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Terrain deformation

Video game concept

Features deformable terrain, usually in the form of terraforming or otherwise changing terrain elevation for construction purposes as well as creating mounds from explosions and similar things.

101
games
17
platforms
SimCity 4 (Windows)
SimCity 4
WIN 2003-01-13
Minecraft - Pocket Edition (iOS)
Minecraft - Pocket Edition
IOS 2011-11-17
Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Xbox 360)
Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition
X360 2012-05-09
3079 (Windows)
3079
WIN 2012
Dawn of War II - Retribution (Windows)
Dawn of War II - Retribution
WIN 2011-03-04
Caster (Windows)
Caster
WIN 2009-01-07
GODUS (Windows)
GODUS
WIN 2016
Subnautica (Windows)
Subnautica
WIN 2018-01-23
Minecraft (Linux)
Minecraft
LIN 2011-11-18
Z.A.R. (Windows)
Z.A.R.
WIN 1998
Black & White 2 (Windows)
Black & White 2
WIN 2005-10
From Dust (Windows)
From Dust
WIN 2011-08-17
This is part or variation of destructible environment.

The terrain automatically leveling itself under structures when they're built is not valid case for this.

Commonly done with voxels as they're naturally suited for deformation.

Popular tags

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Parent groups

Interaction: Environment, Malleability

Games by year

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The first Terrain deformation video game was released in 1994.

Electronic Arts, THQ and Phr00t Software published most of these games.

Platforms

Linux 37
Windows 33
Mac OS X 10
MS-DOS 5
Android 3
X360 2
PS2 1
iOS 1
Internet Only 1
Flash 1
Pandora 1
PS 1
PS4 1
Saturn 1
Xbox 1
Mac OS Classic 1
PS3 1