Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Indiegame: Cube World!

Holy crap it's been a while since I've written anything on this blog, once again it's that sun and the beautiful weather we get here in the cold north on the planet Earth. So I haven't really gotten the time to sit down and try out new games and write about them.

Nevertheless! I finally got myself some time to sit down and actually try out a game I've been paying attention to (but also went under my radar for a while), it's called Cube World.

(And of course because of a friend who told me to get it, YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!)



Cube World 


What is Cube World?
Well this is why I'm sitting here! I'm here to tell you about the game itself and the store behind it.

Behind the scene:

"Cube World is created by a man named Wollay, he started making the game in June 2011 as a hobby project. You can clearly see it's inspired by Minecraft, but not so fast! Wollay also says that he's inspired by Zelda, Secret of Mana, Monster hunter, Diablo, World of Warcraft and many more. His aim was to create an infinite, colorful, procedurally generated world, full of adventures, monsters, and mysteries. The result is Cube World, a voxel-based role-playing Game.

His wife joined development in 2012, and they have released an alpha version for Windows. The alpha already has many features, but it's not quite there yet! They are planning to do regular updates. (updates are free).

The alpha version will be available for a lower price than beta and final Version. "(Just like minecraft did!) so this is one of the reasons you need to actually try it out.



Overview:

But what is so special about cube world that you can't get in a different game?
There is a lot of things that is pros's and con's for this game, but the whole voxel graphics is actually giving the design a charm. it really feels like you do play an old game with advanced combinations.

Let me just put in the info about this game on multiplayer, it's more than 4 players! so grab your gang and start playing! if not, well just sit alone in the singleplayer (your character is saved on your computer so you can join in with that one to a multiplayer server!)

There is different biomes (aka Landscape) that is waiting for your exploration! You have Greenlands, Snowlands, Deserts, Jungles, Lava Lands, Oceans, And more planned. Such as Savannahs, Undead Lands, Swamp Lands and Mushroom Lands.

Maybe they will add even more after that!

Every Landscape got their own "daily quests" (for now it's just dungeon running and huge boss fights) which resets every Cube World Day, but you can also reset the day yourself, just by talking to an innkeeper in any Town.



Races And classes


Before we go into the Character Creation i could just throw in the playable races right now, From left to right!
Elf, Human, Goblin, Lizardmen, Dwarf, Orc, Frogmen and undead  

So far the classes are: Warrior, Ranger, Wizard and Rogue. Every class have 2 talent trees, there is not a big difference in it (yet) but could be game changing in combat!


Character Creation





















Character creation is a pretty simple one (not really surprised to think of this is a voxel-based game, the details are limited, Not a bad thing though!)


You have the race, Gender, class, face, haircut and hair color.

Frogmen and lizardmen are the ones who cant really change "hair", but eyes and other.

Other than that there is barely anything else to mention in the character creation, it's simple and punctual, I like it!



Adventure Skills:














Being an exploration RPG, an important focus of Cube World is exploration and adventure. In Cube World, players are equipped with a set of skills that a true adventurer needs:







  • Climbing allows players to ascend the highest rocks and reach the deepest abyss.
  • Swimming through rivers, lakes and oceans is routine for a Cube World adventurer.
  • Diving to the ground of a lake or exploring underwater caves is also possible.
  • Hang gliding from a mountain right into a lush valley is a common task in Cube World.
  • Sailing enables ocean explorers to travel quickly from one island to another.


  • Towns:





















    Every Biome (Landscape) got their own town, on this picture you can see the spawn town, you usually start pretty close to it. When you open your map, you can see that most of the map is not explored but you can see where there is Events/Quests (crossed swords) and the town in the Landscape you're in. 

    Events/Quests:
    Right now as it is in alpha, the only thing they have is the Dungeons, Overworld Dungeons and Boss monster roaming the land. Completing those missions will reward you with valuable items and tokens. The tokens are used to upgrading your items, for an example: You love your look on the sword you've gotten since you were lvl 4 and do not want to throw it away, you can easily just upgrade it to your level but the price will increase greatly the bigger the level differences.


    What can you find in the town?














    So far the town is sorted into 4 districts: Crafting, Trade, Pet and Adventure district.


    Crafting District:


    here you can find the crafting benches for the desirable profession. You need the correct level to learn the recipes which can drop from mobs and bought in the general store.


    Trade District: 


    Is where you will find most of the shops: Weapon Smith (Sword icon), Armorsmith (Chestpiece icon), General Goods (Bag icon) and the identifier (Magnifying Glass Icon).

    Weapon and Armorsmith doesn't usually sell interesting items but it's a neat place for beginners to get what they need after a time out in the field.


    General Goods sell  items like: crafting, potions, pet food, recipe and bombs, if you're lucky though, you can get the legendary iron lamp which lights up the place quite good!





    Adventure District:

    In this district you can go and respec your character if you are not pleased in how it turned out.  They are all located in each of their respected areas, like the rangers is on a shooting range and the wizard is in a... tower ish.




    As you can see on this screenshot which shows you the skill tree for Warrior. Which I can easily change if there is something I don't like, so I can sacrifice certain points to get something else. Just Remember this will cost coins to do so.







    Pet District:

    Here you can find different "starter" pets which can help you a long way, the pets will gain your level when tamed, so watch out if you want to tame one to use on your alt, because that means you need to wait until that level.

    (thankfully you can throw out items you have on your main, then come back with your alt and pick it up!)



    Pets














    Pet's in Cube world is a big thing, you can tame almost every pet there is! Some are even hard to come by. (and they are going to add RARE pets too!)

    Pets aren't only for fast travelling, you can have them for combat as well  so far we got tank pets, ranged pets and melee pets.

    They have levels and stamina. Level increases their damage and health. stamina is used when you ride them, when the stamina is empty they can't be ridden. But don't fret! you can replenish the stamina by going into the water and let them have a sip!










    This concludes today's indiegame: Cube world. I do highly recommend this to friends and alike, because this is a fun game to chill with! Remember: You can play with friends too! and they are testing MMO sized servers 

    Link to the site: https://picroma.com it's only 15 euro!


    Keep on playing!

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