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The Humble Voxatron Debut

The Humble Bundle Website now offers The Humble Voxatron Debut, a bundle comprised of a single game, Voxatron, which is described as a "voxel-based, old-school-gone-new platform shooter." The game runs under Windows, OS X, and Linux, and is being sold in the same manner as the previous Humble deals: Customers can select their own price, and designate how it is to be divided between the developer, publisher, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Child's Play. The game, which includes its own level editor, is currently in alpha, but all future updates will be included.

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7. Re: The Humble Voxatron Debut Nov 1, 2011, 03:05 Jensen
 
I don't think it's about gameplay being more important than graphics. In Terraria and Minecraft, the graphics have to be designed around the gameplay. The gameplay is built around a block/tile structure that is completely generative and interactive.
Yeah, the character models/animation in both games kinda suck.

Minecraft could have higher resolution mobs, or fancier shaders, or higher resolution textures, but with a less consistent overall look.
And I really don't see any graphics trend started by Minecraft...

I personally think Voxatron looks great. The voxels just disappearing when they scroll outside the "screen" boundary is a bit weird at first, though. It would be neat to see on a portable 3D display with head-tracking.

This comment was edited on Nov 1, 2011, 03:23.
 
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