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The Xar Package Content
Here are packages that you can install into the game:
Packages.
Here are videos associated to the Xar game:
Videos.
Here are the controls for the Xar (Classic) game:
Controls.
Here is the Xar (Classic) manual:
Game Manual.
Here is the Xar (Classic) monster manual:
Monster Manual.
Here are some facts about speedrunning:
Speedrun.
General Documents
While playing a game, you can open the console by pressing ~.
Here is documentation for the commands that can be run:
Console Commands.
To modify your experience of the game
and to tweek the engine,
you can modify environment variables.
Here is a list of all environment variables and what they do:
Environment Variables.
You can create your own world!
To do so, copy the Blank package in the
Data/Packages directory,
and rename it to something like
``MyWorldPackage''.
Then read the Creation Manual
to learn how to modify your package
to create a world.
Here is the most recent Creation Manual:
Creation Manual.
Disclaimer:
The ability to create your own world is in beta.
We do not offer support for debugging
the creation of your own world.
That being said I would be happy to discuss
topics related to custom world creation.
If you find a bug in our API
or engine, then e-mail us directly
(not Steam).
See my e-mail address below.
Contacting Us (e-mail)
A great way to contact us is with the
Steam discussions for the game.
With this method, other players
can read and participarte in the discussion.
However for somewhat technical issues,
bugs, or to share files,
it would be better to contact us
at the following e-mail address:
If the program crashes,
please send the file stdout.txt
to that e-mail with a description of what
was happening when it occured.
If there is a problem with the map,
then it is sometimes helpful to zip
the save folder for your player
and send it to me.
However almost always the only part
of the save folder that is needed
for these map related issues
is the file env_vars.txt,
and this is to get the
variable "game.player.path".
Other Content
Here are some fun facts about the game
and the making of it:
Fun Facts.
Version Numbers
Each version is of the form
X.Y.Z where X is the major version,
Y is the minor version,
and Z is the patch number.
However sometimes a big change might only increment
Z and a small change may increment Y.
We change the minor version when
we make a change to the game that
significantly changes the world
and affects save files.
Current and Older Versions
FBW Version 1.01.10 -- February 2023.
Updated game modding API and creating/destroying blocks.
FBW Version 1.01.8 -- July 2022.
Menger sponges and caves.
FBW Version 1.01.0 -- December 2021.
Multithreaded procedural world generation.
FBW Version 1.00.0 -- October 2021.
End of Early Access. Full release.
FBW Version 0.94.0 -- August 2021.
First official Steam release that unlocks the Classic Mode.
(Still Early Access).
FBW Version 0.93.0 -- June 2021.
First official Steam release (Early Access, Genesis Version only).
FBW Version 0.92.0 -- December 2020.
FBW Version 0.91.0 -- February 2020.
FBW Version 0.90.0 -- Before 2018.
First demo posted to this website. Done just after DU Arcade 2018.