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Voima
Developer(s)Valtsu
EngineUnity
Platform(s)Windows[a]
Genre(s)Sandbox / Survival
Mode(s)Single-player[b]

Voima is a survival sandbox game in development by Finnish solo video game developer Valtsu. Originally created using the C# programming language in the game engine Unity. The game began development in the summer of 2020. The game offers the ability to customise many aspects of the gameplay and features NPC bears that populate the area in the game and the player plays as a bear. The game has a very dreamy atmosphere to it and it takes most of its inspiration to the survival game Minecraft and the Finnish countryside. The name the game is Finnish for 'power' referencing how players have the power to do anything in the game[1].

The game is planned to be released as a Demo on the 3rd of March 2025[2] in the discord server for the game.

Gameplay

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Voima is a 3D sandbox video game set in a fictional forest[3] inspired by the Finnish landscape[4] where anything (e.g. terrain) can be manipulated similar to the game Minecraft. The game features 2 modes, survival mode is where the player controls a bear and can walk around, jump and even climb walls/trees. They also have the ability to place blocks and modify them with obtainable tools. Sandbox mode is where everything in the game can be edited without any limitations in a simulation[1] style. In both modes, the game is seen from the first-person perspective and the player can place a small variety of blocks. These blocks can also be modified using various tools from the player's hotbar and inventory which can be obtained around the map[1]. Such tools include scissors which can trim blocks to make them shorter or thinner[5]. There are multiple worlds which can be created (such a winter biome world). The worlds can either be accessed by the world selection menu or through portals that can be placed in other worlds.

Notes

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  1. ^ There are plans to port to MacOS and Linux in the near future
  2. ^ The creator of the game stated there are plans to add online multiplayer in the future but as of now it has not been implemented yet

References

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  1. ^ a b c Many of these features can be found in the official Youtube video trailer for the game uploaded by the creator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGTPd1PWx2Y
  2. ^ This release date can be found in various places but most notably the description of the trailer for Voima
  3. ^ As of now, the game world is hand crafted however there are plans to make worlds using procedural generation (explained in a blog-post on the Voima Discord server)
  4. ^ In a blogpost on the Discord Server for Voima, Valtsu (Creator of Voima) explained that the game's environment takes heavy inspiration from the Finnish landscape as that is where he lives.
  5. ^ The scissors tool was showcased in the second Youtube trailer video published on the 20th of February 2025
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  1. ^ The website is still in development as of this moment but the domain has been purchased already by Valtsu.