World Editor / Image File To World Data Converter Tools For VoxelGame.

[WithinAmnesia]

I had a dream today where I already used a mapping tool where I converted X.XX by X.XX Voxels (arbitrarily scaling amount of voxel tile size grid) into an automatically scaling .png image to start world building in a future version of VoxelGame. I remember in the dream the C# / GDscript was not an issue with the voxel data output and the C# client was a nice feature but a hybrid C# / GDscript worked anyway.

Are these details true? Is the world data omnivorous as to what code reads it for a client? @Zylann Or anyone else who knows how map data is started in BlockyGame to save the data of the world? I'll have to check my old world data saves to see how it looks on first iterations of this idea from a dream.

Also do we have a map editor like Omen editor or MCedit for VoxelGame to convert arbitrary image sizes files into arbitrary world voxel size 'map art' / world data? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_n2_2xXzy4&t=344s&ab_channel=TheMisterEpic + https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/terra-1-to-1-minecraft-world-project + https://www.mcedit.net/

Do we have the dev tools that can make big projects like earth 1 to 1 scale possible or if not how close are we and what is the process to manually convert an image file data into even a flat world data 'image' / map art / image copy by in VoxelGame to start for big scale game work?

Also are there other block art pallets / block sets already made by the creative community for BlockyGame or will I probably have to add in new ones to fill out the palette / block set to get all the colours of the rainbow / make sure there is at least 16 to 32 to 64 to 128 to 256 to 512 to 1,028+ colour depth to BlockyGame / voxel game?

So as to properly open the doors / let loose the flood gates for the creative community to be able to make Minecraft / BlockyGame style map art but this time MIT with VoxelGame forever free. How can this be done to take VoxelGame to the next level / critical mass / order of magnitude of awesome?

I suppose the map art / world edit tools don't really need to be in one language but it world help if they can read and write and edit world data for VoxelGame. If these tools are not close to being made where could I ask to help make them? Minecraft modding community or MCedit people for a VoxelGame version? All feedback is welcome and please feel free to share and ask questions. Best of luck and if I find more details I'll share them at as time progresses. I also had a dream earlier this year where the creative community was having a blast with a sort of world editor tool in VoxelGame and it was really uplifting and gave myself lots of inspiration to start this journey.

[WithinAmnesia]

I have a MIT Godot / Redot possible lead / feature to potentially study / learn from: https://github.com/ClarkThyLord/Voxel-Core

From the Voxel-Core Github main page:

..."Features (Video)

VoxelObject, is a new MeshInstance type that is used to visualize voxel content
    Easily embed self-maintaining StaticBodies
    Fully automatic UV Mapping, creating textured voxel content has never been easier
    Meshing modes: naive meshing, for creating quick culled meshes; greedy meshing, for creating optimized meshes
VoxelSet, a Resource, much like a TileSet, that stores voxels, textures and materials used by VoxelObjects
    Create an almost infinite variety of voxels
    Define SpatialMaterials and Shaders for one or more voxels
    Set colors, textures, materials and more on a voxel or per face basis
In-Engine Editors, making the creation and modification of voxel content a simple matter
    Integrated keyboard shortcuts and undo/redo support throughout
    VoxelObjectEditor, create and modify voxel content in-scene
        Offers many operations, such as: adding, removing, swapping, filling and more
        Apply operations individually, by area or by face / extrusion
        Mirror operations over x, y and z axis
        Import files, apply effects and more...
    VoxelSetEditor, create, modify and manage your VoxelSets
        Add, remove, duplicate voxels
        Live interactive 3D and 2D voxel preview
        Many options to get the specific look you want from your voxel
Readers, used to import files as both static and dynamic voxel content
    Fully integrated with the editor, automatically recognizes and imports files as voxel content
    Image files (jpg, png, and any other supported raster format), quickly create 3D prototypes from 2D content
    Vox files (MagicaVoxel), making it easy and simple to work back and forward between programs
    Color palette files (images, vox, gpl, etc.), allows you to work with the same color palettes across platforms"

This part in particular I found interesting / upgrading / tool prototyping potential :
"Image files (jpg, png, and any other supported raster format), quickly create 3D prototypes from 2D content."

Update: I did some testing in Godot 4.4.-Stable.NET and Voxel-Core is for Godot 3.x. So any of the GDscript code he could be used to reverse engineer perhaps any missing tools / feature for VoxelEngine / VoxelGame. Such as the Reader Tools / Importers of 2D image of .png file into 3D voxels inside the the engine. Cool but needs more work for sure to be more closer to reality.

I suppose it is a MIT GDscript code base with a 2D .png to 3D voxel data converter / importer even if it is for Godot 3.x it is still a prototype to potentially upgrade / enhance VoxelEngine / VoxelGame and help the creative community.

A large scale .png image into large scale voxel data tool would be great for work multiplying and it would open a great many game dev doors for making great games worth playing.

Feel free to ask questions and all feedback is welcome. Take care and best of luck. May MIT keep on rocking and people keep fighting to always be able to dream forever free.