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I fondly remember NovaLogic's Comanche series. While it isn't of the 'world building' genre, its voxel engine was very impressive for its time: http://en.wikip

I fondly remember NovaLogic's Comanche series. While it isn't of the 'world building' genre, its voxel engine was very impressive for its time: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comanche_series http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comanche_series Also interesting (historically) is 'Rescue on Fractalus'. Not just for its cheesy name, but also due to its reliance on fractals to draw 3D mountain sceneries: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_on_Fractalus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_on_Fractalus! Edit: videos of both games: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Usj17cxSCKs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Usj17cxSCKs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbZ-chrOgGg&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbZ-chrOgGg&feature=playe...

Qz 16y ago
Rescue on Fractalus had one of the most genuinely terrifying game moments of my 'career'. I won't spoil it here, but you can probably guess what it was from the wikipedia page.
- danieldk 16y ago
  Indeed! Spoiler alert: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8opv5u9nf0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8opv5u9nf0 First time (as a kid) was shocking...
  - Qz 16y ago
    Actually the one I was talking about is when the pilot actually gets aboard the ship first!
zer0her0 16y ago
I love NovaLogic's games and their voxel engine, don't they own several patents on voxel engine based games? I think I remember that coming up in a discussion a few years back on why we haven't seen more voxel games prior to this recent slew(besides hardware liking polygons more).
- andywood 16y ago
  This recent slew aren't technically voxel games. At least not in the sense of NovaLogic's tech - see: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2447057 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2447057. (To add to the confusion, this particular game, Ace of Spades, actually is voxel-rendered.) It is however thought that John Carmack's next engine after the Rage engine may include honest-to-goodness voxel rendering: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Tech_6 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Tech_6 Historically, Carmack has had quite a lot of influence on both the hardware and API vendors, so it will be interesting to see if he can spearhead more mainstream movement towards sparse voxel octree rendering: http://youtu.be/THaam5mwIR8 http://youtu.be/THaam5mwIR8

Qz 16y ago

Rescue on Fractalus had one of the most genuinely terrifying game moments of my 'career'. I won't spoil it here, but you can probably guess what it was from the wikipedia page.

danieldk 16y ago
Indeed! Spoiler alert: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8opv5u9nf0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8opv5u9nf0 First time (as a kid) was shocking...
- Qz 16y ago
  Actually the one I was talking about is when the pilot actually gets aboard the ship first!

zer0her0 16y ago

I love NovaLogic's games and their voxel engine, don't they own several patents on voxel engine based games? I think I remember that coming up in a discussion a few years back on why we haven't seen more voxel games prior to this recent slew(besides hardware liking polygons more).

andywood 16y ago
This recent slew aren't technically voxel games. At least not in the sense of NovaLogic's tech - see: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2447057 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2447057. (To add to the confusion, this particular game, Ace of Spades, actually is voxel-rendered.) It is however thought that John Carmack's next engine after the Rage engine may include honest-to-goodness voxel rendering: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Tech_6 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Tech_6 Historically, Carmack has had quite a lot of influence on both the hardware and API vendors, so it will be interesting to see if he can spearhead more mainstream movement towards sparse voxel octree rendering: http://youtu.be/THaam5mwIR8 http://youtu.be/THaam5mwIR8