/Arcanus-Game

A 3D sandbox game similar to Minecraft

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Arcanus

Arcanus is a 3D sandbox game similar to Minecraft.

Players can explore a procedurally generated world made of blocks where you can build structures, roleplay and battle each other. Please see the Getting Started guide on how to play the game.

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Features

  • Open Source

    The game uses a very permissive ISC License and even the media assets are free to modify as you wish.

  • Kid Friendly

    There is no blood or bad language, and the fighting is kept cartoon-like as much as possible.

  • Singleplayer and Multiplayer

    You can run your own server and have friends connect to it remotely, or just play in a world of your own creation.

  • Customizable Worlds (work in progress)

    There are many settings that can be enabled or disabled to customize your world ...

    • PvP - players can attack each other (on/off)
    • PvE - creatures and/or the environment can attack players (on/off)
    • Ability to add/remove permissions for who can modify your world
    • Ability to choose a starting block set, and you can create your own blocks/sets too
    • Ability to adjust the daylight cycle (normal, always day, always night, always twilight, pitch black)
    • Ability to enable mods, UI themes and music/sound sets

  • Portals (work in progress)

    There are no doors in Arcanus, and instead you can use portals to give access to your structures.

    You can lock out other players and/or creatures or even link them to other portals across your world.

  • Magic System (work in progress)

    A simple magic system is in place to allow you to battle other players.

Future Roadmap

My long term goals are to add ...

  • new blocks for stairs and chests (work in progress)
  • the ability to customize your character
  • wearable items like armor, clothing and magic rings
  • a variety of creatures (some can attack or become pets)
  • a sundial block that allows you to fast-forward time
  • more animations throughout the game (like improving fire)
  • an official modding API and related documentation
  • portals that link to completely different worlds

Client Requirements

  • Windows 10 x64 or later
  • Intel HD Graphics 620 or better

You will also need to have the following .NET 6.0 runtimes installed.

  • ASP.NET Core Runtime
  • .NET Desktop Runtime

The client should work on common Linux x64 distributions like Ubuntu or Debian (by using Mono), but I haven't tested this yet. I do plan on supporting this eventually. However, it will most likely not work on Mac. Please let me know if you do get it working, but otherwise I don't have any plans to support this.

Server Requirements

  • Windows 10 x64 or later or
  • Windows Server 2016 x64 or later

You will also need to have the following .NET 6.0 runtimes installed.

  • ASP.NET Core Runtime

Please see the Build Instructions for what packages to install for Linux x64.

The recommended hardware is 4GB memory and 2 CPUs, but you should be able to run the server on lower specs.

Build Instructions

  • install Visual Studio 2022
  • install the .NET 6.0 SDK
  • install the .NET 6.0 ASP.NET Core Runtime
  • install the .NET 6.0 .NET Desktop Runtime
  • clone or download this repository
  • open Arcanus.sln in the root directory
  • this should open Visual Studio 2022
  • go to Build > Configuration Manager
  • set Active Solution Configuration to Release and close
  • go to Build > Build Solution and wait until it is successful
  • open a Command Prompt and cd to the root directory
  • type build.bat and press enter
  • the release for the client and server will be in the build directory

The server can also be built to run on Linux ...

  • right-click Arcanus.Server and choose Publish
  • click the Publish button and wait until it is successful
  • open a Command Prompt and cd to the root directory
  • type build-linux.bat and press enter
  • the release for the server will be in the build-linux directory
  • upload the contents of this directory to your server
  • run the following commands ...

These instructions assume you are running Ubuntu 20.04.

Please change the paths and/or commands to match your distribution!

  • wget https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/20.04/packages-microsoft-prod.deb
  • sudo dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb
  • sudo apt update
  • sudo apt install apt-transport-https
  • sudo apt install aspnetcore-runtime-6.0
  • sudo apt install libenet7
  • sudo ufw allow 25565
  • cd to the directory you uploaded to
  • chmod u+x ArcanusServer
  • ./ArcanusServer to run it