<s>
Medieval	B-Application
Engineers	I-Application
is	O
a	O
voxel-based	O
sandbox	O
computer	O
game	O
set	O
on	O
an	O
unnamed	O
Earth-like	O
planetoid	O
without	O
water	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
explored	O
,	O
mined	O
,	O
manipulated	O
,	O
and	O
deformed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
19	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
Medieval	B-Application
Engineers	I-Application
was	O
released	O
as	O
an	O
early	O
access	O
game	O
on	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
platform	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
full	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
17	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Small	O
blocks	O
such	O
as	O
timber	O
,	O
wheels	O
for	O
carts	O
and	O
siege	B-Application
equipment	I-Application
,	O
furniture	O
and	O
crafting	O
workstations	O
serve	O
aesthetic	O
,	O
interactive	O
,	O
and/or	O
functional	O
roles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
small	O
block	O
items	O
,	O
and	O
particularly	O
the	O
torsion	O
bar	O
,	O
rope	O
drum	O
,	O
axle	O
(	O
called	O
a	O
catch	O
block	O
)	O
,	O
hand	O
crank	O
,	O
projectiles	O
,	O
and	O
rope	O
ends	O
are	O
key	O
features	O
of	O
Medieval	B-Application
Engineers	I-Application
,	O
as	O
they	O
enable	O
siege	B-Application
warfare	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
may	O
combine	O
these	O
along	O
with	O
other	O
small-block	O
items	O
to	O
create	O
battering	O
rams	O
,	O
catapults	O
,	O
trebuchets	O
,	O
and	O
siege	B-Application
towers	O
,	O
which	O
use	O
realistic	O
physics	O
based	O
on	O
mass	O
,	O
density	O
,	O
tension	O
,	O
and	O
inertia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
multi-player	O
world	O
,	O
individual	O
players	O
may	O
each	O
claim	O
territory	O
,	O
or	O
share	O
claimed	O
territory	O
,	O
create	O
"	O
houses	O
,	O
"	O
build	O
castles	O
and	O
defenses	O
,	O
then	O
create	O
siege	B-Application
engines	O
to	O
attack	O
other	O
player	O
's	O
or	O
house	O
's	O
castles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Medieval	B-Application
Engineers	I-Application
landscape	O
is	O
a	O
spheroid	O
voxel-based	O
planet	O
,	O
approximately	O
10	O
game-kilometers	O
in	O
radius	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
fully	O
explorable	O
by	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
can	O
manipulate	O
the	O
planet	O
surface	O
and	O
interior	O
in	O
a	O
nearly	O
unlimited	O
manner	O
with	O
a	O
tool	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
Voxel	B-Algorithm
Hands.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
designs	O
can	O
be	O
exchanged	O
on	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
Workshop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Medieval	B-Application
Engineers	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
the	O
indie	O
video	O
game	O
developer	O
Keen	O
Software	O
House	O
based	O
in	O
the	O
Czech	O
Republic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
sandbox	O
game	O
built	O
on	O
Keen	O
's	O
own	O
voxel-based	O
game	O
engine	O
,	O
VRAGE	O
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
follow-up	O
to	O
Keen	O
's	O
Software	O
House	O
's	O
earlier	O
Space	B-Application
Engineers	I-Application
,	O
which	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
sandbox	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
VRAGE	O
2	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
core	O
difference	O
in	O
gameplay	O
is	O
that	O
Space	B-Application
Engineers	I-Application
is	O
set	O
in	O
a	O
zero-gravity	O
environment	O
,	O
whereas	O
Medieval	B-Application
Engineers	I-Application
,	O
taking	O
place	O
on	O
an	O
earth-like	O
planet	O
,	O
uses	O
gravity	O
extensively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Space	B-Application
Engineers	I-Application
continued	O
development	O
in	O
tandem	O
with	O
Medieval	B-Application
Engineers	I-Application
which	O
offered	O
technological	O
feasibility	O
and	O
evaluation	O
