A Maze in Comfort City

Since renting chunks became a thing, people are becoming more confident  in their creations on Planet of Cubes. This brush maze is awesome.

Rent Chunks now! Latest version on Apple Store

Finally!

If you were one of the many who got tired of your stuff being destroyed in Planet of Cubes, that day is finally OVER.

According to their website, the Planet of Cubes is now equipped with the ability to rent chunks. This is a request that has been made by many players over the past few months.

Here's a statement from the site: 

"We are proud to announce that Planet of Cubes updated to v2.1 on Apple App Store! Huge long-awaited update with areas (CHUNKS) Rentals - now ready to use in the game! In this update: chunk rentals, Russian localization, better navigation and HUD highlighting, better chat, new skins and many more...Only you can build on your own chunks – but watch out your chunk rentals expiration! Once your rental is expired someone else can rent it and lock you out from modifying."

This is an awesome chance for players who left because of griefing to come back and re-imagine the game one more time. I'm sure now the popularity for this game is going to skyrocket.  With no worries about multiple servers and stuff that complicates other block games, Planet of Cubes is moving in the right direction. Stay tuned as I will be in-game reporting how people respond to the good news! Rent chunks and create some fantastic buildings!

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Hey all! We are proud to announce that Planet of Cubes updated to v2.1 on Apple App Store! Huge long-awaited update with areas (CHUNKS) Rentals - now ready to use in the game! In this update: chunk rentals, Russian localization, better navigation and HUD highlighting, better chat, new skins and many more. All of the details are below:
Rent your own chunks of this beautiful Planet made of cubes and start your creative joy today! Chat with other players globally when you build!
Only you can build on your own chunks – but watch out your chunk rentals expiration! Once your rental is expired someone else can rent it and lock you out from modifying.
A single chunk consists of the 16 x 16 square blocks and 256 blocks in height. You can turn “SHOW MY CHUNKS” mode and easily spot all of your chunks – in this mode the Planet of Cubes is displayed in grey color except your own chunks.
Rent Chunks and build on your rented area, so no one will build, dig or break your creation except you! All your creations will be saved and will be not disappeared on the Planet during the period of rent!
- See more at: http://poc.solverlabs.com/content/new-v21-now-available-apple-app-store-huge-update-chunks-rentals-russian-localization-and#sthash.zbDHjR8x.dpuf

Rent your own chunks of this beautiful Planet made of cubes and start your creative joy today! Chat with other players globally when you build!
Only you can build on your own chunks – but watch out your chunk rentals expiration! Once your rental is expired someone else can rent it and lock you out from modifying.
A single chunk consists of the 16 x 16 square blocks and 256 blocks in height. You can turn “SHOW MY CHUNKS” mode and easily spot all of your chunks – in this mode the Planet of Cubes is displayed in grey color except your own chunks.
Rent Chunks and build on your rented area, so no one will build, dig or break your creation except you! All your creations will be saved and will be not disappeared on the Planet during the period of rent!
- See more at: http://poc.solverlabs.com/content/new-v21-now-available-apple-app-store-huge-update-chunks-rentals-russian-localization-and#sthash.zbDHjR8x.dpuf

Winter Build: Planet of Cubes contest underway!

I know I haven't been on since the new year started soooooo....

Happy New Year! Like, almost a month later - The joys of work and being busy. However, I did get a tweet from the good folks over at Planet of Cubes about a contest they're doing. So if you 're not part of the Planet of Cubes community, here are the details:

Planet of Cubes Contest: Winter Theme Build

 1. Build anything and everything according WINTER theme in Planet of Cubes. For example: Snowman, Christmas Tree, Snow City, Snow Palace, Winter Pixel Art, Skies and vice versa!
2. Made screenshot of your Creation.
3. Attach your screenshots to the comments on the website or send to poc.support@solverlabs.com

Prize:
1st place: 1500 coins
2nd place: 1000 coins
3rd place: 500 coins

For those who are looking to update your skins and things of that nature this is PERFECT for you! And you know when I get the chance I'll premiere my creation here. Should be fun!

A Planet of Cubes contest is just what the community needed to get the new year off right, so this is going to be very cool to see what has been built. I'll be online most of these week in the evenings around 10 p.m EST - Look for Virgounitis!

Contest Details: 
1. Build anything and everything according WINTER theme in Planet of Cubes. For example: Snowman, Christmas Tree, Snow City, Snow Palace, Winter Pixel Art, Skies and vice versa!
2. Made screenshot of your Creation.
3. Attach your screenshots to comments here or send to poc.support@solverlabs.com
Prize:
1st place: 1500 coins
2nd place: 1000 coins
3rd place: 500 coins
- See more at: http://poc.solverlabs.com/content/contest-winter-creativity-take-part-and-win-coins#sthash.nlQQu3VW.dpuf

Contest Details: 
1. Build anything and everything according WINTER theme in Planet of Cubes. For example: Snowman, Christmas Tree, Snow City, Snow Palace, Winter Pixel Art, Skies and vice versa!
2. Made screenshot of your Creation.
3. Attach your screenshots to comments here or send to poc.support@solverlabs.com
Prize:
1st place: 1500 coins
2nd place: 1000 coins
3rd place: 500 coins
- See more at: http://poc.solverlabs.com/content/contest-winter-creativity-take-part-and-win-coins#sthash.nlQQu3VW.dpuf

Christmas Images from Comfort City

I know for many of you seeing Christmas images during this time of year is nothing new - they splatter our Facebook pages and Instagram accounts like crazy! However I did get the chance to logon last week and check out how the Planet of Cubes was celebrating the holidays. The cool thing is I did find a few Christmas images that I think you'll love.

