Lay of the Land

1.3.2 Patch Notes

• +New graphics settings intended for handhelds.
• ·Aims for a baseline 30fps performance target on Steam Deck without upscaling
• ~Updated automatic graphics setting scaling on first launch to include more settings
• +Added a shading quality graphics setting that primarily effects sky and water rendering

1.3.1 Patch Notes

• ~Fixed a crash when using blueprint adjustment gizmos
• ~Fixed other players being able to see and adjust a players blueprint gizmos
• ~Fixed a crash where the voxel simulation tries to burn foliage that resides in an unloaded region

1.3.0 The Local Multiplayer Update

Hi Steam Community, the local multiplayer update is here and brings split screen multiplayer with steam remote play together support among many other improvements. Local Multiplayer The game can now be played in split screen co-op with up to 4 of your friends. You can play online using Steam Remote Play Together. All…

I Added Multiplayer to my Voxel Game

Lay of the Land can now be played in split screen co-op with up to 4 of your friends! Get the game here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2776090 You can play online using Steam Remote Play Together. All your friends will need is a controller and a decent internet connection. You can invite friends to join you throu…

Lay of the Land Development Roadmap Update

Hi Steam Community, I thought I’d give an update on whats coming next to the game as development on the next update is taking longer than expected. The next update will be the split screen multiplayer update! Soon you will be able to play the game with up to 4 of your friends (to be confirmed). You will be able to pla…

The next update for Lay of the Land will include split screen multiplayer! You can play online using Steam Remote Play Together. All your friends will need is a controller and a decent internet connection. #gamedev #indiedev #voxelgame #voxelart #voxel #procedural #UnrealEngine

1.2.1 Patch Notes

• ~Fixed hollow bridge start asset railings
• ~Fixed attempting to spawn cooking effects on an invalid slot in the campfire

1.2.0 Cooking and Farming Update

Hi Steam Community, The Cooking and Farming update is here and brings with it a New Cooking System, Plant Composting, Fertilizer, New Furniture and a bunch of Quality of Life/UI Improvements and bug fixes. New Cooking System Meals can be cooked using the new Stove. Food cooked on the stove lasts significantly longer a…

Here's a sneak peak at the new cooking system coming to Lay of the Land. #gamedev #indiedev #voxelgame #voxelart #voxel #procedural #UnrealEngine

1.1.18 Patch Notes

• ~Improved shadow rendering performance
• ~Fixed clicking on a crafting recipe ingredient not showing the recipe for that ingredient

1.1.17 Patch Notes

• ~Fixed taking damage from becoming buried in falling sand being unintentionally difficult
• ~Fixed a race condition that could occur from incorrect bounds being used to wait for async voxel queries
• ~Fixed an uncommon crash when checking if player has enough of the required voxel items when building

1.1.16 Patch Notes

Patch Notes: -Fixed a shader compiler crash on older GPUs

Development Update & 1.1.15 Patch Notes

Hi Steam Community, I thought I'd share a quick development update. Over the past few weeks I've primarily been working on improving the two main performance pain points in the game. These were voxel simulation performance and world creation performance. World creation times are now around 65% faster. On an AMD Ryzen…

1.1.14 Patch Notes

Patch Notes; -Made voxel physics object splitting slightly smoother. -Voxel simulations on voxel physics objects will now no longer render when they go out of simulation update range -Fixed a crash with regions stepping simulations while being unloaded

1.1.13 Patch Notes

Patch Notes: -Various crash fixes

1.1.12 Patch Notes

Patch Notes: -Various small performance and memory optimizations -Cleaned up voxel physics query aborting -Log file clean up

1.1.11 Patch Notes

Patch Notes: -Fixed a crash when multiple voxel simulation updates are called in the same area in the same frame. Often occurred when fighting scorpions

1.1.10 Patch Notes

• ·Considerable voxel simulation render update performance improvements
• ~Reduced cpu and gpu memory usage
• ~Reduced boar attack damage
• ~Improved ai navigation around physics objects

1.1.9 Patch Notes

• ~Increased color difference between source and flowing water voxels to make it easier to remove source water
• +Added a clean up step for flowing water effects when loading worlds saved in previous versions to clean up ghost flowing water effects
• ~Fixed water voxels overwritten by sand/gravel/snow simulatio

