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Angeldust – a solo-built voxel world that runs on everything [video]

A video showcases Angeldust, a voxel-based world game built by a solo developer that runs on multiple platforms including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, and web browsers.

Background

- **Angeldust** is an open-world voxel game (similar in concept to *Minecraft* but built from scratch) created by a single developer, J. S. "Vertigo" Andersen. - The video showcases the game running across an exceptionally wide range of hardware — from modern gaming PCs and Macs down to extremely low-end devices like Raspberry Pis, decade-old netbooks, and even the original Xbox (2001). - The project is notable as a technical achievement in software engineering: a fully featured 3D voxel world with multiplayer, crafting, and a visual scripting system, all built by one person and optimized to run on essentially any device with a display. - The video itself is a demonstration of the code's efficiency, not a narrative documentary; the core point is how lightweight and portable the engine is, made possible by decades of low-level optimization experience by the developer.