Sand Game JS History

Solid bodies – No more flying trees and rocks! The only element that hangs in the air is the wall.

Introduced thermite, coal, metal and molten metal

Rock tool now works as template selection; Template button removed

Wall tool re-introduced

Technological update

Introduced Move tool

Repeating drawing while holding mouse button down on a position

Cabin template replaced

Trees reworked – The trees are now bigger and look more natural.

Scenes improved

Minor improvements – meteor, steam

Temperature – Elements conduct temperature, and their behavior is influenced accordingly. Every element, from rocks to trees, can react to or utilize temperature in different ways. Heat them up with fire or other methods, and observe as water turns into steam. The renderer has been enhanced to make elements glow when heated, providing a more immersive gaming experience. This enhancement required transitioning from WebGL 1 to WebGL 2.

Technological update

WebGL renderer – Despite various optimizations being implemented in the original renderer, such as rendering only the changed areas (chunks), rendering still had an impact on performance. By utilizing WebGL, rendering and the motion blur algorithm could be offloaded to the graphics card. This change is also crucial for upcoming new features. The original renderer is still used when WebGL is not available.

Powder elements reworked – Elements disperse more naturally and randomly (no longer forming perfect pyramids) and can also be carried by water. There are distinctions between different types of powder elements. For instance, sand disperses most easily and is readily carried by water, while gravel forms taller piles and it is less prone to being carried away by water.

User interface improvements. Unnecessary options moved into dev stage.

Known issue: Custom image templates were broken in this version

Added burnt visual effect (caused by fire or meteor)

Improved meteor – click location is now impact location

Improved build-in templates (user interface and image quality)

Added build-in templates – Image templates were introduced in version 23w20a. This version brings build-in templates (some rocks and a wooden house) that can be easily selected and placed on the canvas. More templates will be added later.

Brush tool is round from now on

User interface improvements – UI is now more compact. Everything should fit on the screen.

Image templates introduced – By importing an image (JPG/PNG...), it is possible to create a template that can be placed on the canvas. This allows players to incorporate their own graphics into their scenes.

Performance improvements (better chunk activation/deactivation algorithm)

Removed unnecessary rendering options

Added placing/pasting – a loaded scene can be opened or (newly) pasted into the current scene

Added line and rectangle visuals when holding shift/ctrl key while dragging a mouse button (selection was invisible until now)

Powder elements improved – water is now covered instead of being displaced

Meteor can be selected and used like other elements

Minor improvements and bug fixes

Introduced fire

Introduced meteor – middle mouse button only

Scene saving and loading

Support alt key while drawing

User interface improvements

Introduced rock

Minor improvements and bug fixes

Performance improvements – chunks

Scale (element size) selection

Minor improvements and bug fixes

Scenes

Minor improvements and bug fixes

Introduced grass

Introduced tree

Introduced fish

Motion blur

Improved mouse handling and added touch support

Fall-through mode

The day one version