Raceplays

Raceplays' BW2 profile picture.

**Raceplays** (BW2 User ID: **677**) is a user in Blocksworld 2, who joined sometime by 2020. They were a game creator in BW1, playing since launch until 2018, when server problems first arose. Now, they're the creator and current leader of the BW2: Cars & Racing Branch, essentially the base of the BW2 Cars Community. Raceplays is also one of the only users on BW2 with a custom profile picture. They've also made one of the biggest mods/game combinations, named Horizon Duel GT, however the game is yet to release.

## History

### Blocksworld (2013 - 2018)

Little was documented about Raceplays during their Blocksworld 1 journey, as they were not a popular user on the game. They did, however, build cars and other automobile related builds since 2014, as referenced by the Motorsports Community's fandom, and building cars since 2017. They made a series named Horizon Duel, which has continued to this day, a car racing game, starting in 2016, with the kart-racing sequel in 2017, which took advantage of PC's graphical upgrade, and final version in 2018, named Horizon Duel III, which included real blocksworld cars and manufacturers.

### Blocksworld 2 (2020 - Present)

In ~2020, Raceplays found out about Blocksworld 2, and joined the server to find out on how to register and join into the game. Immediately afterwards, they used what they had left from Blocksworld to create a tech demo, which showcased their in-house racing engine, dubbed the Horizon Engine, which was claimed to have been developed since 2017. They then formed the BW2 Cars & Racing Branch, later morphing into the Motorsports Community, as the hub for anything BW2 racing related. In late 2021, they wanted to create the ultimate racing game in BW2 as a new years' present, and started development on Horizon Duel GT (2022), which utilized everything Raceplays had learned from outside game development to that point. Since then, as the leader of the Motorsports Community, they pioneer promotion of automobile content in the BW2 community, and notably, racing competitions.

### Game Development in BW2 (2021 - Present)

In early 2021, Raceplays' first game in BW2 was created, Horizon Duel GT: Track Tuned, as a spin off of their main series title outside of Blocksworld, Horizon Duel. It featured cars from brands in the BW2 community in a realistic driving style, serving as a hub for the cars' promotion and simple racing whenever the player pleased. This ran on a revision of their in-house engine, dubbed Horizon Engine v2.6B, and received minor revisions until the game's end of life, where the game almost completely broke, and Raceplays decided to create the next version.

Horizon Duel GT (2022) was born, as an ambitious project, featuring even more content than HDGT, and running on a completely rebuilt framework, dubbed Horizon Engine v3.2, and utilizing their first mod, the Horizon Duel Compatibility Mod, which boosted the sheer quality of the game, which allows it to have menu music, a full blown main menu, and in planning, a full car tour feature that shows off every part of the car, with commentary describing the background and inner-workings of the car. Development was put on hold due to Raceplays' school and employment business, however.

## Personality

As a branch owner, Raceplays acts mostly calm and passive, as branch owners represent important parts of the BW2 Community. They'll usually not get into arguments or issues with other members, as they try to ignore or avoid conflicts whenever possible.

## Current Status

Raceplays is still active in the BW2 Community, occasionally chatting about building, design, or working with others. They also will occasionally promote the BW2 Car Community, showing off builds, cars, and otherwise related content in a unique way. They are predominately active in the Motorsports Community, where they feel that users are more relaxed and the server calmer to chat in.