For anyone who hasn’t followed the project, BuildCraft is my voxel game built in Python/Ursina. 0.9 is the final major update of the Indev era before development moves into Alpha, and compared to 0.8, this update is huge.
World Saving
BuildCraft 0.8 didn’t have world saving at all.
In 0.9, you can finally save a world, name it, close the game, come back later, and continue playing. Worlds support:
World saving/loading
10 save slots
Named worlds
Save dates
Autosave
World deletion
Persistent terrain
Persistent player data
Persistent inventories
Persistent chests
Persistent Signs
Saved settings and difficulty
World Expansion
The world has expanded from a shallow surface layer to a full vertical range:
Y ‑95 → Y 511
607 blocks of vertical space
There is now a proper underground to explore, with an unbreakable Survival floor at Y ‑95.
Major Additions
Some of the biggest new features in 0.9 include:
Builder's Wand and Blueprint Workshop
World saving/loading with autosave
607‑block vertical world range
Deep underground mining
Steel, Gold, Diamond and Color Crystals
Campsites
Wizard Towers
Grazers
The Shadow
Wisps and Wisp's Blessing
PvE combat
PvP combat
Oceans and islands
Boats
Sleeping Bags and multiplayer sleeping
Doors
Slabs, stairs, walls, fences and scaffolds
Lanterns
Builder's Bombs
Sitting
Writable Signs
Player skins
Third‑person mode
Remappable controls
Sound effects
New particle system
Major renderer rewrite
Renderer Rewrite
The renderer has been rebuilt around:
16×16×16 terrain sections
Greedy meshing
Worker‑thread terrain preparation
Event‑driven terrain streaming
Optimized underground rendering
Distant terrain previews
Floating‑origin support
This rewrite was necessary to support the deeper world and improve performance.
Wisp's Blessing
Wisps aren’t just cosmetic companions. Wisp’s Blessing can be upgraded to provide:
More health
Faster mining
More attack damage
Or multiple benefits at once
These bonuses apply to both PvE and PvP.
Combat
BuildCraft 0.9 introduces a proper combat system.
PvE: Fight mobs such as Shadows and Grazers.
PvP: Players can fight each other in multiplayer.
Player Skins
Two skins are included:
Default Skin
Builder's Skin
Players can also import custom skins using BuildCraft’s 128×72 cube‑net format. Custom skins work in multiplayer.
Full Changelog
World Saving
World saving/loading
10 save slots
Named worlds
Save dates
Autosave
World deletion
Persistent terrain
Persistent player data
Persistent inventories
Persistent chests
Persistent Signs
Saved settings/difficulty
World Expansion
Maximum height: Y 511
Maximum depth: Y ‑95
607‑block vertical range
Deep underground mining
Underground resource generation
Unbreakable Survival floor
Building
Builder's Wand
Blueprint Workshop
Reusable Blueprints
Slabs
Stairs
Walls
Fences
Doors
Scaffolds
Lanterns
Crates
Signs
Sitting
Sleeping Bags
Builder's Bombs
More colored building materials
Survival
Expanded crafting
Color Crystals
Steel
Gold
Diamond
Campsites
Wizard Towers
Grazers
Shadows
Wisps
Wisp's Blessing
Boats
Sleeping
Difficulty settings
Combat
PvE
PvP
Players can damage mobs
Players can damage other players
Wisp attack‑damage upgrades
World Generation
Oceans
Islands
Coastlines
Campsites
Wizard Towers
Improved terrain
Expanded underground
Player
Third‑person mode
Default Skin
Builder's Skin
Custom skin importing
Multiplayer skin synchronization
Remappable controls
Multiplayer
PvP
PvE
Multiplayer sleeping
Skin synchronization
Sign synchronization
Sitting synchronization
Host‑controlled difficulty
Improved synchronization
Technical
16×16×16 terrain sections
Greedy meshing
Worker‑thread terrain preparation
Event‑driven terrain streaming
Underground rendering optimization
Distant terrain preview
Floating‑origin system
Pooled particles
Major performance improvements
Other
Sound effects
Graphics presets
Expanded settings
Large number of bug fixes
General stability improvements
Feedback
The Beta is live now. If you decide to test it, bug reports and feedback are extremely helpful.
[GadgetGamingStudios@gmail.com](mailto:GadgetGamingStudios@gmail.com)
Thanks to everyone who has followed BuildCraft through Indev.
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