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Block Story 14.0 Reforged Is Out In Open Beta!

Block Story 14.0 is out now in Open Beta! Here's how to join!

Right Click on Block Story in your Library. Click Properties

Click on Game Versions & Betas. Click on 14.0beta

From there the beta build will be updated and you're good to go!

Here are the patch notes:

Menu Changes

Male/Female Option
Custom Keybindings
Controller Support
Resolution Options
Full Screen/Windowed Mode
New World Creation Options - Default, Old, Flat, and Void
The ability to rename your character and change the gender of existing characters
Added Wiki.gg and Reddit to the menu Credits Page

Mob Shaders

Creatures no longer glow in the dark. They adapt to the light around them

Locations

Moria - Added Moria into the current terrain generator. It can be found in the lower halves of caves in chunks. Moria will contain chests with new loot pools.
Floating Islands - Added Floating islands that can be found just under the forgotten sky
Forgotten Sky and Hades received texture revamps
The Ocean now has Seagrass, Kelp, Seaweed, and more!

Paint

Paint almost anything now

Blocks

New Block Type 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

Music

Removed all of the Ai Generated Tracks and added 8 new tracks made by humans
Main Menu Extended
Space Layer 1
Theme Space Layer 2 Theme
Space Layer 4 Theme
Phoenix Boss Theme
Cave Theme
Moria Theme
Hades 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 - Can be found in Space Layer 4. It drops ocean items
Stormbringer - A new powerful elemental that can be found in the forgotten sky
Frog - Can be found in rivers and green fields
Umbrosk - Found in the depths of Moria
Glaciros - Found in the icy Tundra
Ember Tyr - Found in the fiery depths of Hades
Seraphax - Bringing a certain critter to Forgotten Sky
Zerath - Something is hidden in the stoney peaks of the Desert Mountains

Immersion

Leaves and Grass blow in the wind Interactive Grass and Plants Fire now displays on the tops and bottom of blocks

Lighting

Biomes have specific lighting Blocks that emit light glow brighter

Misc

Linux Support
MacOS Support
Players can now disable Creature Nametags and stats
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
Separated FPS from Jumping
Earthquakes are more rare
Mati’s spawn rate was lowered
Removed Scrape Damage

Known Issues

Controller Support isn’t fully in yet
Some audio files are inconsistent and too loud
Some blocks and terrain don’t de-render when outside of the limit
The menu is a little wack in the world/character selector
Deltatime with jumping doesn’t work
New features are missing some translations