Extremely Faithful Cube World Successor! - Veloren

Veloren is a multiplayer voxel RPG written in Rust. It is inspired by games such as Cube World, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Dwarf Fortress and Minecraft.
Veloren is fully open-source, licensed under GPL 3. It uses original graphics, musics and other assets created by its community. Being contributor-driven, its development community and user community is one and the same: developers, players, artists and musicians come together to develop the game.
Get Veloren on the official website: veloren.net/
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[@jsbarretto]

Hey, dev here! Thanks for playing! Just to clarify: Veloren is open-source and community-driven. We're got a pretty motivated and large development team at this point and the project gets improved on a near-daily basis, so you don't need to worry about the project dying. All code is available online, so anybody is free to fork it and make their own improvements whenever they like too!

[@hannibal5158]

ALL HAIL ZESTERER

[@hannibal5158]

@@ianm1403 You will be able to have fighting pets yes.

[@jsbarretto]

@@ianm1403 You can already tame pets and they will fight with you. However, pet mechanics still need some fleshing out. That's being worked on!

[@jsbarretto]

@@ianm1403 Thanks very much! It'll go towards server hosting!

[@assassinangel7234]

In what engine and language is made (as a junior developer still in college ), maybe try something to make

[@danielsimmons4436]

Such a shame what happened to CW. Post launch the dev went radio silent. At least the voxel rpg target market still exists to want alternatives like this.

[@thewholenarr]

he released an update a few months ( a year maybe) ago. assume he went silent again. get the feeling he is gonna release updates every few years just to surprise the heck out of ppl.

[@jaredg.sternrogers7681]

In the fan Cube World Discord there’s a channel called “signs of Wollay”. Every couple months he’ll respond to some emails and let them know what he’s working on. He’s still actively working on the game and trying to implement people’s feedback, he’s just not really a communicator-not really much of a surprise since people are still insulting and threatening him to this day.

[@jaredg.sternrogers7681]

​@@hardbrocklife Hey friend! I'm by no means saying what happened was right; I think the moment Wollay and his wife put Cube World up for purchase in its early stages is the moment they could no longer claim it to be simply a passion project immune to criticism. That being said, when you're not receiving just criticism but thousands of people threatening you and people telling you you're some horrible, terrible person for publishing what you saw as merely your passion project, I'm not sure it's unreasonable to withdraw from the public view. Also, friend, I'm not sure being neurodivergent is purely an excuse for people to avoid responsibility. I would recommend doing a bit of research and spending some time meeting and interacting with people who are neurodivergent if you believe that-just a thought. :)

[@danjal87nl]

While it's definitely a shame, if you read between the lines and pick up on context there's a bunch going on there. I think at the end of the day it's important that people (we as a gaming community) need to remember that developers are just people like us. CW got a *LOT* more attention and as a result hype than anyone could reasonably expect. That level of attention can be difficult to handle for anyone. A lot of indie developers that got a hit on their hands end up struggling under that level of pressure. It's also a big shift to go from essentially something that you've made alone or with a few people from your own homes to that getting the attention of millions. Would they've done well to bring in some kind of PR or community management to handle that aspect? Absolutely. But as seen by tons of other examples many indie developers end up breaking under that and selling what was their dream. Or worse, seeing that dream shatter entirely. Imagine if essentially overnight you had the eyes of millions around the world analyzing your every tweet or digital movement. Criticizing anything that didn't exactly fell in line with their expectations? Now imagine you weren't really a people person to start with. Yet all these people are not just expecting but DEMANDING you keep them in the loop...

[@jaredg.sternrogers7681]

@@leoleo1035 I’m not sure exactly what you’re trying to tell me, I’m afraid. You think he’s some dastardly individual who created an elaborate plan to steal money from people who like a more niche genre of video games? What is it that they say about not attributing to malice what can be attributed to something else?

