Blockade Runner Development: Custom Geometry

Please Notice: This video contains content that is *still under development*, and may not be accessible in the next update for Blockade Runner. We're still hard at work on the (secret!) next update for Blockade Runner, and would like to demonstrate other simultaneous (less important, comparatively) features that are being worked on!

Today's simultaneous development is... custom geometry! We grew up playing with legos, so it's only natural we'd want some cooler "pieces" in Blockade Runner! The custom geometry means you'll be able to use more detailed artwork (flipped in any direction) for things like radar dishes, blaster turrets, pipes, power generators, weapon's lockers, furniture -- anything that shouldn't be a block! And for the ship's frame, a variety of variations for ramps, corners, and curves to further enhance the design of your ship!

The game's shown nothing but cubes so far, but in reality we had designed the game engine from the get-go to support custom geometric voxel objects (with any orientation, no less!), adding in part to the slow-down in development during the early weekly updates. With an engine built from scratch to maximize future performance, simple things like "loading a model" can be a rather annoying chore (compared to say, making fun things like power systems, missiles, explosions and enemies!), but is a short term loss long term gain we're willing to make to put
Blockade Runner on the right foot.

Oh, and for all you modders out there, rejoice! You will be able to add your own geometric creations to the game. Disappointed we don't have your favorite Starfleet-issue chair? Download Blender and put it in!