If you've peeked into our Discord or our forum lately you may have seen me explain that Cubic Worlds will be changing to a new host soon. I don't know who that host will be yet, but I do know that there's going to be a shortish (~ 10 days or so) period of self-hosting that will start in the next day or two.

When the self-hosting begins, the server's MOTD will change to reflect what IP you should connect to. I'll also make sure to post it in Discord and on the forum thread which has full details:

https://forum.cubicworlds.net/index.php?threads/the-april-host-move-and-boring-admin-stuff-™-thread.5246

Thanks for your patience, Cubians - the disruption shouldn't last beyond the end of this month. Happy Minecrafting!

Recently, S1D, a bot that we use to link chat between Minecraft and our Discord server, was failing to connect. S1D comes from a plugin that is part of the CW server, so he lives on the same “box” – a dedicated server rented from a German company called Hetzner. As it turns out, S1D wasn’t connecting because… well… Discord had banned it. *gasp*

Unfortunately we’ve been caught in the crossfire of a disagreement. Discord have told me that they are currently blocking all of Hetzner’s IP addresses “due to a lack of communication and improper use of abuse systems by Hetzner”. Sucks to be us, the legit users on a network infested with dodger geezers!

While I’m doing my part to get this sorted, the main reason I’m making this post is because the invoice for this month’s Hetzner rental is due – and I think you deserved the backstory as some explanation for the next point…

I’m not inclined to pay up until I know more about how long this swordfight is going to continue for. By ignoring the outstanding invoice I run the risk that Cubic Worlds will be spontaneously shut down at some point in the nearish future; it could be days away, or it could be tomorrow.

If this happens, I’ll self-host Cubic Worlds and search for another host we can use. I’ll be taking daily backups in the meantime so that if the worst comes to the worst, you won’t lose more than 24 hours of work.

Thanks for your patience and understanding. Hopefully this warning will be a red herring, things will get sorted, and we can get back to normal – but stay tuned to our Discord server and check into the #hetznergate channel for updates as they happen.

Hey folks,

Right now you can get a Steam key for the Dungeon Keeper-like game Dungeons 2 without having to pay a penny! The game is normally a whopping £25 / $30 / €30.

The offer runs on the Humble Store for the next 6 hours or so. Find it here:
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/dungeons-2


Enjoy!

Do you like dragons?

Do you enjoy meeting evil slender beings from another dimension?

Do you relish the opportunity of having your soul eaten by the void and your legendary equipment turned into noxious ash?

If you answered "YES" to any of the above questions, join us in Cubic Worlds tomorrow, Saturday 17th September, at 18:30 GMT - and be present at the opening of our brand new End!

NOTE: There is no grand multi-hour adventure this time around, so please don't be expecting the crazy and buggy shenanigans that we had for our first excursion to the End. This event will be short, to the point, and still somehow buggy because it's CW tradition!

NOTE 2: You will have the chance to decide exactly how challenging the event should be. More will be explained about this closer to the time of the End gate opening...

Just a week after the creation of Tesseract, our new main world, it's time to officially open and unlock the fantastic new spawn area that's been built by SFMosquito and Redline67. So shiny! Join us at 18:30 GMT for the virtual ribbon-cutting.

Also being announced will be the details for how players can purchase up to two plots around spawn in order to set up shops. We're setting up a plugin that will hopefully make this a simple, automatic process - it's almost too modern for a backwater place like Cubic Worlds, right?

With the foundations of spawn built, this means we can now move right along with picking the finalists of the Portal Tower contest to fill up that plot - and then move on to new contests for the spawn monument and plaza!

See you around the cube!