Terraria News

Wunderkind builds 'fully compliant RISC-V computer' entirely inside Terraria, then plays Pong on it

dedicated and possibly magical Terraria player over at the From Scratch YouTube channel has done something that, most likely, I won't fully understand for as long as I live. With only the aid of a mod called WireHead—which "maintains full compatibility with [Terraria's] vanilla wiring system but reimplements it in a much more efficient manner"—Xander Naumenko managed to build a "fully compliant RISC-V computer" inside the 2D game. It even has specs:..
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Terraria creator leaves Twitter, hints at "new spoilers" on forum

Terraria is probably my favorite sandbox game of all time, and one of my favorite things about it is how close the creator is to his community. Andrew Spinks, known better by his online alias Redigit, has always kept in touch with the Terraria fandom over social media. Whether this be by sharing what Re-Logic has in the works or by asking for suggestions from players themselves, the developer has always been open with us. After years of such communication via Twitter, however, Redigit has deleted his account and moved over to the official Terraria Community Forums instead.

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Terraria's devs have been trying to stop developing Terraria for years, but they just can't quit

Terraria is gearing up for its 1.4.5 patch, the latest major update in 12 years of continued support from developer Re-Logic. If you're thinking to yourself, "Wait, I thought this game got its final update" already, you would be right⁠—Re-Logic has been considering moving on to its next project for around eight years now...
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Terraria "still sells like hot cakes, it makes it hard to move on"

Terraria still flies off the digital shelves twelve years on, as developer Re-Logic works on finishing the upcoming Terraria 1.4.5 update. While the next patch has been pitched as its last, with real talk of Terraria 2 development taking place, we've certainly been here many times before only to see new updates emerge. For his part, the creator of one of the best sandbox games says he has lots more game ideas that he'd like to bring to life, but acknowledges what incredible demand his breakout hit still inspires.

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Terraria 1.4.5 update buries even more secrets in its challenge seeds

The Terraria 1.4.5 update is almost ready to reveal its release window, although developer Re-Logic says it's still "tough to predict timing-wise." For its Terraria State of the Game post for June, the team instead reveals how the best sandbox game is making its unique challenge seeds both more approachable and more complex.

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