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.

100

games

platforms

OSX 2009-01-07

WIN 2009-02-19

WIN 2007-02-20

WIN 2012-09-28

WIN 2011-08-17

Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis

PS2 2003-03-25

Minecraft

WIN 2011-11-18

Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor

WIN 2009-04-08

WIN 2012

WIN 2019-07-30

DOS 1996-09

WIN 2004-05-21

The first video game about Terrain deformation was released in 1994.

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

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.

Parent groups

Interaction: Environment, Malleability

Platforms

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

Terrain deformation

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