[@bl4cksp1d3r]

Cubeworld.... I didn't hear this name in years

[@MrHocotateFreight]

Wow, it must be giving the cube world dev a stroke to see someone make HIS game work after all that stress

[@zildjian2381]

@Diavolo Jaegar yeah i guess, If the stress of the game being popular didnt affect him then we wouldnt be here

[@zildjian2381]

@Diavolo Jaegar its embarrassing to think the only excuse for this situation is "its the internet"

[@ananiashard9466]

@Diavolo Jaegar game end up shit cos of dev deafness for feedback

[@voidbg7017]

@@ananiashard9466 true all he had to say "should I rework ____" and the game would of been what everyone wanted except wollay aparently

[@renno2679]

He should've involved other people to work on his game in the first place, instead of just working on it all by himself and not getting any feedback at all.

[@roseprecision]

Wow, this looks great! I was hoping for a cube world successor.

[@Nauriek]

Ah, yes, haven't heard of this one in a while. I'm still disappointed in Cube World, was rooting for that game since middle or even primary school.

[@itsyaboythewendigo8321]

Nobody: Cubeworld fans:"I'll make it myself"

[@austinbowers9158]

Was insane watching this and then hearing my music on here. Surreal moment, thank you for taking the time to jump into the game and play!

[@that_niko]

"I found the secret to money, and it's Cotton" -Wander, out of context, 2022

[@ethansheesha7709]

Thank God someone filled a special empty gap that was once filled in the gaming community by someone who actually knows people want it. The original owner of cube world ruined the best thing in his life and he doesn't even know it, this game will be evidence of that

[@umbrellaeyethingguy4665]

I'm loving playing the game, although I do think it's a lot more fun with friends, be it your own friends or entering the official server and forming parties with people that are aiming for similar goals like dungeons or caving

[@jochemdekoning7010]

Very nice video! You'll be happy to hear that every weaponkind will recieve a complete overhaul with actual talent trees and multiple skills, and that quests and such are planned as well.

[@Syrahl696]

My problem with Veloren as it is right now is the combat. Enemies are too spread out, and it can be nearly impossible to find enemies appropriate for your level when you're starting out. On top of that, the attacks you yourself can use tend to be clunky and poorly animated. To me, most of the appeal of the original Cube World alpha was the fluid, skill-dependant combat and the addictive progression loop, and until Veloren gets to work on those aspects, it doesn't really appeal to me.

[@GameMa5Ter2O01]

I mean the enemy part is similar

[@uncomfysilence3364]

@Syrahl696 well, you're in luck. Veloren in overhaul the skilltree of every weapon kind. It'll take a while but the plan is to make abilities considerably more horizontal (so no single ability will be better than another) while also having a multitude of various abilities that may be slightly better depending on the situation. Most weapons will have roughly 36-50 available abilities whereas the player can only use 5 at a time. The animations are also quite old and relatively difficult to make (as it's done solely through code) so there aren't a lot willing to work on it, and those that are tend to be busy. There has been discussion, and progress, regarding the polishing of existing animations, adding more keyframes and the such.

[@GameMa5Ter2O01]

@@uncomfysilence3364 if I knew how to do that I'd ask if I could help, but the next best thing would be to start sending money over monthly to help them out

[@danjal87nl]

If those are your concerns, then I suspect you may not have a full grasp on what "alpha" means in terms of development. (And frankly I'd say that Cube World alpha was much closer to a true beta, while this is definitely far earlier alpha.) From the sounds of it you're expecting a more developed and polished game, this isn't it. Not yet at least. Whether it'll become that? We'll have to see. But I would urge you to take such things into consideration. You're commenting on features that are often only added later in development as they can be subject to change to a lot more fundamental design aspects that need to be in place first.

[@SquaulDuNeant]

[phone]

[@F0r3v3rT0m0rr0w]

i love it, but something about this makes me feel bad for wollay, i don't hate him for what hes done ... i sympathize, i develop to ... but no one will ever know about what i create other than close friends and family, unless i make something that i feel suits close to a full release, which for me might take 4, 5, 10 years. the internet can be cruel ... that's the nature of things. i know wollay is most likely still working on his game, if hes anything like me he cant stop .... wont stop, till hes happy with it.

