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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.

98
games
16
platforms
Cortex Command (Windows)
Cortex Command
WIN 2012-09-28
Populous: The Beginning (Windows)
Populous: The Beginning
WIN 1998
Dawn of War II - Retribution (Windows)
Dawn of War II - Retribution
WIN 2011-03-04
Perimeter (Windows)
Perimeter
WIN 2004-05-21
Arcane Worlds (Windows)
Arcane Worlds
WIN TBA 2014
3079 (Windows)
3079
WIN 2012
Magic Carpet: Hidden Worlds (MS-DOS)
Magic Carpet: Hidden Worlds
DOS 1995
Minecraft (Linux)
Minecraft
LIN 2011-11-18
Minecraft (Windows)
Minecraft
WIN 2011-11-18
Magic Carpet (Saturn)
Magic Carpet
SAT 1996-01
SimCity 4 (Windows)
SimCity 4
WIN 2003-01-13
Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds (MS-DOS)
Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds
DOS 1995

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

Electronic Arts, THQ and ELECTROLYTE 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 32
Mac OS X 9
MS-DOS 5
Android 3
X360 2
PS3 1
PS2 1
iOS 1
Internet Only 1
Flash 1
Pandora 1
PS 1
Saturn 1
Xbox 1
Mac OS Classic 1

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