1.1.8 Patch Notes

• ·You can no longer interact with useables while using an item (e.g eating food) to prevent item duplication exploits
• ~Fixed being able to edit portal connection name while standing inside an active portal
• ~Fixed being able to pick up an active portal while standing inside
• ~Fixed performance warning notifi

1.1.7 Patch Notes

• ·Better overlap checks for non structure ai spawning to keep them from occasionally spawning overlapping with the voxel world
• ~Improved saving performance
• ·If player outruns world generation, ai will now freeze in place as well as the player (will only happen on below min spec systems)
• ~Fixed ui remaining

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1.1.6 Patch Notes

• ·Voxel simulation performance and memory improvements
• ·The game will no longer force a second save on application exit if quit from pause menu
• ~Fixed voxel simulation sounds occasionally still playing when there are no simulated voxels
• ~Fixed an issue where voxel physics could sometimes overwrite sim voxel

1.1.5 Patch Notes

• +Added AMD FSR Frame Generation support
• +Added AMD Anti Lag 2 support
• ·Nvidia Reflex or AMD Anti Lag 2 are now enabled by default depending on hardware
• ~Improved voxel physics query performance

Lay of the Land Developer Plays and Q+A

I've Improved Combat in my Voxel Game

Lay of the Land is available on Steam! Get the game here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2776090 The Combat Update is out now on Steam and brings with it improved melee and ranged enemy AI, metal bows, elemental arrows, portals, upgradable special weapons and more! https://linktr.ee/tooley1998

I've improved some of the enemy ai in Lay of the Land. Particularly enemies that wield melee and ranged weapons to make them more interesting to fight. #gamedev #indiedev #voxelgame #voxelart #voxel #procedural #UnrealEngine

Portals are coming to Lay of the Land. Soon you'll be able to easily connect different parts of your world together! #gamedev #indiedev #voxelgame #voxelart #voxel #procedural #UnrealEngine

Thought I'd showcase some of the awesome builds players have made in Lay of the Land. It's been awesome to see what everyone can do with the building tools! Get the game here: store.steampowered.com/app/2776090

Lay of the Land is out NOW on Steam!

Lay of the Land is available on Steam! Get the game here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2776090 Lay of the Land is a sandbox adventure game set in a fantasy world where everything is physically simulated. Use the environment to your advantage and Explore, Fight, Loot and Build your way through mysterious lands. h…

Lay of the Land Development Visualization

Lay of the Land is available on Steam! Get the game here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2776090 This is a Gource visualization of 943 days of Lay of the Land development. Each dot is a file and their colors are different file types. Each line between files are folders. Each pulse represents a modification or a ne…

Meet the Biomes in Lay of the Land. Available April 8th on Steam! Wishlist the game here: store.steampowered.com/app/2776090 www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOQ1...

Meet the Biomes of Lay of the Land

Lay of the Land is available on Steam! Get the game here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2776090 Lay of the Land is a sandbox adventure game set in a fantasy world where everything is physically simulated. Use the environment to your advantage and Explore, Fight, Loot and Build your way through mysterious lands. h…

Lay of the Land will be available April 8th on Steam! Wishlist the game here: store.steampowered.com/app/2776090 Watch the gameplay trailer: youtu.be/FB_uMG4tC4A

Lay of the Land - Official Gameplay Trailer

Lay of the Land is available on Steam! Get the game here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2776090 Lay of the Land is a sandbox adventure game set in a fantasy world where everything is physically simulated. Use the environment to your advantage and Explore, Fight, Loot and Build your way through mysterious lands. h…

A new boss has arrived to the Snowy Mountains in Lay of the Land. The Glacial Colossus. Beware adventurer, this giant construct has an array of deadly weaponry to contend with other than its strength. youtu.be/FymkQZpQWCo #gamedev #indiedev #voxelgame #voxelart #voxel #procedural #UnrealEngine

Adding a New Boss Battle to my Voxel Game

Lay of the Land is available on Steam! Get the game here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2776090 I apologize for the delay in getting this update to you guys. There has been a lot going on in the background getting the game ready for release. I now have a Steam release date locked in, and it will be revealed in th…

Maybe this new big fella coming to Lay of the Land is going to be friendly... maybe not... #gamedev #indiedev #voxelgame #voxelart #voxel #procedural #UnrealEngine

Nothing ominous about this at all. #gamedev #indiedev #voxelgame #voxelart #voxel #procedural #UnrealEngine

Sometimes in Lay of the Land you just can't shake the feeling you're being watched... #gamedev #indiedev #voxelgame #voxelart #voxel #procedural #UnrealEngine