[@DarkDragon1223]

dude needs to nut up and provide transparent communication

[@ajshdhenskaka]

It's really not hard staying on the "internet's" good side, just give them what they were expecting for six years instead of ruining the project they supported at the very last moment. Wolay shot himself in the foot and is trying to pass the blame on someone else.

[@RIP_ZYZZ1738]

There's a discord that sends emails asking about him. He sends frequent updates about how he's updating the game still

[@F0r3v3rT0m0rr0w]

@@RIP_ZYZZ1738 oh nice i thought he was still working on it. that makes me happy tbh.

[@Tater_Lord]

I loved playing the hell out of the og cubeworld, the steam release was disappointing at best and just an absolute cash grab and a half. I'm glad the CW community got together and started making veloren I will be checking it out soon myself to see how it's progressed from when I first checked it out

[@jesuslencina1278]

Huge cube world fan back in the day, heard about the original game's problem. Watching this made my day, I really look forward to playing this now

[@mategido]

I was hoping this would happen, cube world had so much potential and so many fans, glad someone is making a successor!

[@thornwiese3700]

Omg yes !!! I love this game I can't wait for them to make more. Been playing for years

[@kratosgamerization4907]

I never got to play OG Cube World so this is a godsend

[@harrysarso]

as a dutchmen hearing you prunonce veloren as valrant is kinda funny

[@trshxgod8040]

Cube world was so cool, I loved the frogs! I used to watch XxSlyfoxhoundxX play it

[@Yummymarshy]

Og cubeworld was def the hardest game I have ever played

[@kaklikful]

Veloren still doesn't make me feel like i'm playing cubeworld, dont think any game ever will

[@kiro-fo9qg]

I personally would like to see more races! I kinda envision it being like DnD veloren edition in the future lol

[@wonderhealer9665]

This game looks really promising, I'm praying that it will be like a gmod scenario where people can make their own classes, skill trees, weapon types, enemies, biomes etc and that multiplayer will be a thing

[@alwaysLurking]

Hey, im really glad i stumbled on your video, i would otherwise have never heard of this game. Just downloaded it!

[@WolfearOfficial]

soundtrack is sick

[@melnobes3364]

The sceptre playstyle is remarkably similar to the dragon character in trove

[@aronderocchi]

Ooohhhh No way i loved cube world

[@bisballistic305]

Im really interested to see where this game goes. however I fear that the original creator will not look fondly on these games. I expect at best disapproval and at worst a lawsuit.

[@matthewcharles9813]

Well who really cares at this point and he's got no ground for a lawsuit.

[@PyroBlaze202_alt]

@@matthewcharles9813 doesn't he? I've got no idea about legal stuff, but it seems there might be some copyright infringement or things along that line.

[@matthewcharles9813]

@@PyroBlaze202_alt unless they are using his actual code or copyright names this is just another game inspired by Minecraft. As in cubeworld didn't invent this look and could be argued is a just also a Minecraft rip off. (I know there's a lot of differences but actual legal aspects I don't think he'd have anything legally and I feel burned enough bridges that the community would hate him more if he tried to shoot this down.)

[@MadManMatrix]

@@PyroBlaze202_alt nah games are near impossible to sue someone over unless it is clear that you literally copy pasted their artwork or code which is almost impossible to prove so its very hard to sue over a game thats why there is hundreds of minecraft clones out there and dozens of pubgs on mobile etc etc

[@elifia]

@@PyroBlaze202_alt I'm no lawyer, I just watch Leonard French's videos, but from what I understand you can't copyright ideas (which includes game mechanics), only the expression (so the art, such as the 3d models). So as long as no actual assets are copied, they should be safe. Well, safe from legitimate lawsuits anyway.

[@conkerfrenzy7907]

They should 100% release this on playstations with kbm compatibility i would love that

[@jaimeoesfolado6391]

it needs the frog race to be good, thats the ultimate rule of the world.

[@luminalsaturn2]

Me, listening while I spin some yarn with my screen off: … Why is Wander fighting a multitude of rusty wheels??

[@v.s.4166]

*No*, I have *not* heard of Veloren. Very kind of you to inform me, I actually liked the first edition of cube world

[@hurtgarci]

Thanks for this video.

