Principia

Principia

@principia-web.se

Bluesky account for Principia, an open source physics-based sandbox game with electronics, robotics, Lua scripting and more. Website: https://principia-web.se Source code: https://github.com/bithack/principia/ Account run by: @voxelmanip.se

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On the 6th of August 2022, the source code of Principia was published as BSD-3, allowing the community to continue the game where it had left off in late 2014. Read more about the game's journey since then in this news article: principia-web.se/news/32 #gamedev #foss #sandbox #linux #android

principia-web.seFour years of Open Source PrincipiaOn the 6th of August 2022, the source code of Principia was pushed onto GitHub as open source, allowing the community to continue development of the game where it had left off in late 2014. Today mark...
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Most interactions on posts seem to be people who run interaction bots to favourite everything they can find to seek attention. Giving the illusion of people seeing the post, but I'm not sure how many are even reading this right now. Bsky in general seems like a wasteland.

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Principia 2026.06.06 is now out! It is primarily a maintenance release with all the bugfixes and other improvements that have accumulated since last year. Read more in the news article: principia-web.se/news/28 #gamedev #foss #opensource #update

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@principia-web.se

The Principia about page has seen some improvements recently, so I'd like to bring attention to it. principia-web.se/about It features a description of the game and its journey as well as game screenshots and logo. Doubles as a press kit for those who wish to cover Principia. #gamedev #gaming

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New Principia building contests are put on hold until there is enough interest to warrant running them again. I don't know when that would be though.

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In general, there is no point in running contests when there is so little interest in them. I don't know if the theme sucks, the duration is too short, too long, nobody has expressed their concerns with me if that is so. Otherwise there does not seem to be enough activity in the community to […]

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Halftime for the latest Principia building contest Daft Dummy! One player has submitted an entry so far. The contest runs until Monday next week so you have plenty of time left if you want to participate! principia-web.se/contest/4 #gamedev #gaming #contest

principia-web.seDaft Dummy!Hello and welcome to the fourth Principia building contest. This time we are doing a re-run of the old [Stupid Dummy!](/archive/contest/3) contest from back in the day, but with an alliteration as the...
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Halftime for the current Principia building contest, Crazy Circuitry. One week has gone by, one week left! randomguy123 has submitted a solid contender today, a six digit random number generator. But what else will others submit this week? principia-web.se/contest/3 #gamedev #contest #competition

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P.S. You can join the community right away to try it out without an account, just like the good old days of Discord before they shoved phone number verification onto everyone. You can then claim your account if you wish to stay.

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Renewal for the site domain is near, I was intending to move to another registrar but they've already sent an invoice for automatic renewal. My current registrar is currently price gouging all their services to fund their AI site creator tool (ugh), hence why had wanted to transfer somewhere else.

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Hello Bluesky! Principia is an #opensource physics-based sandbox building #game featuring #electronics, #circuitry, #robotics, miniature robots, #puzzles, #Lua scripting and more. Starting its life as a commercial game by Bithack, it has now been released as #FOSS to be developed by the community.

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Earlier this week I pushed an update to the Principia site that merges the latest, most liked and most downloaded levels pages (both non-archive and archive) into one new page. That's six pages, combined into one now, with all sorting and filtering options right at your fingertips! #gamedev

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This also means you can now sort by oldest level, for historical interests, or to filter the top liked and top downloaded levels by level type. More options are likely to come.

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The new Principia #YouTube channel has reached 50 subscribers! youtube.com/@principiagame It's still just a fraction of the amount of subscribers that the old Bithack channel has (~2.28k), which I unfortunately don't have access to. But it's still nice. New content soon, maybe. #gamedev

youtube.comPrincipiaYouTube channel for the game Principia, an open source physics-based sandbox game with electronics, robotics, Lua scripting and more. Account run by ROllerozxa, if you have Principia videos from the ...
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Back in 2021 I made an iceberg image for Principia, full of references. I originally sent it in the Discord server and it was mostly forgotten about, but rediscovered it recently. I've now posted it on the forums w/ a full legend over the iceberg: principia-web.se/forum/thread... #gamedev

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This year marks 15 years since the initial #Android release of #Apparatus, 1.0 being released August 2011. It was revolutionary for its time and reached immense popularity back in the day, topping the charts on Android Market at its peak and being handpicked as "Editor's Choice" by Google.

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Later in 2013 the sequel to Apparatus, Principia, was released for Android. While it did not see as much success as its predecessor, it has gained a new life as an open source project and carries on the legacy of the original game.

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Last year I made a fan website for Apparatus: apparatus.voxelmanip.se In addition to downloads, it also contains various other goodies such as links to the game's full soundtrack, archived news articles & other history, and info about unused content like the Interactive Challenge mode.

apparatus.voxelmanip.seApparatusApparatus is a sandbox puzzle game for Android devices. Use your hammer to pin planks and wheels together to build anything you can imagine, connect your apparatus to motors and give them power using ...
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I published a new news article on New Year's Eve about the recently introduced web version of Principia available on the community site, as well as other new features on the website that have been added recently: principia-web.se/news/22 #gamedev #foss #opensource #happynewyear

principia-web.sePrincipia in the web browser, and more...Recently you might have noticed a new link on the pages for levels on the community site, which takes you to a web-based version of Principia allowing you to play the level directly in your web browse...
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@principia-web.se

Yesterday the #web version of Principia has finally gotten into a state where it is relatively playable now! There is now a link on each level page that takes you to the experimental web version to run the level straight in your web browser, without needing to install the game. #gamedev

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I have submitted a proposal for a Principia stand at #FOSDEM 2026. Will be interesting to see if it is accepted when the stands will be announced on the 16th of November later this year. If we get accepted, see us at FOSDEM! #foss #opensource #gaming