of	O
capability	O
to	O
aid	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Space	B-Application
Engineers	I-Application
,	O
for	O
example	O
compound	O
blocks	O
,	O
spheroidal	O
landscape	O
,	O
mechanical	O
blocks	O
,	O
"	O
Voxel	B-Algorithm
hands	O
,	O
"	O
structural	O
integrity	O
,	O
and	O
procedural	O
terrain	O
generation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Medieval	B-Application
Engineers	I-Application
also	O
benefited	O
from	O
some	O
advancements	O
introduced	O
into	O
Space	B-Application
Engineers	I-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
multi-player	O
,	O
physics	O
,	O
Steam	B-Application
Workshop	O
integration	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
modding	O
SDK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Medieval	B-Application
Engineers	I-Application
enjoyed	O
active	O
development	O
under	O
the	O
guidance	O
of	O
Tim	O
"	O
Deepflame	O
"	O
Toxopeus	O
,	O
with	O
weekly	O
updates	O
including	O
an	O
updated	O
video	O
posted	O
to	O
YouTube	O
generally	O
on	O
Tuesdays	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
official	O
release	O
of	O
Space	B-Application
Engineers	I-Application
and	O
the	O
Medieval	B-Application
Engineers	I-Application
release	O
of	O
0.7.1	O
both	O
occurring	O
in	O
February	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
Medieval	B-Application
Engineers	I-Application
development	O
team	O
was	O
folded	O
into	O
the	O
Space	B-Application
Engineers	I-Application
team	O
with	O
no	O
future	O
planned	O
updates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
negotiations	O
,	O
Keen	O
Software	O
House	O
agreed	O
to	O
share	O
ongoing	O
maintenance	O
exclusively	O
with	O
two	O
prominent	O
developers	O
in	O
the	O
Medieval	B-Application
Engineers	I-Application
modding	O
community	O
,	O
Equinox	O
and	O
Gwindalmir	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
0.5	O
,	O
released	O
on	O
May	O
9	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
introduced	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
shovel	O
and	O
thus	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
deform	O
and	O
reform	O
voxel	B-Algorithm
terrain	O
in	O
survival	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
world	O
gained	O
regional	O
chunking	O
to	O
reduce	O
active	O
memory	O
usage	O
,	O
new	O
trees	O
and	O
existing	O
trees	O
updated	O
,	O
block	O
visuals	O
gained	O
parallax	O
shading	O
,	O
added	O
blueprints	O
akin	O
to	O
Space	B-Application
Engineers	I-Application
with	O
a	O
Medieval	B-Application
Engineers	I-Application
style	O
,	O
and	O
many	O
improvements	O
to	O
the	O
UI	O
and	O
quality-of-life	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Medieval	B-Application
Engineers	I-Application
won	O
the	O
Czech	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
Technical	O
Contribution	O
Award	O
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
blog	O
post	O
on	O
March	O
17	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
Keen	O
Software	O
House	O
's	O
CEO	O
announced	O
the	O
company	O
had	O
been	O
restructured	O
consolidating	O
all	O
their	O
developers	O
to	O
focus	O
exclusively	O
on	O
Space	B-Application
Engineers	I-Application
,	O
Medieval	B-Application
Engineers	I-Application
had	O
reached	O
end	O
of	O
life	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
leave	O
Early	O
Access	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
the	O
official	O
release	O
from	O
Early	O
Access	O
,	O
Medieval	B-Application
Engineers	I-Application
would	O
be	O
updated	O
to	O
0.7.2	O
incorporating	O
a	O
few	O
bug	O
fixes	O
and	O
stability	O
improvements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
caused	O
an	O
uproar	O
in	O
the	O
Medieval	B-Application
Engineers	I-Application
community	O
,	O
evoking	O
players	O
to	O
review	O
bomb	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
January	O
15	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
43	O
percent	O
of	O
Steam	B-Application
reviews	O
are	O
negative	O
.	O
</s>
