Blocks

Tiny Minecraft clone in C and HLSL using the new SDL3 GPU API

Features

• Procedural world generation
• Asynchronous chunk loading
• Persistent worlds
• Physics
• Blocks and sprites
• Basic lighting
• Day and night cycle

Building

Windows

git clone https://github.com/jsoulier/blocks --recurse-submodules
cd blocks
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
cmake --build . --parallel 8 --config Release
cd bin
./blocks.exe

Linux

git clone https://github.com/jsoulier/blocks --recurse-submodules
cd blocks
mkdir build
cd build
cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build . --parallel 8
cd bin
./blocks

Shaders

Shaders are precompiled. To build locally, add SDL_shadercross to your path

Controls

• WASDEQ to move
• Space to jump
• F5 to toggle fly
• Escape to unfocus
• Left Click to break a block
• Middle Click to select a block
• Right Click to place a block
• Scroll to change blocks
• F11 to toggle fullscreen
• LControl to sprint
• T to reset the time of day