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The Block Box

Build and defend your village in an open, randomly generated world made of blocks. Manage your villagers, build your village, and defend it at night.

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February 1, 2019
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About the Game

Build and defend your village in an open, randomly generated world made of blocks.

  • Freely manage your villagers and their actions.
  • Build your village during the day, defend your village from evil monsters at night
  • No predefined structures, you are free to use your imagination and design your structures as you like.


In The Block Box, you shape the world through the hands of your villagers. There are no predefined list of buildings that you must choose from, you can freely design your own. Use the Schematic Editor to design a structure, and your villagers can build it wherever you want afterwards. Multitasking is key in this game, as each villager can work independently, so you might have one villager collecting wood, while another digs for stone. In the first 3 days, you should focus on getting your villagers settled, and have some defenses built, as on the third night, skeletons will attack.


The world is randomly generated, with 3 different climate zones alternating through north and south. Temperate climates are full of grass, trees and water, while Desert climates are barren, with only oceans containing water. Polar climates consists of extreme mountains and snow, but iron is more abundant.