We're proud to announce, Block Story Reforged, the game's biggest update in over 5 years!
Over the past month, I've hired more developers to work on the game and our goal is to bring long awaited features that were neglected or written off as impossible to implement. The goal is also to bring this game up to a new modern standard! This update is the first major update to get it to that standard! I did a developer livestream going over everything. For those that missed it, here is what is coming to the game This Month!
Menu Changes
Male/Female Option
Custom Keybindings
Controller Support
Dynamic Resolution Options
Full Screen/Windowed Mode
New World Creation Options
The ability to rename your character
Credits Page
Mob Shaders
Creatures no longer glow in the dark
They adapt to the light around them
Forgotten Sky and Hades
Forgotten Sky and Hades received texture revamps
Paint
Paint almost anything now
Blocks
This game used to have a limit of 256 block types. The new team has removed this limit.
Over 20 New Blocks have been added
Many blocks saw retextures
Fancy texture pack was remastered
Melons can be crafted to make sliced melons
Floating Islands
Floating islands were added to the current terrain generator
Music
Removed all of the Ai Generated Tracks and added 4 new tracks made by humans:
Main Menu Extended
Space Layer 1 Theme
Phoenix Boss Theme
Cave Theme
Audio
400+ new sounds
Creature idle sounds
Creature Impact sounds
NPC's can hum when you talk to them
Weapons all have unique sounds for equipping, swinging, and impact
Biomes now have atmospheric sounds
More new weather sounds
Balance Overhaul
Rebalanced all 136 creatures
Space Creatures got a heavy nerf but an XP buff
Enemies will no longer heal from magic attacks, instead they will resist attacks
You can now play any playstyle against any enemy
New Creatures
Space Wren
Stormbringer
Frog
Immersion
Leaves and Grass blow in the wind
Interactive Grass and Plants
The Ocean now has Seagrass, Kelp, Seaweed, and more!
Fire now displays on the tops and bottom of blocks
Lighting
Biomes have specific lighting
Blocks that emit light glow brighter
Highly Requested Small Changes
Gontar can breathe in space
Angel Goblin will not heal Ashkore
Disabled knockback
Translations are updated
All items are in Creative Mode
Destroying blocks doesn't leave behind shadows anymore
Wizard now spawns in the old world
The OG spawners appear in the old world
Removed Player File Encryption
Removed Il2cpp so people can mod the game
Separate FPS from Jumping
Removed Scrape Damage
We also have a Roadmap of things we want to do after this update!
Combat Overhaul
Terrain Generator V3
Lighting Overhaul
Here is a sneak peek as to what the game will look like in the future!
The goal is to release this update into the Beta branch this month, and if all goes well, a live release shortly after! Thank you so much for all of your continued support! I cant wait to bring this game up to a new standard with all of you!