Veloren is an open-source multi-player voxel role-playing game that can be self-hosted (and has more adventure and fun than Minecraft)

It is inspired by games such as Cube World, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Dwarf Fortress and Minecraft.

You can play single player or multi-player, standalone or use an online server, or even host your own server in a Docker container, or on a Raspberry Pi. Plenty of options!

You start by creating your character, you can collect items for your inventory, you can craft items, there are weapons and combat, you develop skills, can tame creatures, you can trade with merchants, you can socialise, and lost more. There is no single, specific goal or focus, and the idea is to keep exploring and have adventures.

The game is community driven and actually updates quite regularly.

It is clearly no clone of Minecraft. It is fun and adventure!

See https://veloren.net/

    

UprisingVoltage,

I know that! It's amazing, and actively developed! I really encourage to give it a try

QuestioningEspecialy,
QuestioningEspecialy avatar

Thanks for reminding me of the game that was never finished. -_-

Voxel Quest is (let's be honest!) probably more of a research project than a game. It is an attempt to explore new areas in rendering, procedural generation, simulation, and AI. At this point, it is entirely free and I work on it as a hobby in my spare time. -https://www.voxelquest.com

This one looks like fun, though. I'll add it to the backlog.

oneofeverything,

Glad flatpak is supported. Definitely trying this on my Batocera box.

Reddit_Refugee2023,

Going to try this out with my 8 yr old.

kilgore,

Any word on Steam Deck compatibility?

poVoq,
@poVoq@slrpnk.net avatar

It currently needs to be run via xwayland or x11 due to some bug and controller input is not great. Should be doable with the touch input on the SD though. There were some people on the chat reporting that it can be made to work on the SD and that it runs well.

kilgore,

Awesome! I will check it out!

SveetPickle,

I don’t have a steam deck but it is linux native so it shouldn’t be too difficult to get running on steam deck

Regretrospective,

My friend group was burned on Cube World, and this game looks and plays exactly the way we liked how Cube World used to.. I'm going to drop this on them and see how they react, played a few minutes of it and it satisfies that voxel itch

TofuSauce,

It would be so fun if wé could make a beehaw veloren server

Tango,
@Tango@lemmy.ml avatar

Thanks for sharing! This looks delightful

HegemonSushi,

I've seen discussion of Veloren but I never knew it was open source. Roped some friends into trying it and we're impressed by how much more content it already has compared to Cube World.

GadgeteerZA,
@GadgeteerZA@beehaw.org avatar

And it seems to be updating very regularly too...

russjr08,

This looks awesome! I have no clue what I'm doing while playing so I probably look silly in-world heh.

GadgeteerZA,
@GadgeteerZA@beehaw.org avatar

I saw some excellent getting started videos - they at least get you orientated. But collect lots of cotton and you can trade that with merchants in towns for items you need to craft into weapons or armour, etc.

SignalTelevision,

Interesting. I will give it a try

metaltoilet,
@metaltoilet@beehaw.org avatar

I just downloaded and messed around and I think I have something new to sink my hours into. This is awesome!

NathanUp,
@NathanUp@lemmy.ml avatar

I love Veloren! Development is very active, so you get to see changes happen quickly.

fishy_2_0,

I liked the cool of cube world really unfortunate that as far as i can tell it didnt go in a good direction i hope this succeeds

Wigglet,

This looks like heaps of fun!

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