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When i'm coding i'll try to be on IRC: #craftinspace on irc.chatnet.org

Tuesday 17 April 2012

Tonight's coding

New engine
The engine is almost rewritten. This was needed so that upcoming game features could work faster.

Garbage Bins
These allow the player to trash unwanted items. They have a safety timer of 5 minutes. During that time, the player can still retrieve the items from the garbage bin. Once the timer is hit, the items get deleted from the bin.

Harvesters / Auto Mining
At intervals, these blocks will mine ores and other resources for the player. The player doesn't need to collect the items, as they are saved with the saved game. The problem the player has though, that the mining hopper (the output of the harvester) can overflow, and anything mined, doesn't get stored. So, retrieving items is necessary.

To stop mining, simply empty the harvester, then pick it up.

I'll post some screenshots soon, showing some of these new features.

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