voxel-engine/README.md

# About

This repository is for a Voxel Game Engine based on [this](https://daymare.net/blogs/voxel-engine-in-a-weekend/) blog post.

Currently, however, the program only renders a single cube.

![a wireframe cube](.attachments/wireframe-cube.png)

## World Mesh Rendering - 11/10/25

World now renders as a single mesh! Much faster than rendering cube by cube.

![cube world](.attachments/world-render.png)

## Chunk Mesh Rendering - 11/11/25

Instead of making the _entire_ world a single mesh, now the world is made up of 32x32x32 "Chunks" which are areas of the world that are a single mesh.

![cube world (but in chunks!)](.attachments/chunk-render.png)

## 0.4.0 : Chunk Generation - 11/12/25

Chunks now generate around the player in a square based on a render distance. This allows the flat plane to be infinite!

![infinite flat cube world](.attachments/chunk-generation.png)

## 0.5.0 : Voxel Types - 11/12/25

Different voxel types are now supported in the data structures and passed to the shaders.

![a world of dirt with some stone blocks](.attachments/voxel-types.png)

## 0.6.0 : Raycasting Placing - 11/13/25

When placing a block, the program now raycasts to place where the camera is looking.

![a place of brown dirt with word Hi built out of stone.](.attachments/raycasting_test.png)