VoxelWorld

An experimental procedurally generated sandbox focused on exploration, resource gathering, and survival mechanics.

VoxelWorld is an early-stage sandbox prototype developed in Unity, exploring procedural world generation, dynamic environments, and interconnected gameplay systems.

Explore a continuously generated voxel-style landscape featuring rolling hills, mountains, rivers, forests, and coastlines. The world is built around a custom chunk-based terrain system, allowing large environments to be generated and streamed dynamically as the player explores.

Beyond terrain generation, the project also explores the foundations of a survival sandbox, including resource gathering, inventory management, crafting, and object placement. Players can collect materials, interact with the environment, and begin crafting basic tools and structures.

Prototype Features

• Procedurally generated terrain with chunk streaming and distance-based LOD
• Varied terrain including mountains, plains, rivers, and coastlines
• Procedural vegetation including trees, grass, and flowers
• Dynamic day/night cycle with synchronized environmental lighting
• Custom water rendering with shoreline effects
• Resource gathering and inventory systems
• Early crafting and building mechanics
• Experimental world decoration and point-of-interest generation

Development Status

Prototype / Experimental Sandbox

VoxelWorld began as an experiment in procedural terrain generation but gradually expanded into a larger sandbox project. Much of its development focused on building the underlying systems needed to support an explorable, interactive world.

While several foundational mechanics are functional, the project remains an early prototype rather than a complete survival game. Features such as crafting, building, exploration, and world generation are still experimental and subject to change.

The project is not currently in active development, but I'm sharing it as a showcase of the systems and ideas developed throughout the process.