a friend or two to share a new world with and to talk to .... I'll bet that those little gelatinous cubes are great listeners

5) yes ..... I ..... think I see a ....... pattern


@ begla ..... where is the best place to go to get the newest daily update for Blockmania ..... http://blog.movingblocks.net/


I do think I will "stay tuned" for more ... if you don't mind me lurking in the shadows .... I have never been able to get this close to a beginning of a game and I sure would like to grow up with this one because it seems like it will be fun

 

[Cervator]

We'll be thrilled to have more people try out the game even this early - helps with some more perspective and often somebody will find a bug we've missed, like shaders compiling funny on some platforms

The best way to keep up with daily changes is to register for GitHub, even if you don't think you'll contribute code anytime soon - just "Watch" the assorted Blockmania repos and "Follow" the active contributors, and your dashboard will list all the changes as they happen

Also helps to follow us on Twitter/FB, and indeed the blog. Lots of stuff going on!