The one thing I did notice there wasn't a lot of creativity online, which left me with the assumption that people were actually spending time with their families instead of playing games the entire Christmas season (lol) and that's all good! That's what this time of the year is for. The first of my three Christmas images that I came across was this snowman pictured above. It was a great creation - right down to the scarf. I was impressed. 

Candy Canes along with a Christmas tree on the outskirts of Comfort City

 

Christmas Images #2: Tree and Candy Canes - I thought these were spot on as well, even though it would have been better to have seen these with a little snow around them.  I liked the Christmas tree - very chic. 

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer? Possibly! Sans the left antler....

Christmas Images #3: 1-Antler Reindeer: What I can only assume is Rudolph (notice the red nose), This was the last of the holiday sights I saw in Comfort City. I didn't get a chance to venture to all the locations on Planet of Cubes, so if you saw something or created something during the Christmas season leave a message and I'll check it out! Have a great New Year everyone! 

3 Skins That Would Rock The Game To Its Core

Planet of Cubes players should know I haven't forgot about you all! Yeah, I've been gone for a while - the life of work and play will never be balanced.

Nonetheless, I've been staying in the know when it comes to the latest and greatest in the Planet of Cubes world.  If you haven't surfed over to the website recently, then you haven't noticed the vote that's going on right now about the upcoming texture packs. Sigh, no renting chunks just yet! But it's coming from what the site info explains -

Now, here are the three top choices that you've voted so far on what you want to see in the next texture pack update:

Planet of Cubes Texture Pack Votes

1. Tron (Futuristic) Texture Pack
   33% (10 votes)
2. Christmas Texture Pack
   30% (9 votes)
3. Another Texture Pack which is not available on the list above!
   27% (8 votes)

 It would be interesting to see a Tron texture pack. Different? Yeah, it would be. The Christmas texture pack wouldn't be a good choice because that's seasonal. And besides, Christmas is almost over! In regards to having another texture pack that's no available on the list, that's where many user will probably end up before it's all said and done.

However, I want SKIN PACKS.  I would like to see:

1. An optional pack to where you could create your own skins. Nothing special, just enough pixels to work with.

2. Naruto Skin packs - This would be AWESOME! Could you imagine the Planet of Cubes with Leaf, Cloud, and Rain Ninja running around? That would just rock.  (POC this is my version of begging you haha!)

3. Star Wars/ Star Trek Skin/texture Packs: Again, the ability to create your own Clans and Guilds would be endless if people could unite with skin textures. And besides, it's all the "in-thing" right now.

I'll be back in regular rotation talking about my travels now. I'll also be online Christmas for a few moments to say hello so look for Virgounitis! Probably in Comfort City.

Tron (Futuristic) Texture Pack

33% (10 votes)

Christmas Texture Pack

30% (9 votes)

Another Texture Pack which is not available on the list above!

27% (8 votes)

- See more at: http://poc.solverlabs.com/content/hot-announce-huge-excited-changes-gameplay-chunks-renting-coming#sthash.r5J5J1Ti.dpuf

Blocks of The Fall Submissions!

There's still time to get involved and create your masterpiece! Post photos here so that I know where to look for them and leave a message!
We have some excellent pieces of artwork I want to share with you all today:

Special Thanks to Candy01 who created this wonderful piece earlier this month. It's beautiful!

JamesX created "The Sun", pictured above. Very original, a different take on the model itself, well done!

Planet of Cubes: 2 updates we're still waiting for

Planet of Cubes players have been waiting patiently for the latest upgrades: 1.6 is here, but it's still falling short on what the users are really want to see.

Customization of skins still in demand 

One of the top requests made by the thousands of POC players is the ability to customize their skins.

Two of the newest skin packs

The latest update features an impressive assortment of skins to choose from, but still the ability to create your own is what the players want. The reason is simple - players want to be able to make their brand unique, their Guilds and Clans unique to the point they cannot be copied. Not to say the new Planet of Cubes Skins are bad, they're good! Customization would be great -

Players destroying other players' creations 

This has to be the top complaint in the Android Marketplace. Feedback begins with how someone has built a fantastic structure only to see someone come in and destroy it just because they can. The POC Admin really need to look at what's going on when it comes to that issue or users will give up on the game. In fact, many users have already stated they will not play the game until this problem is resolved. And you cannot blame them because who wants to waste days of work only to see it destroyed?

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 Look, I enjoy the game - It's a great break from my normal work day and it gives me a chance to do something different.  We know survival multiplayer is coming, and we know they're working on how to stop players from destroying other players' creations. In the meantime, live in the moment!

Design Ideas: Comfort City Fountain

Came across this fountain today. Looks fairly easy to build if you're designing a home.