4D Miner Devlog #1: New Lighting and World Generation! 

This is such a cool concept for a game and it is an accurate representation of what 4D would look like. Ive developed games for about a year and you were (and are) a huge inspiration

It is crazy how Ambiant Light is enough to make the game look more appealing. I'm sure there is more to do, but this is a big step! :D

Suggestion: add a sun and make it travel in the sky along the 4th axis. That way it will cast shadows in our slice of the world, and the later in the day, the longer the shadow, so the farther we'll be able to "see" into the 4th dimension.

Would love to see some more complex 4d beings inhabiting the world than spiders. They are cool due to the scary concept that they are larger than they seem and have 32 legs, most of which are hidden. But i feel that by sticking to the conventions of Minecraft and it's mob style, the potential of the game becomes limited. I would like to see intimidating completely original entities such as the one that picked up the person in the introduction video, or enormous creatures with unconventional layouts that move in bizarre ways and utilize 4 dimensional space to seemingly teleport around.

I think a nice feature would be to add stars in the night

I noticed a small bug while playing: hyperspiders usually dont use their 4th dimension to get to you so they will easily get stuck outside of a 3d house

This thing about casting shadows from objects outside of your slice is actually great improvement. Now there's constant feeling that world is a lot bigger than you see.

Man, its crazy how big this game is, i keep unable to visualize how big the world of the game is, like how big the chunks are

4D ambient occlusion shadows are AMAZING. Would you consider adding tiny shadows for items dropped, so that their presence is inferrable without the hyperglasses?

How would a 4D mirror look to a 3D person? Could you use such a mirror to view the hyperdimensional horrors that lie beyond the veil? I was just thinking that if a shadow (and thus light) can pass through from hyperdimensional space, that a mirror should allow one to see the watchers.

I've never thought about light and shadow impacting the gameplay so interestingly, it's normally seen as a just a graphic, visual, appealing thing. Being able to get hints about what lies outside your current slice is amazing and adds excellent curiosity to explore the 4D world and the scrolling feature.

this new update may not be much but its the first step to making a masterpiece

Interesting bug I ran into that is probably worth investigating as it gave me a headache for a solid half of an hour: When using scroll wheel on my mouse to shift through the 4th dimension, I thought it would be cool to unlock the scroll wheel (I have a g502 so it’s on a bearing) and see what would happen if I spinner it quickly. The game visually acted exactly how I expected, but audibly, it was awful. When I did this it produced and extremely loud, high pitched noise that could be heard even on low volumes . I think this probably has something to do with the computer not calculating fast enough and generating some noise from floating point errors, but it’s an annoying bug none the less. Sorry if this sounds poorly written. TL;DR: when shifting in 4th dimension it makes a really loud noise because computer decided to yell in my ear

It's a shame the kickstarter didn't get the backing it deserves. This has so much potential! And I love the demo already. I think it needs some big youtubers to bring attention to it for this to blow up

I had thought that AO would cast shadows from non-visible blocks, that's pretty cool. And yeah, I figured it would be quite a resource hog for this game. Funny credits bug... Maybe at some point, when you fix it, you could create an "extras" page with some funy stuff like the broken credit textures. I love the fact the sun and moon were replaced with text, dunno what it was though. Was one of them "Mashpoe"?

Matt Parker needs to know about this game, he loves 4D stuff and this looks like a very cool representation/visualization of 4D

This game has some actual blowing potential. Cant wait to see it explode.

U going to be printed in history for being one of the first ones to make a 4D concept game like this. crazy to think about how fast we humans are evolving...

With the glitch involving the credits fix it (obviously) but maybe have an easter egg whereby pressing a combination of different buttons while in the credits it causes the world to turn into the different patrons' names. Easter eggs in games are always a good thing to add and it would give people more reasons to subscribe to your patron.

Loving everything about this project! With full polish, unique features, and detail, I could easily see this actually becoming something more than a minecraft-like novelty game, with genuine challenge and fun puzzles, bosses, and the like. Also, huge respect to you for including bugs and how to avoid them in this, it's normally something most gamedevs shove off to the side to make their games look more pristine, but it means players have to go searching for fixes. Can't wait to see more!

It's amazing how much the lighting changes improve the look of the game, looks way more professional now :D

Yea! I’m not a patreon yet, but I’ll be here through the whole development getting inspired by this amazing concept. I hope the best for this project!!

I feel like because this game is so surreal it'd be cool to maybe have a biome inspired by the credit glitch at some point in the future! Of course reworked to be actually playable lol

Really love the font typing effect! Also love that you have a black windows theme. You know someone is a dedicated programmer when they have a black theme.

Wow, serious props for implementing proper 4d lighting. Really adds a lot having shadows coming from outside the visible 3d slice

The best features are ones a player doesn't even notice, I know how hard implementing that light was, and I appreciate it, I can't wait to see how redstone will work across multiple dimensions :D

I'm reeeeeally curious to know how multiplayer will work in the future!

I'm trying to understand this 4D game, in our 3D world, through this 2D screen, with my 1D brain

Awesome progress

wow the game looks so much better with the improved lighting!

I wonder if 4DMiner will have some sort of story/lore

I was expecting the shadows to be in 3D, since the shadows of our world is in 2D.

Love how the credits' bug makes the game "unplayable" but still looks extremely cool.

I can't get over how cool this is. I will be downloading this weekend

honestly, I really like the credits bug. Seems more like a fun easter egg! also looks cool and would be a nice challenge. anyways, have a good one

You are a legend dude! I wish I could support you but I don't have money to donate. Sorry! 😔

If you were to layer multiple 2d spaces on a Z axis, you'd get 3D space. But if you do the same again and layer 3D spaces on another axis you'd get a 4D space. This is the best way to understand another plane of reality in my opinion

I find it funny that we're depicting a 4D world in a 3D game displayed on 2D screens.

