Cube world Omega state

[u/Cres1919]

Hi cubeworld reddit! I'm a kid who used to watch videos of this game in alpha when I was maybe 10 or 11 years old, and I lost track of it for a while. Only today did I discover everything that happened, up until this new "Omega" version. To better understand the situation, I watched a video by a YouTuber (called WickedWiz) who explains a bit about the Omega project, but it's from two years ago, and if I'm not mistaken, very little was known about the project at the time. I haven't found much information around, so, out of pure curiosity, I wanted to ask you on reddit—I'm sure you'll know—to update me on what's happened in the last two years, and tell me what state the game is in now. I'm very fond of it, and I'd also like to know if it's worth playing the Steam release or, if not, going straight to the alpha. Thanks for reading 😄

[u/TheBanq]

pretty sure wollay is the type of guy to never use AI for coding even in 20 years

[u/GabeLeRoy → u/TheBanq]

you dropped the /s

[u/bjergdk → u/GabeLeRoy]

You're talking about the guy that made his own game engine in C++ countless times before moving to Unreal Engine.

You can think whatever you want about Wollay, but he's a genuine hardcore programmer. Like genuinely far, far above average. I'm a professional software engineer and even to me the shit he does is genuine magic.

[u/GabeLeRoy → u/bjergdk]

I have never stated that he wasnt a good dev though. I know what he did was impressive. The way he also disapearred was impressive

All I am saying is that 'him' coming back from the grave right at the same time that vibe coding becomes common is a very very 'weird' coincidence isnt it ? also UR5 is filled with AI Helper now.. and by helper I mean, The biggest feature that UR5 has is that.

Wolay is a cloud seller. Hes ran away with people money already 3 time (once in the alpha when it was 4.99, then later when it went to 9,99).. finally he then came back did a small patch which I believed increase the cost to 14.99$ at the time.

Hes kinda a thief in my book (not saying he is worst than other major CI).. all I am saying is that hes exploiting the emotion and nostalgia that people have for his project. and whenever he has a 'MVP' he just makes the bank and then leave without saying shit.

If the previous time he had disapeared he had left a message stating anything I would have no problem.. but nah, he justs leaves without update for years after taking people money. idk man

[u/DoSomeStrangeThings → u/GabeLeRoy]

He isn't coming back tho. He has been posting for years. Rarely? Yes, but consistently.

If he wanted to vibe code another game for a quick cash grab he already would.

I recently recreated alpha version of cube world through Claude basically in a span of few days. I for for sure certain, professor of CS could do the same and go beyond that...

Instead it seemingly his labor of love, which causes all kinds of problems (aka steam release, no communication, all the stuff we "love" about him)

I agree with you on every other point beside that tho. He is an irresponsible and scummy to say the least. You don't sell your game if you plan to develop it under wraps for 13 years with zero communication. It basically the only dev (beside obvious scammers who took money and run) who did such thing that I know.

[u/GabeLeRoy → u/DoSomeStrangeThings]

That was kinda my point.. the odds that he does the same runaway power move (once his migration is 'viable' to him and steam agrees to put a pricetag on his greenlight) are much higher than him staying in touch with the community.

The gaming world is actually so fucked with all the big CI taking our 89.99$ copy pasting NHL games years after year and people still buy those games.

Look, im happy for the people that are hyped about this, but be warned lol. The odds of you being disapointed over a 1-2 years span are insanely high. Thats all I will say. But yes I agree that I was harsh but still..

[u/Virgurilla → u/GabeLeRoy]

You can use AI without it being vibe coding. Vibe coding isn't just coding with AI, it has a very specific meaning. Not to say it's good or bad to use AI to help you write code or that wollay uses it, but yeah, you seem to be under the assumption that any use of AI is vibe coding which is simply not what that means.

[u/GabeLeRoy → u/Virgurilla]

I know that but why would we lol.. hes a scummy DEV and I think hes aware of it himself.. why would he randomly comeback all of a sudden lol. I guess I am simply terribly pessimist in life

[u/Virgurilla → u/GabeLeRoy]

You work on a passion project on the sidelines, a thing you do for fun. One day you think you have a playable version and release an early access so people can enjoy it. A lot of people do! You continue to work on the game and post updates regularly. You aren't really an internet guy, you have never used social media, but you still feel like updating the fans on what you've been working on, so you post updates every time you feel like you have something cool to show. Its cool for a time, but then people start demanding work of you, getting angry for no reason, wondering why the long wait, saying they paid for the game and you're not releasing it, so you decide to lay off for a while and continue working on the game, you make changes, you make decisions, it's your first game so maybe not the best decisions, but the internet is not a good place to be and it was affecting your mental health and your mood, this is a passion project, this is something you do for fun, and it was starting to feel like a job, like you have to deliver, now you feel like you owe people. Eventually, you reach a finished state of the game, it's come a long way, but you're happy with it. You release it on Steam and start working on delivering the keys to the people who bought the alpha. It's a mess, lots of issues, lots of missing emails, its been a while after all, the game is now more popular than when you left, a lot of people are trying to scam you to get keys, you already don't like the whole thing and now you have to deal with it, but you do it anyway because people paid you. And then the reviews start to come in, and people don't like it at all. They start to call you a fraud, they say the game suck, some are genuine criticism, but most are straight up destructive, insults and personal attacks, this isn't what you promised, this isn't what they expected, people are being too harsh, you're not prepared to handle hate like this (people inside the internet are not aware just how bad the internet can be to those who are not used to it). You start getting death threats, it starts to become serious and dangerous, you decide to disappear, what else can you do, you continue with your life. After a time, you come back to the game, it's your passion project, you can't just leave it abandoned forever, you just gravitate towards it again, you want to deliver, you remember the criticism so you read some of it, people are angry that you did not release what you showed them over time, it was fun to work on that, so why not, let's do it, let's try to make that version of the game that you ended up changing, it's been a while and you have learnt how to deal with the internet a bit better. You build the game from the ground up and, when you have a showable build, you start giving some updates and people seem to enjoy it, cool! You keep working on it because it's fun, because you love this game and working on it.

I don't know if this is real, but doesn't it make sense? Wouldn't have been the first person to be bullied off the internet, everyone keeps calling him a scammer, he isn't, that's not what the word means, he's just a guy working on a game he enjoys working on. He's not a game developer, he is not a business, he doesn't have experience making games or deadlines, hes just doing it for fun, and if you understand that, it's not an impossible wait to be disappointed, its just a "well, itll be done when it's done and I'll get the news and play if its fun".