To create beautiful and immersive voxel-based video game experiences with immense player agency.
Create a game engine that renders uni-colored voxels of any size (down to sub-pixel) with the general visual aesthetics of Teardown (raytraced lighting, noise characteristics), infinite, randomly-generated, self-hosted multiplayer (unlimited players) worlds, a huge scale (infinite render distance), and low-level mechanics built on a basic implementation of electrical, mechanical, material and computer engineering to yield extensive realism, player agency and emergent gameplay
Create an open world game with the engine, including singleplayer and multiplayer survival and creative game modes
Create an MMO version of the open world game
Create several story-driven and/or goal-driven games with the engine
Make money
The engine will enable the development of games with immense player agency by employing emergent mechanics, which are mechanics that yield things that were not explicitly planned or designed by the developers. For example, a mechanic that allows the player to build things from scratch (rather than crafting prefabricated items using hard-coded recipes) is an emergent mechanic. A foundational mechanic is a type of emergent mechanic that exposes to the player low-level frameworks made of explicitly defined components that serve as building blocks that enable the player to create new mechanics. Redstone, including its power, transmission, and mechanism components is a good example of a foundational mechanic; It exposes to the player a low-level framework made of several components (e.g. redstone torches, pressure plates, etc.) that can be combined to make entirely new mechanics, such as lock mechanisms and advanced weaponry. The creation of these new mechanics is open-ended, and the possibility space is as large as the player's knowledge and imagination.
The engine's emergent mechanics will be built using methods that enhance visual and auditory aesthetics rather than sacrifice them. Game components will be meticulously crafted such that their combination will create a synergy that yields high-quality visual and auditory experiences.
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