[@kyllarstern]

Do you think you'll be playing again in the next 2 weeks? It could be fun to have a pseudo guild in the game.

[@AndruSouls]

I miss the frog race

[@thorstenrusch8652]

nice game. Ty 4 the video!

[@Edaryion]

This game seems so cool!

[@bonelesspizza1896]

Fans are like: I'll do it myself

[@junk3996]

ah this looks awesome. i remember hearing about this game, maybe a long time ago? its awesome to see it action, and now i gotta at least try this out

[@jaronscavenjar8624]

Looks a lot like the trove graphic style

[@melnobes3364]

Well, it is voxel based.

[@poles6360]

He'll yeah bro

[@alternate_lands2453]

Lets hope its not too faithful, we already know what the original cube world turned into.

[@TheGodEmperorOfMankind_]

This looks very neat. Combat looks rough at the moment and definitely could use work. Not familiar with Rust but I see they have translations as well so I might contribute to that

[@reefisgone]

Hail the Omnissiah.

[@jairusstrunk94]

Ah dude. I commented about this too. Veloren is very good.

[@soulbear11]

So I’ve noticed that I’m not able to be a frog in this game and I would politely ask that I get an appropriate alternative like a bear or a fish, would appreciate that chief

[@jairusstrunk94]

The gliding is physics based and you can glide clear across the map. Just have to start high enough.

[@danjal87nl]

And not hold forward so you nosedive. *giggles* (I think that's something a LOT of people will end up doing as you're running forward and then want to glide meaning you immediately nosedive and crash.)

[@Mortac]

Looks promising, but the combat looked way less impactful than in Cube World. One of the great things about that game was the feel of combat. The animations and impact of attacks in this one seems very lacking.

[@a.r.1611]

Animations overall in Cube World, for everything from running to jumping to attacking, felt really tight and responsive. This looks way more floaty and.. blegh. It was those small things added up that gave Cube World that feeling of being special

[@Semirotta]

I honestly wonder why there are so many cubeworld-copy-paste games like these. But Cubeworld fucked up so hard and failed...

[@Thee_Jadex]

Its kinda sad to see Cube World kinda get yoinked from the dev but man like the Cube World dev(s) just havnt made any progress at all, espcially with that steam release that more or less took away features... Cant really blame people

[@DubbleKoi]

wander played veloren? makes me want to get back on

[@SutaSafaia]

This makes me wonder, what would you consider the "best" cube world game floating around right now?

[@sunglow.]

The closest we have to CW or this project or anything like it really on PS is Trove and that's honestly really saddening

[@CanalDoPotatoras]

Hopefully there will be no law issue with this improvement of that mess

[@homeyshlitz]

Its a little sad that the Adlet sounds like you're kicking a dog when you attack them.

[@elpsykoongro5379]

Nice I was trying to remember the name of the game because I changed machines

[@xtkaythen]

“[F1]Keybindings”

[@kaulis6524]

I heard about this game loooooooooooong ago i wanted to play ir but i couldnt download it, years later i learned its pretty bad, finally i can play what i wanted to olay.

[@JHenryEden]

it almost sounds like someone tried to say valorant and verloren (german: lost, either to be lost or to have lost)

[@maikiperro-8565]

I would love to see some like albion online class weapons in a game like this.

[@localgamerz2961]

i was pulling my card out right before you said it was free

[@IceBlade1992]

awfinaly i need this.

[@jakecarter1264]

I say it like it is, the old cube world has forsaken us

[@policebirdgrowtopia5738]

Woah :O

[@Samara_Cynders]

Everyone keeps talking about Cube World, but whateber happened with Trove, too? 🤔

[@melvingleis4972]

trove's still there last time I checked just on the slow decline as far as I can tell

[@Mabswer]

Well it is /was one of gamigos cash cows soo everyone can guess what happend to it

[@cleanchimera3870]

@@melvingleis4972 very stinky decline of capitalism

[@grantcourtney7151]

for some reason I am getting no sound on this game does anyone know how to fix this?

[@sharkforce8147]

it feels like some sort of poison-inflicting attack would be great for this so that once enemies start running you don't have to chase them so much.

