I recommend Veloren(free game)

[Frutty]

Hey all! If you want a game that's close to Cube World, I can recommend you try Veloren. It's free to download and play, without microtransactions.

I'm not here trying to take members of this small community, but I think people deserves to have fun. Do as you want.

[Frutty]

Originally posted by Mharr:

The funny thing about Veloren threads is we get a couple every year, the combative 'CW ded play this' ones are just people having a friendly chat, but the entirely neutral ones turn into whatever's happening here.

Some people assume the worst, I'm just letting people know there are options, since I believe everyone should have a good time playing games. I'm not trying to "steal" anyone. I'm just informing others, that problably would've spent money on an abandoned game, that there are other games like it out there. And especially when it's free and without microtransactions. Gives people a chance to play try a game like it.

[Mharr]

Yeah, I just found it grimly amusing. The previous one was titled Quote: "Pack it up boys, an actual game has arrived" and no-one yelled about anything. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Silver]

Might have something to do with the recent "he's still working on it" rumors. The other thread was posted when we hit nine months without anything, while we're still relatively fresh on the "he's still working on it cuz he released new music on his soundcloud AND he mentioned in an email that he's planning official mod support too!" hype at the time of this thread, so I think people are back on the "screw you, you doomers" train again. Granted I don't get why people are excited when one of the biggest issues with the final release was barely anything Wollay showed off on Twitter, Youtube, and email being in the game, but I'll return to this point in a minute.

Something people don't like to consider is that the big advantage that Veloren has aside from being free is both being open sourced and that we actually get transparency with the devs. I like Veloren but I have an awful time getting into it in its current state, much like people on here, but the difference is that I know it's a Pre-Alpha (emphasis on the "pre") that's not only a loooooong way from being finished, but also something that we as players can actually, y'know, follow the development of? We can see the devs actually collaborating with each other and asking for + incorporating the feedback of us regular players, we're clearly showed what they've been working on and what their next plans for the game are, and we can actually see new code being written on Github and their Discord server. The game's in an arguably enjoyable state rn for sure, but at least we know without a doubt that there's work being put into it on a daily basis to make it as best as it can be.

Compare that to literally the only "proof" we have of Wollay still working on Cube World being Soundcloud uploads and a email from a complete rando promising stuff that might not even be in the next update, much like what has constantly happened throughout the Alpha -> Beta/Release dev cycle. I wanna take him at his word but I'm not going to believe anything that he says until I see "update queued" beside CW in my library + actually see the stuff he's showing off on my monitor, in my copy of the game, post-update. Again, where's my regional questlines? My grand quests? My faction leaders? More complex quests? All the teased stuff that I was hyped for that's not in the latest release after I waited for an update for like 9 years straight? Something something "the same history, the same mistakes, over and over again".

Also I gotta say that it's pretty funny that this thread literally proved that one translator working on the game's point in the other thread lmfao. OP politely offered it as an alternative game for people to check out, with no drama inducing arguments like "this is much better than CW's half-assed state", and the first post immediately labels them a shill that wants people to abandon CW. That's a certified wut moment right there.

[Jeff]

this game blows

[Chad "The King" ThunderCuck]

you literally noclip through doors and furniture. not exactly the level of quality worthy of mine or anyone elses time.

[Frutty]

Originally posted by Chad "The King" ThunderCuck:

you literally noclip through doors and furniture. not exactly the level of quality worthy of mine or anyone elses time.

Thank you for bumping my post for no reason. <3 And thank you for not having a real opinion. :* <3

[Dustreaper]

Originally posted by Chad "The King" ThunderCuck:

you literally noclip through doors and furniture. not exactly the level of quality worthy of mine or anyone elses time.

It's almost like it's a pre-alpha

[Frutty]

Originally posted by Dustreaper:

Originally posted by Chad "The King" ThunderCuck:

you literally noclip through doors and furniture. not exactly the level of quality worthy of mine or anyone elses time.

It's almost like it's a pre-alpha

Gasp! You can't mean it's.. It's.. Extremely far from finished?! My god, we're all doomed!

[Zinnie]

Originally posted by BACON WARRIOR:

scumbag dev

Stuff like this really grinds my gears. Its comments like this that made Wollay disappear in the first place.
Also Veloren is open source. So naturally it'll have faster development over CubeWorld which only has a two person team..

[Frutty]

Sure, but CW first came out, what, 9 years ago? Veloren is still new compared to that.

And from what I've heard, he only showed up to release it on Steam after years of being quiet, updated(many will say screwed up/destroyed) the game and then left again.

IMO, Veloren seems like a better choice in the current state, as they are actually working on it. Using open-source as an argument is pretty bad, since Wollay could do the same.

