Genre: Sandbox

Physical simulation, emergent play, and player creativity define this genre.

NEVER Do (Expert Anti-Patterns)

Performance & Scalability

• NEVER use individual RigidBody nodes for every block; strictly use Static Colliders for the world and reserve physics for dynamic props.
• NEVER simulate the entire world every frame; strictly process "Dirty" chunks with active changes. Sleeping chunks must consume zero CPU.
• NEVER update MultiMesh buffers every frame; strictly batch changes and only rebuild the buffer when a modification completes (e.g., player stops painting).
• NEVER use standard Godot Nodes for every grid cell; strictly use PackedInt32Arrays or typed Dictionaries to keep RAM overhead minimal.
• NEVER raycast against every individual voxel for placement; strictly use Grid Quantization (floor(pos/size)) for direct O(1) cell calculation.
• NEVER render every block face in a chunk; strictly generate an ArrayMesh that only pushes visible exterior faces to the GPU (Culling/Greedy Meshing).

Data & Persistence

• NEVER save raw arrays of every block transform; strictly use Run-Length Encoding (RLE) (e.g., "Air x 50,000") to compress uniform spaces.
• NEVER load massive terrain chunks synchronously; strictly use ResourceLoader.load_threaded_request() to prevent frame stutter.
• NEVER use standard text .tscn files for voxel datasets; strictly use binary .res files for 10x faster parsing.
• NEVER ignore Floating-Point Precision limits (32,768 units); strictly implement floating-origin shifting for massive worlds.