diff --git a/content/news/027/index.md b/content/news/027/index.md index 498a5bbb3..00af0d14a 100644 --- a/content/news/027/index.md +++ b/content/news/027/index.md @@ -303,6 +303,40 @@ players. Updates are also posted to [Twitter][paddlepunks-twitter]. [paddlepunks-itch]: https://sovgott.itch.io/paddlepunks [paddlepunks-discord]: https://discord.gg/cpPDeVcWxc +### [Veloren][veloren] + +![An early-morning sunrise](veloren.jpg) _An early-morning sunrise_ + +[Veloren][veloren] is an open world, open-source voxel RPG inspired by Dwarf +Fortress and Cube World. + +In October, Veloren hit 10,000 commits, as well as 10,000 members on the Discord +server! Shrubs got added, along with improvements to rivers, and the +addition of waterfalls. There have been efforts to diagnose some network issues +that have been causing downloads to not work for some people. Crafting is going +through overhauls on the backend. [New aurora shaders][veloren-aurora-video] +were added as well. + +Initial ideas are being discussed to try and improve the +amount of asset files that have to be downloaded with each update of the game, +which will help improve the 200MB that has to be downloaded after each nightly +update. New jewelery has been added, and sneaking is being improved to make +agents in the game react better to it. Ongoing worldgen improvemnts are also +being made as we head into November. + +October's full weekly devlogs: "This Week In Veloren...": +[#140][veloren-140], +[#141][veloren-141], +[#142][veloren-142], +[#143][veloren-143]. + +[veloren]: https://veloren.net +[veloren-140]: https://veloren.net/devblog-140 +[veloren-141]: https://veloren.net/devblog-141 +[veloren-142]: https://veloren.net/devblog-142 +[veloren-143]: https://veloren.net/devblog-143 +[veloren-aurora-video]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60kt915avjI + ## Engine Updates ### [All is Cubes][All is Cubes] 0.3.0 diff --git a/content/news/027/veloren.jpg b/content/news/027/veloren.jpg new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0453d1f0c Binary files /dev/null and b/content/news/027/veloren.jpg differ