[Mharr]

Originally posted by Frutty:

And from what I've heard, he only showed up to release it on Steam after years of being quiet, updated (many will say screwed up/destroyed) the game and then left again.

Without even fixing the bug that renders half of the new progression system artefacts non-functional. The community fixed that for him, but yikes.

[Sairek Ceareste]

Originally posted by Frutty:

Sure, but CW first came out, what, 9 years ago? Veloren is still new compared to that.

And from what I've heard, he only showed up to release it on Steam after years of being quiet, updated(many will say screwed up/destroyed) the game and then left again.

IMO, Veloren seems like a better choice in the current state, as they are actually working on it. Using open-source as an argument is pretty bad, since Wollay could do the same.

Might be actually longer than 9 years. Although it has literally been so long that I've actually lost count. Probably says enough as it is.



Again though, I don't mean to ♥♥♥♥ on Valoran, but it's not really in a state where you can really play it. It looks pretty, but everything is clunky. It's practically just a tech demo (most pre alphas are just that, or even less).

If someone wants to help the development of the game and stuff, by all means I encourage people to help it out that way, whether it be coding or play testing and finding bugs to squish, but if someone wants it as an actual game to play right now? I think most people would probably be better off waiting.

[Chad "The King" ThunderCuck]

Originally posted by Dustreaper:

Originally posted by Chad "The King" ThunderCuck:

you literally noclip through doors and furniture. not exactly the level of quality worthy of mine or anyone elses time.

It's almost like it's a pre-alpha

a "pre-alpha" thats literally just the cubeworld alpha. they seem to have tweaked the UI a bit, but thats the exact same engine, with the exact same models and textures. if youre gonna steal someone elses work, at least improve on it. i especially like how the glider is worthless, because you have to be staring straight up for it to glide, otherwise it just nose dives.

[Frutty]

Originally posted by Sairek Ceareste:

Originally posted by Frutty:

Sure, but CW first came out, what, 9 years ago? Veloren is still new compared to that.

And from what I've heard, he only showed up to release it on Steam after years of being quiet, updated(many will say screwed up/destroyed) the game and then left again.

IMO, Veloren seems like a better choice in the current state, as they are actually working on it. Using open-source as an argument is pretty bad, since Wollay could do the same.

Might be actually longer than 9 years. Although it has literally been so long that I've actually lost count. Probably says enough as it is.



Again though, I don't mean to ♥♥♥♥ on Valoran, but it's not really in a state where you can really play it. It looks pretty, but everything is clunky. It's practically just a tech demo (most pre alphas are just that, or even less).

If someone wants to help the development of the game and stuff, by all means I encourage people to help it out that way, whether it be coding or play testing and finding bugs to squish, but if someone wants it as an actual game to play right now? I think most people would probably be better off waiting.

I've never said this game is finished, I just wanted people to know that there are options out there, that's not abandoned. And I completely agree that people can go and help them out, since it's open-source and they are looking for more people to pitch in!

Originally posted by Chad "The King" ThunderCuck:

Originally posted by Dustreaper:

It's almost like it's a pre-alpha

a "pre-alpha" thats literally just the cubeworld alpha. they seem to have tweaked the UI a bit, but thats the exact same engine, with the exact same models and textures. if youre gonna steal someone elses work, at least improve on it. i especially like how the glider is worthless, because you have to be staring straight up for it to glide, otherwise it just nose dives.

Careful troll, accusing someone of plagiarizing work can have real consequenses.

Also, you realize that you are talking about voxel graphics? It's not like you have an unlimited number and choices when it comes to creating a voxel human, right?

And the glider? That's your complaint? I'm guessing you've tried the common/free glider you get in the beginning, because the higher level gliders are awsome and fun! I tried to see how far I could get from a random mountain and I almost made it across the map. And that's with an epic level glider!

[Mharr]

Originally posted by Chad "The King" ThunderCuck:

a "pre-alpha" thats literally just the cubeworld alpha. they seem to have tweaked the UI a bit, but thats the exact same engine, with the exact same models and textures. if youre gonna steal someone elses work, at least improve on it. i especially like how the glider is worthless, because you have to be staring straight up for it to glide, otherwise it just nose dives.

Absolute contrarian nonsense my dude, Veloren is an open source group project developed in Rust by dozens of people, you could download the code right now and compile it for yourself. Cube World is proprietary c++ code that took years of skilled reverse engineering just to mod a bit.

Besides which it has some huge engine improvements over CW. No blue fog, graphic settings for days and a level of detail system that renders long distance terrain all the way to the horizon. They also have tech for huge creatures that lets you climb and run around on them as if their voxels were terrain, Dragon's Dogma style. One thing they've done with that is pilotable boats and airships.