Microcosm
paulstraw · 2017 · Indie, Simulation, Early Access, Casual, VR
PC
1 user reviews100% · 1 📉 Recent reviews down 90%
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About Microcosm
An update on the future of Microcosm
The Steam version of Microcosm hasn't been updated in a few years. During that time, I've been at work on a rewritten voxel engine with "infinite" worlds, lots of new features, and more thought put into cross-platform support.
The Steam version was made free on July 11th, 2022 (without a feature update). The new version of Microcosm will be coming to iOS first, and will be free with in-app purchases for some of the new functionality (such as Lua scripting and PLY/OBJ export). I don't have a set release date, but once the iOS version is out, I'll start work on the VR update. When the VR update is released, anyone who purchased Microcosm before July 11th, 2022 will be entitled to a free code granting them access to all new features.
Thanks for your patience!
-paul
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Build tiny voxel worlds in virtual reality!
Microcosm is the game I've wanted to play in VR ever since I saw the Oculus Rift Kickstarter way back in 2012. I picked up a Vive last year (2016), but no one seemed to be making the voxel game I wanted. Finally, I said enough was enough, and just decided to build it myself.
I hope you enjoy playing Microcosm as much as I enjoy making it. If you had any issues, or if there's something you think I could improve, I'd love it if you let me know. Please feel free to get in touch with me at any time. If you've found a bug, screenshots and system information are very much appreciated, to help me reproduce and fix it.
Details!
- Microcosm worlds are made of 512×256×512 voxels. Each one is 2.5 cubic centimers (~1 inch). That's over 12 meters across and 6 meters tall of real-world space (~40 feet by ~20 feet). You can build some pretty huge stuff. 🚀
- Create your own world of solid, transparent, and glowing voxels. 🖼
- Switch the desktop camera mode! Use the default eye-cam, or place a fixed camera in the world. Great for time-lapses, video recording, and hiding your work. 📹
- Save your creations as .cosm files, and share them with other people! 🌏
- Intuitive voxel selection and editing. Easily place, delete, and paint existing voxels. 🎨
Microcosm currently supports the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift + Touch.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
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Microcosm is an Early Access Free to play VR Voxel sandbox. It worked on my HTC Vive and Index system, looked ok, played ok, sounded? Very bare bones version. Has no in-game help. Windows version is like a free demo for the upcoming IOS version. Maybe try this, if you are creative in Voxel art.2 found this helpful
Microcosm is not a game. Games contain meaningful gamelike interaction and game loops, which are absent in this software. Instead of being a game, Microcosm is a software application that is not to be confused with Microcosm (copyright Psygnosis, 1993). For starters, Microcosm is a real game, this is not. This is just a bit of software that lets you create garbage 3D "voxel" scenes, because a lot of developers look at Minecraft and think it succeeded because the graphics are crap. Minecraft succeeded despite the bad graphics, not because of them. A lot of developers can't get their head around this. At least you could understand when games are made that look bad. This does look bad, but it's not even a game. It's not finished, either, the developer couldn't work out how to make this properly so gave up on it 6 years ago. But left it on Steam as if it was a game, just to pollute the place, I guess. We need more garbage on Steam, right? For those unfamiliar with what actually makes something a game, a "game loop" describes the interaction and feedback a gamer has when playing a game. Tetris, for example, has a game loop where a random block appears, the gamer interacts …1 found this helpful
Игра Microcosm погружает в невероятный микромир. Захватывающий геймплей строительства экосистемы, потрясающая графика и глубокая механика эволюции. Идеальный баланс между сложностью и увлекательностью. Настоящая жемчужина для любителей симуляторов!
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[h1]Before I played Microcosm, I had a small pp, no friends, no gf, depression, and no life. These things havent changed, but the game is pretty good[/h1]
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