I'm a 22k ID who remembers V15, and it genuinely, truly upsets me to see the state this game is in. I mean actual, genuine sorrow. For the zoomers who don't understand what I'm talking about, let me break it down;
Blockland has existed in one form or another since, like, 2004. There are two different periods, Return to Blockland, and Retail. Retail came out in 2007, and is what you see on Steam today, while Return to Blockland is dead in a hole.
Anyways, flash forward to 2012, V21 releases and removes terrains, leaving you with the generic slate map, because shaders apparently didn't work on the pre-built maps like Bedroom and Slopes. Wanna know something funny? Shaders don't even work on Mac.
Anyways, Blockland went up on Steam Greenlight. The game gets greenlit in August 2013, and comes out in December.
Problems immediately started.
First, you have numb_digger, some kid who came in during the Steam release and starts DDOSing the RTB master server. Not RTB as in the game pre-retail, but RTB as in Blockland's own version of the Steam Workshop with an IRC. I forget how long this went on for, but the end result was RTB getting discontinued after the provider pulled the plug, leaving the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ forums as the only place to actually download addons.
And then you have people from Steam coming into what effectively was a community with heavy gatekeeping, en masse, and destroying the old identity, causing the veterans to leave. Once the new players realize there wasn't much to do since RTB was discontinued, they leave too, and Badspot has pretty much stopped developing the game. It's literally vaporware at this point, and it genuinely upsets me to see this game that had such great potential get squandered.

That said, not everything is doom and gloom for Blockland. While the game itself is dead, interest is not. There's a new game called Brickadia that is being made in Unreal 4 by a bunch of veterans from the Blockland community, like Zeblote. Look into it, join their discord, and give them some support so that this game's potential isn't squandered like Blockland was.

Nevermind, Brickadia has a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ nonce problem. I should be surprised, but I'm not. Blockland had a huge unchecked pedo problem back in the day, and considering Brickadia's close ties with Blockland, I shouldn't be surprised.

I'm a 22k ID who remembers V15, and it genuinely, truly upsets me to see the state this game is in. I mean actual, genuine sorrow. For the zoomers who don't understand what I'm talking about, let me break it down; Blockland has existed in one form or another since, like, 2004. There are two different periods, Return to Blockland, and Retail. Retail came out in 2007, and is what you see on Steam today, while Return to Blockland is dead in a hole. Anyways, flash forward to 2012, V21 releases and removes terrains, leaving you with the generic slate map, because shaders apparently didn't work on the pre-built maps like Bedroom and Slopes. Wanna know something funny? Shaders don't even work on Mac. Anyways, Blockland went up on Steam Greenlight. The game gets greenlit in August 2013, and comes out in December. Problems immediately started. First, you have numb_digger, some kid who came in during the Steam release and starts DDOSing the RTB master server. Not RTB as in the game pre-retail, but RTB as in Blockland's own version of the Steam Workshop with an IRC. I forget how long this went on for, but the end result was RTB getting discontinued after the provider pulled the plug, leaving the shithole forums as the only place to actually download addons. And then you have people from Steam coming into what effectively was a community with heavy gatekeeping, en masse, and destroying the old identity, causing the veterans to leave. Once the new players realize there wasn't much to do since RTB was discontinued, they leave too, and Badspot has pretty much stopped developing the game. It's literally vaporware at this point, and it genuinely upsets me to see this game that had such great potential get squandered. [strike]That said, not everything is doom and gloom for Blockland. While the game itself is dead, interest is not. There's a new game called Brickadia that is being made in Unreal 4 by a bunch of veterans from the Blockland community, like Zeblote. Look into it, join their discord, and give them some support so that this game's potential isn't squandered like Blockland was.[/strike] Nevermind, Brickadia has a fucking nonce problem. I should be surprised, but I'm not. Blockland had a huge unchecked pedo problem back in the day, and considering Brickadia's close ties with Blockland, I shouldn't be surprised.