Gameplay System

The Gameplay System in Voxel Playground is built upon a custom physics engine and a highly interactive voxel environment. This section provides an overview of the core systems and guides you to detailed documentation for specific mechanics.

Core Architecture

Entity System

The Entity class is the foundation of all interactive objects in the game. Whether it's a weapon, a vehicle, a character, or a simple destructible crate, it inherits from Entity.

• Inheritance: Learn about EntityItem, EntityCharacter, and EntityFirableWeapon.
• Lifecycle: specialized initialization and destruction flows.

Physics System

Voxel Playground uses Px5, a custom physics engine, instead of standard Unity Physics.

• Builtin vs Px5: Understanding the difference and how authoring works.
• Voxel Collision: How objects interact with the destructive voxel terrain.

Voxel System

The world is made of voxels that can be destroyed, built, and manipulated.

• Modify Voxels: API, Manual Loop, and Job System approaches to voxel destruction.
• Data Layout: Understanding how voxel data is stored in memory.
• Heightmap Voxels: Creating terrain from heightmaps.
• Material IDs: Visual properties of voxels.

Game Elements

Characters & AI

Create custom characters with unique behaviors and appearances.

• Character Proxy: Configuring stats, size, and visuals.
• Spawner: How to spawn characters in the world.

Building System

• Connect Building: How the snapping and construction system works for building parts.

Interactions

• Custom Interaction: Defining how players interact with objects (grab, use, trigger).

Graphics & Rendering

Scene Settings

• Rendering Settings: Configuring the visual look of your scene (lighting, fog, post-processing).