[@uncomfysilence3364]

There already is a bleed effect which does that and we have poison (although no player attacks/abilities can cause it yet until the skilltree overhaul is complete). The current poison ability, which can currently only be inflicted by arthropods and was recently released, reduces the amount of energy (mana) the player has over time.

[@nezza7471]

veloren means lost in german that's a cute name lol

[@TheYaq]

da fehlt ein R schule lässt grüßen :P

[@Rubahn1]

a link to them in the description would be nice

[@lazybassard7718]

Veloren looks amazing so far, but it lacks that stylistic charm cubeworld had, I don't think I want another cubeworld moreso something special and unique

[@hawlkman]

This is great! I just learned about cube world like 2 days ago and thought it looked good then sadly learned it will likely never be finished even after the dev took the money (I know about his metal issues but after taking the money in my mind he has an obligation to finish what he promised issues or not) I am quite happy to see this and will very likely give it a go.

[@naunau311]

What are you even talking about? The game is finished, the official released happened. Just because people didn't like it (myself included) does not mean that the game isn't finished.

[@czsoundevening5388]

can you help me how i can download the veloren please?

[@carya99]

Is it an open multiplayer or do i need to create like a server to play with my friends ?

[@anthonylomeli6757]

open multiplayer but u could make a server, no need tho

[@tjhedgescout3052]

Will the game be moddable or is that not a thing any time soon? (probably because the game is still WIP)

[@lokithebush]

i feel bad to say this but its weird that the community had to remake the whole game because the game developer kinda just gave up on it.

[@RIP_ZYZZ1738]

Don't worry. He never gave up. The only thing I wish he did is have multiple people working with him.

[@rutimo]

Nya

[@cuinnfuller2372]

this looks like it could get sued

[@spiffydogame9693]

I've tried downloading and playing this game. It looks great, but once I try to load into single player or multiplayer it crashes... Anyone have tips?

[@GyagrusChrunoBag]

I don't know about that, try to tell it on discord or reddit.

[@vicentegirardin]

the animation feel too fluid for the art style, i feel like more snappy or short animation would fit more in the game

[@myguy2656]

Does the game have multyplayer

[@baumapfel4463]

yes it has mp

[@kajnake5905]

what couldve been

[@bricebarker3487]

Omg omg omg

[@samuelalves905]

This game needs to completely rework 99% of its animations, I've made better animations for high school projects.

[@dra6o0n]

It's open source, so it's not a 'true' closed source team, and from what my programmer friend tells me, they may have roughly 100 developers?

[@richardc5100]

Xbox?

[@matthewcharles9813]

Now is this inspired by cubeworld or is it using code from the game to do this?

[@PyroBlaze202_alt]

I think they're building this from the ground up, without code from the original.

[@matthewcharles9813]

@@PyroBlaze202_alt in that case awesome. Hopefully they actually make a good game and not abandonware.

[@logtrimmer]

They actually have a channel where they cover different aspects of the development including coding from what I have briefly seen

[@hannibal5158]

Everything is done by our community (code, assets, audio etc.)

[@GabrielRTXti]

hytale but 10 years ago

[@ImBiscuitHD]

Just a quick comment based on the title... DON'T DO THIS TO ME!!! I can't handle another cube world!

[@TheYaq]

is it free

[@BASHER193]

is it coming to steam?

[@wtfisawohde3660]

i mean it's possible if it reaches a more stable release candidate but it's an open source game, there's no money to be made in any sense so i sort of doubt it'll go on any standard storefront as it would just be a money sink

[@GyagrusChrunoBag]

No i don't think so, maybe someday it Will coming to steam, it need 100 bucks to just make the game come to steam.

[@bigr2803]

i dont like finite world idea

[@sm_stormzy1075]

I do

[@NecrovoidTV]

The walking animation bothers me

[@FireallyXTheories]

Not a fan of the WoW hotbar

[@Wenedi]

What keeps me from playing it is the fact that there is only 1 additional skill per weapon. This sucks and is just boring imo

[@vicentegirardin]

omg the attack animations suck big time

[@dartoney]

interesting game but really poorly optimized