Stackwild

What is Stackwild?

Stackwild is a 3D world made of cubes: hills, beaches, sea, woods, snowy mountains and caves, generated differently for every new world, with a faraway horizon that makes the world feel huge. You can walk anywhere, dig and build with more than thirty blocks (grass, stone, wood, bricks, coloured glass, ice, water, wool in many colours, lamps and torches that glow at night) and with doors that open and close. Pickaxe, shovel and axe make digging faster. The world is full of cube animals: sheep, rabbits, chicks, foxes, deer, piglets, ducks, birds, fish, butterflies and fireflies; touch them and they follow you for a while. In Peaceful mode there are only calm animals; in Adventure, at night and in caves, cheeky slimes and shadows show up and push you: no blood, with the sword they vanish in a little puff. Day and night slowly take turns, or you can choose always day or always night. You can play in first person or watch your explorer in third person. Your builds stay saved in your browser and you can save the world to a file to continue it on another device.

How to play

• On a computer: click the world to look around with the mouse (Esc releases it), move with W A S D (with the mouse locked, also with the arrow keys) and jump with the space bar.
• Hold the left button to dig the block you're looking at (cracks appear); right click places the chosen item, opens and closes doors and makes friends with animals. Pickaxe (stone), shovel (dirt and sand) and axe (wood) dig much faster.
• The bar at the bottom has 9 slots: choose with keys 1 to 9, the mouse wheel or by tapping it. The ▦ button (or the E key) opens “All blocks”: pick a block, a door, the torch or a tool and it goes into the active slot.
• Without a mouse or with a TV remote: up and down arrows move you forward and back, left and right turn you, Page Up/Down look up and down; Enter (OK) builds or, with a tool, digs the block all the way; it also opens doors. 0 or Tab switches between dig and build, 1-9 picks the slot, the Menu key or E opens all blocks (choose there with the arrows and Enter).
• With a controller: left stick to move, right stick to look, A (cross) jumps, hold the right trigger to dig, left trigger builds, X (square) opens doors and greets animals, Y (triangle) opens all blocks, bumpers or D-pad left/right change slot, D-pad up/down look up or down, Start creates a new world (twice to confirm).
• On a phone: hold it sideways; move with the joystick on the left, drag your finger on the right to look around, use the Jump button. The yellow button switches between dig (pickaxe) and build (brick): in dig mode keep your finger still on the world to dig, in build mode tap to place. A tap opens doors and makes friends with animals.
• Doors (wood or glass) are two blocks tall and face you: when closed you can't pass, when open you can. Lamps and torches stay lit at night too.
• Top right: the dove 🕊️ or the swords ⚔️ change mode. Peaceful: only calm animals. Adventure: at night and in caves cheeky slimes and shadows show up, push you and take a heart; with the sword they vanish in 2 hits (more with bare hands). You have 5 hearts that slowly come back; at zero you go back to the start and the world stays as it is. Inside houses with the door closed you're safe.
• The moon or sun button picks automatic cycle (8 minutes of day and 3 of night), always day or always night. The little person button (or the V key, or clicking a controller stick) switches between first and third person. The ⛶ button opens and closes full screen (on a computer it also locks the mouse); Esc or Backspace exit too.
• You climb one-block steps automatically; in water you swim and jump to rise. The view distance adjusts by itself to keep the game smooth. The score counts the blocks you've placed.
• The world saves itself in this browser. In the ☰ menu, “Save world to file” downloads a .stackwild file and “Load world” opens it again (also by dragging it onto the game) on any device, replacing the current world; “New world” creates a different world and deletes the saved one: tap it twice to be sure.

Tips

• First build a base on flat ground, with a door: in Adventure you'll be safe at night.
• Put the pickaxe in the bar before digging into stone: it's much faster.
• Coloured glass, lamps and trees with orange leaves make the world beautiful.
• Touch animals to make friends: they'll follow you for a while.

Frequently asked questions

Is Stackwild free?

Yes: Stackwild is free and you can play it right away in your browser, with nothing to download and no sign-up.

Can I play Stackwild on my phone?

Yes: Stackwild works on phones, tablets and computers, with your finger, the mouse or the keyboard.

Can two people play Stackwild?

Stackwild is a single-player game: try to beat your best score, which stays saved in your browser.

How do you play Stackwild?

On a computer: click the world to look around with the mouse (Esc releases it), move with W A S D (with the mouse locked, also with the arrow keys) and jump with the space bar. Hold the left button to dig the block you're looking at (cracks appear); right click places the chosen item, opens and closes doors and makes friends with animals. Pickaxe (stone), shovel (dirt and sand) and axe (wood) dig much faster. The bar at the bottom has 9 slots: choose with keys 1 to 9, the mouse wheel or by tapping it. The ▦ button (or the E key) opens “All blocks”: pick a block, a door, the torch or a tool and it goes into the active slot. Without a mouse or with a TV remote: up and down arrows move you forward and back, left and right turn you, Page Up/Down look up and down; Enter (OK) builds or, with a tool, digs the block all the way; it also opens doors. 0 or Tab switches between dig and build, 1-9 picks the slot, the Menu key or E opens all blocks (choose there with the arrows and Enter). With a controller: left stick to move, right stick to look, A (cross) jumps, hold the right trigger to dig, left trigger builds, X (square) opens doors and greets animals, Y (triangle) opens all blocks, bumpers or D-pad left/right change slot, D-pad up/down look up or down, Start creates a new world (twice to confirm). On a phone: hold it sideways; move with the joystick on the left, drag your finger on the right to look around, use the Jump button. The yellow button switches between dig (pickaxe) and build (brick): in dig mode keep your finger still on the world to dig, in build mode tap to place. A tap opens doors and makes friends with animals. Doors (wood or glass) are two blocks tall and face you: when closed you can't pass, when open you can. Lamps and torches stay lit at night too. Top right: the dove 🕊️ or the swords ⚔️ change mode. Peaceful: only calm animals. Adventure: at night and in caves cheeky slimes and shadows show up, push you and take a heart; with the sword they vanish in 2 hits (more with bare hands). You have 5 hearts that slowly come back; at zero you go back to the start and the world stays as it is. Inside houses with the door closed you're safe. The moon or sun button picks automatic cycle (8 minutes of day and 3 of night), always day or always night. The little person button (or the V key, or clicking a controller stick) switches between first and third person. The ⛶ button opens and closes full screen (on a computer it also locks the mouse); Esc or Backspace exit too. You climb one-block steps automatically; in water you swim and jump to rise. The view distance adjusts by itself to keep the game smooth. The score counts the blocks you've placed. The world saves itself in this browser. In the ☰ menu, “Save world to file” downloads a .stackwild file and “Load world” opens it again (also by dragging it onto the game) on any device, replacing the current world; “New world” creates a different world and deletes the saved one: tap it twice to be sure.

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