Can't wait to see this game being completed!

still super fascinating and i still cant wrap my head around the 4th dimension... really interesting and fun

Realy impressive work again dude, really hyped to see what this game becomes

I am obsessed with this concept, it is absolutely mind boggling and I adore hearing more about it and being able to see the game’s progress.

I love the game already, and I love that you're making a dev log for it.

Nice work on the lighting! Looking forward to future progress!

I can't wait for the game to be more finished, it's looking so good as is and I'm sure it will become one of the greatest games of all time.

Love this concept

I was impressed by the earlier 4D Miner videos, but afterwards I felt that the lighting needed some work. Nice to see that this was one of the next things to be worked on. Lighting is probably more important to get right in a 4D environment than in a 3D one. For instance, being able to find holes in your house just by looking for bright spots.

You sound so chill! $D Miner looks SUPER GOOD!

It would help a lot if you optimize world generation. I thought of a way to do that. For all the blocks that aren't within or near the visable slice, it would only generate the shape of the world, & not generate the material of the world. It would also maybe not convert the 3D height map to 4D but still make everything else 4D.

I'm happy that the project still going on

Love this project. Can’t wait to see the final version.

I like to see electromagnetism and inertia as 4D aspects that cause an effect in our 3D world. I’m imagining a “redstone contraption” that makes a movement in one direction to cause a force field to appear in a different dimension…

I've always watched these short videos about a 4d objects. Seeing a 4 landscape is so weird and fascinating! Pretty sure my house still has holes in it.

with the goofy colors and stuff, it's gonna be a bit complicated to make this game look good or beautiful, it's not impossible tho! keep it up man, this has so many potential

this project is looking amazing, keep it up!

This is the kinda stuff that makes me believe math isn't totally useless.

4d objects make 3d shadows though i doubt that could be put in the game with how much processing power would need to make that happen and it might not be that visually appealing compared to normal shadows which matters more

can't wait to see where this game goes in the future

I look forward to seeing this project through

You can divide the display vertically into 10 parts. Each part contains the usual 3d game and is rotated by 4d angle relative to the next part

I fricking love this new game/project your the best same as this game I’m very excited to see the end result of this game Good luck to the rest of designing and coding

I’d recommend making the death screen more minecraft-like by having a clear red/pink screen saying “You Died!” instead of the skull.

Sadly I’m not a patron but I’ll still wait for the full game

This has to be one of the best attempts at 4D visualization. Insane work.

Oh man i can't wait for more features to be added! This game looks crazy fun!

nice stuff. it nice to see how much proccess your making

Thank you that you continue the development of this cool project!

I’ve never developed a game, but I can tell that this takes a lot of time, work, and effort. It’s an awesome idea put into an awesome simulation. I love the game so far, and I’m excited to see how far it will go! A small suggestion is for you to make the tool you are holding change looks whilst you scroll through the fourth-dimension.

I love this update please hurry and make a new devlog !!! Sorry no Pressure.

The credits bug is the most wild thing I have ever seen.

I'll probably become a patron when my salary comes in. What i'd like to see in the finished version is animals/npc's with lives and needs. Spiders that need to eat. Peasants that farm, make buildings, dig, plant, defend themselves etc.

Interesting game, it's looking really nice, good idea for the lighting though the factorization in dimensions from 3 to 4 jumps up quite quickly the more dimensions one increases.

Looks more like Minecraft now good job!

this channel is way to underated

This is awesome. Someone should make a show based on your idea. It would be interesting to see a story play out in the 4th dimension.

i appreciate that he showed us how move over player data

This is such a fascinating game. I love seeing how all these bits are coming together!

Idea: randomly generated structures based around 4 dimensionak shapes, like tessercats and Spherinders!

I absolutely love this, I hope the 4d mobs become more visible though, while the idea is cool, I think most would prefer a mob being present from most perspectives, if that is feasable.

I saw the announcement one discord and I clicked faster than how fast I clicked this video

Mr Bernard is legit and his method works like magic I keep on earning every single week with his new strategy

Great vid! I will hope to see news about this project.

looking forward to this great game, keep it up man

Impressive work man!!!

I’m going to donate, I really love this concept, it’s something I’ve been looking for, I’d be happy if you keep updating it Xp

Awesome update i hope you will someday add a multiplayer where people can be in a different place in the 4th dimension that would be awesome if its possible

It would be cool moving the 4D items later in the progression.

Waow i love how the game is strating to have a lot of new things, i'm rlly rlly hyped for the future of this game, oh and i think the flat world is REALLY useful for poeple to train construction with 4D!!!!

Just a suggestion but Id love to see some fantastical world generation to match the 4d asthethic. There is so much potential with 4d surface level terrain.

As a designer I am itching to see your engine. I'll sign anything any nda idc I am just so freaking interested in this mathematical symphony

Looking great!

I am really looking forward to this

great new video!

Love the work

So hyped for this 😭😭

I really hope that this game is going to become big, its an amazing idea for a game.

Now all you gotta do is add some sort of time shenanigans. Maybe nighttime and daytime is also dependent on the orientation you are facing in 4D space. The sun and moon is theoretically also following a 4D orbit.

Bet this channel will reach 500k or maybe even 1m subscribers

i like so much this project . i thanks person like you ho make project like this one.

Wow. This is so confusing but interesting!!