One of the coolest happy accidents I've seen Lay of the Land's procedural generation make has to be this river perfectly snaking its way under this structure. #gamedev #indiedev #voxelgame #voxelart #voxel #procedural #UnrealEngine

The Snowy Mountains Update Part 2 for Lay of the Land is here & available now on Patreon/Kofi. It brings new locations, new enemies, new magic spells, new weapons and more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Gua... #gamedev #indiedev #voxelgame #voxelart #voxel #procedural #UnrealEngine

I've Added New Enemies, Magic Spells and Weapons to my Voxel Game

Lay of the Land is available on Steam! Get the game here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2776090 Hey everyone, development is progressing at a steady pace as I move towards release early next year. Here's some of what I've been working on. Structures There are 6 new structures to find in the Snowy Mountains Biome…

Just spent way too long trying to figure out what on earth happened to Lay of the Land's performance seemingly out of nowhere. Turns out it was that October Windows update bug with older Nvidia drivers. That's a few hours ill never get back🙃 #gamedev #indiedev #UnrealEngine

I think this guy might be my favorite enemy I've added to Lay of the Land. #gamedev #indiedev #voxelgame #voxelart #voxel #procedural #UnrealEngine

It can get a bit chilly in the new Ice Caves coming to Lay of the Land ❄️⛏️🧊 #gamedev #indiedev #voxelgame #voxelart #voxel #procedural #UnrealEngine

Sneak peak at some of the new enemies and spells coming to the Snowy Mountains Biome in Lay of the Land. #gamedev #indiedev #voxelgame #voxelart #voxel #procedural #UnrealEngine

The Snowy Mountains Update Part 1 for Lay of the Land is here & available now on Patreon/Kofi. It brings a new biome, new animals, new items, many fixes and various improvements. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zk9... #gamedev #indiedev #voxelgame #voxelart #voxel #procedural #UnrealEngine

Adding a Snow Biome to my Voxel Game

Lay of the Land is available on Steam! Get the game here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2776090 Hey everyone, development is progressing at a steady pace as I move towards release. Here's some of what I've been working on. Snowy Mountains Biome In this frigid biome you'll find tall baren mountains interspersed w…

Soon you'll be able to find Penguins and Bighorn Sheep inhabiting the Snowy Mountains biome in Lay of the Land 🐧🐏 #gamedev #indiedev #voxelgame #voxelart #voxel #procedural #UnrealEngine

Sneak peak of the new biome I've been working on for Lay of the Land. The Snowy Mountains 🏔️❄️ #gamedev #indiedev #voxelgame #voxelart #voxel #procedural #UnrealEngine

I've Added a New Boss to my Voxel Game

Lay of the Land is available on Steam! Get the game here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2776090 You can find a new boss in the Mushroom Swamp biome. The Deathcap. This giant ferocious mushroom will bite, leap and vomit acid onto its foes. Also, beware the poisonous mushrooms growing on its cap. These release a po…

I wonder who lives here 🤔🍄🌳 #gamedev #indiedev #voxelgame #voxelart #voxel #procedural #UnrealEngine

The Creative Mode Update for Lay of the Land is here & available now on Patreon/Kofi. It brings brings Creative Mode, New World Options, New Animals and more. youtu.be/o-1cR8DpcHY #gamedev #indiedev #voxelgame #voxelart #voxel #procedural #UnrealEngine

I’ve Added Creative Mode to my Voxel Game

Lay of the Land is available on Steam! Get the game here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2776090 Creative Mode is here. You can now build anything your heart desires with unlimited resources, flying and new world options. Use the new Time of Day and Weather controls to experience and show off your builds in differ…

Two of the new critters coming to Lay of the Land. Watch your step 🏃🐊🐍. #gamedev #indiedev #voxelgame #voxelart #voxel #procedural #UnrealEngine

Simulating Thousands of Voxels in my Voxel Game

Lay of the Land is available on Steam! Get the game here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2776090 The voxel simulation system has been completely refactored and is now much more performant. The simulations now also have in increased speed and look much more natural. Moving sand now makes sounds and can hurt you or…

I’ve made Combat even Better in my Voxel Game

Lay of the Land is available on Steam! Get the game here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2776090 Hey everyone, progress has been steady these past few weeks on the game. Here's some of what I've been working on. Combat and Animation Improvements Melee Combat now has an improved feel and better fluidity. Many of t…