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-# Dragonblocks alpha
+# Dragonblocks Alpha
+
+A multiplayer voxelgame for POSIX systems.
+
+Head to <https://www.elidragon.com/dragonblocks_alpha/> for snapshot and release builds.
+
+## Invocation
 
-## Usage
 ```bash
 ./DragonblocksServer <port>
 ./Dragonblocks <address> <port>
 ```
 
-The server will save the map to a file named "map" in the directory it is run in. It will also load the map from there at startup, given that the file exists.
+or alternatively:
+
+```bash
+./singleplayer.sh
+```
 
-## Nodes:
-- `unloaded`: used for nodes in unloaded mapblocks
-- `air`: default node in newly generated mapblocks
-- `dirt`
-- `grass`
-- `stone`
-- `invalid`: unknown nodes received from server
+## Controls
 
-Interrupt handlers for SIGINT und SIGTERM are implemented.
+Use W, A, S and D to move forward / left / backward / right and Space to jump.
 
 ## Dependencies
 
-The client depends on GLFW3, OpenGL and GLEW.
+The client depends on GLFW3, OpenGL, GLEW and Freetype.
+
+```bash
+sudo apt install libgl1-mesa-dri libglfw3 libglew2.1 libfreetype6
+```
+
+The server depends on SQLite3.
+
 ```bash
-sudo apt install libgl1-mesa-dri libglfw3 libglew2.1
+sudo apt install libsqlite3-0
 ```
+
+both the client and the server depend on ZLib.
+
+```bash
+sudo apt install zlib1g
+```
+
+## Current Features
+- Multiplayer
+- Map generation with mountains and blended biomes that determine grass color
+- Physics
+- FPS Camera
+- Mipmapping, Antialiasing, Shaders
+- HUD
+- Saving the map to a SQLite3 database
+- Multithreading for map generation, mesh generation and network
+- Handlers for SIGINT und SIGTERM (just Ctrl+C to shut down the server)
+
+## Usage
+
+### Server
+The server currently stores all the world files (currently only map.sqlite) in the current working directory, and it will stay like that.
+If you want to have multiple worlds, just run the DragonblocksServer process from different directories.
+It's up to you how you organize the world folders, which is an advantage since the program really just "does one thing well"
+without having to search your system for share directories or maintaining a world list (like Minetest does).
+
+### Client / Singleplayer
+The Dragonblocks client itself does not and will not have a Main menu. It goes against the already mentioned UNIX philosophy to have a binary
+that does multiple things at once. For now, there is a singleplayer script that launches a server and a client, and in the future a launcher
+will be added that is used to do all the stuff that users nowadays don't want to do themselves, like showing you a list of worlds and launching the
+server in the correct directory, as well as updating the game and managing game versions for you. It's gonna do the ugly `~/.program_name`, but you
+wont't have to use it if you don't want to.
+
+### Modding
+Dragonblocks Alpha does not and will most likely never have a modding API. If anything, a Lua plugin API will be added.
+It would be possible to have a native modding API for a C project (as demonstrated by [dungeon_game](https://github.com/EliasFleckenstein03/dungeon_game)),
+but it would remove simplicity and, most importantly, remove optimisation possibilities.
+The way you are meant to mod dragonblocks is by simply forking it on github and modifiying the game directly. To use multiple mods together, just git merge them.
+If there are conflicts, the mods would likely not be compatible anyway.
+
+## Project Goals
+The name "Dragonblocks _Alpha_" does not have anything to do with the game being in early development (which it is tho), it's just the game's name.
+
+### What Dragonblocks Alpha aims to achieve
+- A voxelgame inspired by Minecraft and Veloren, with the techical side being inspired by Minetest
+- Exciting and feature-rich gameplay with the focus on exploring and adventuring, while still being multi-optional and not too bloated
+- A simple structure and invocation syntax
+- Using modern OpenGL to combine performance with graphics quality on high-end computers
+- Portability between PCs running POSIX systems (various Linux Distributions, BSD, MacOS, Plan 9)
+
+### What Dragonblocks Alpha does not aim to achieve
+- Portability to Windows or Phones / Consoles
+- Good performance on low-end PCs
+- A fixed story or lore
+- Cloning Minecraft behavior
+- Replacement for Minecraft and / or Minetest
+- An engine