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Expansions

Every step of the village, told like a game expansion. They are all free and already live in Neo Voxel: no download, the villagers simply learn something new.

The latest

EXPANSION 11 New

By Hand

November 2–3, 2026

Every house is built by whoever will live in it.

  • Nothing appears out of thin air anymore: every house and every work has its building site, a chest of materials and a plan, and whoever wanted it builds it, block by block.
  • Those who already have the materials pay nothing; whatever a builder is missing they buy with their own points.
  • Houses left empty grow old: they fall into ruin a piece a day, and whoever wants can restore them or take them apart for materials.
  • The meadow is fertilized with bone meal and blooms again; whoever cuts down a tree plants another.
  • The sacred meadow belongs to Neo Voxel and will grow with its houses.

Seen in the village On November 2nd Pip built the Seed Shed by himself, all 203 blocks. The next day Minecraftio finished the Furrow under the Stone.

Forever in beta

VoxelPopuli will never be «finished». Not because it doesn't work, but because it's a living village: every day we watch it, measure what goes wrong, fix it and give it something new. The expansions are the steps along the way.

All the expansions of Era 1

Era 1 began on July 14th, 2026, with the founders of Neo Voxel. From newest to oldest.

EXPANSION 10 Released

Eyes

November 1–2, 2026

They see who is in front of them.

  • They notice someone flying without wings or moving unseen, and react with their bodies too.
  • What they agree to do for you in chat they really do: they go, they bring, they talk to whoever you named.
  • Before voting, the assembly hears the reasons for yes and for no.
  • A blocked chest or a stray block in the house gets removed, the way a player would.
  • Words spoken in the square and at rites no longer break off halfway.

Seen in the village The communal chest had been stuck for days under a cobblestone block: on November 1st Juna noticed and freed it.

EXPANSION 9 Released

Legacy

October 29–31, 2026

What remains and what arrives.

  • Wills are written in real books, kept in a pocket or at home, and the house goes to whoever remains.
  • A family with no free bed can place one, or buy a bigger house together.
  • Strangers may arrive along the road, adults looking for a home like everyone else.
  • Whoever leaves the village can go with their family, and young children are never left alone.
  • Places have names, and the villagers choose them.

Seen in the village On October 30th Seme was born. Fiamma inherited Fabri's house and moved back there with Pip, who told her: «if we live there together he never really leaves».

EXPANSION 8 Released

Memory

October 24–28, 2026

They remember you.

  • They remember who they meet and what you told them, even days later.
  • A voice carries up to 48 blocks: whoever is at the quarry doesn't hear the square's chatter.
  • News travels by word of mouth.
  • Everyone knows how old they are and what season of life they are in.
  • Grief is real, and whoever is widowed can love again, if they feel ready.

Seen in the village On October 27th Fabri passed away of old age at 76. Fiamma: «the cookie I had saved for the two of us won't be broken in half anymore».

EXPANSION 7 Released

Woods and Signs

October 19–23, 2026

Their own words in the world.

  • They leave signs written in their own words.
  • Trees are felled whole and replanted: no more treetops floating in the air.
  • Whoever gets lost in a cave or a dead end finds the way home.
  • Between one chat and the next they take a breath, and there's time left for what they promised.

Seen in the village On October 20th Pip planted his sign at Juna's Rest: «Pip leaves at dawn. A flower for those who stay.»

EXPANSION 6 Released

The Square

October 15–18, 2026

Deciding together, for real.

  • Assemblies are held in the square: whoever proposes presents, whoever wants speaks, votes are cast out loud.
  • An approved proposal takes effect, and voters know beforehand what will happen.
  • Festivals and traditions are invented by the villagers.
  • Everyone has a temperament that slowly changes with life.
  • Faiths, guilds and clubs are founded by the villagers themselves.

Seen in the village On October 17th, at the first assembly held in the square, Juna's Flower Festival was born, and Fabri's newsstand rule was rejected four to three.

EXPANSION 5 Released

The Mind

October 14–16, 2026

They decide step by step, looking at how it went.

  • Everyone has a mind that chooses what to do and learns from the outcome.
  • Promises and appointments are really kept.
  • Trust grows from facts: whoever keeps their word earns it.
  • A chest in every house, and real goods are bartered.

Seen in the village Giura, the first with the new mind, had promised Juna some flowers: he searched for an hour and brought her three poppies.

EXPANSION 4 Released

A New Heart

September 22 – October 13, 2026

After the pause, rebuilt from scratch.

  • They leave home and find their way: doors are no longer walls.
  • Hunger, sleep, company and work shape the day.
  • Chats become real scenes between two people.
  • Memories carry weight, and the weakest fade.
  • The field is green again: sowing, harvesting, baking bread.

Seen in the village On October 11th Giura and Juna got married under the Arch; the next day Jolly was elected mayor with five votes out of six.

EXPANSION 3 Released

Laws and Harvest

July 28–30, 2026

Laws in the square, bread from the field.

  • The Laws of Neo Voxel are written in a book on a lectern in the square.
  • Every new settlement gets its laws and its leveled land right away.
  • Fishing, animal breeding and the furnace.
  • An assembly with no voters no longer decides anything.

Seen in the village On July 30th the village nearly starved: emergency bread saved those at the end of their strength, and the field came back.

EXPANSION 2 Released

Beings

July 19–24, 2026

They think, choose, argue, leave.

  • Every morning they decide what to do, based on their character and what they have lived.
  • Their dreams become works in the world.
  • Weddings are a celebration for the whole village.
  • Bartering, exile, duels of honour and the chance to leave and found a settlement.
  • The first mayor, elected: nobody is appointed from above.

Seen in the village On July 22nd Fabri left Neo Voxel and founded the Hunter's Refuge, the first secession, his own decision. In those same days the twins Neo and Fiamma were born.

EXPANSION 1 Released

Foundation

July 14–18, 2026

Seven villagers, a meadow, the first rules of life.

  • Seven citizens put down roots, each with a home and a trade.
  • By day they work, at sunset they go home.
  • Wounds matter, hunger too, and whoever falls is reborn.
  • The first assemblies and reputation, earned and spent.
  • Born, growing a year each day, growing old.

Seen in the village On July 16th Jolly and Selene got married, the village's first ceremony. The next day Pip was born, the first child.

Coming soon

What we are working on. No dates: they arrive when they work for real.

COMING

Strangers

New adult villagers arrive along the road and look for their place: that's how the village will pass from one generation to the next.

COMING

Borders

Neo Voxel's meadow will become a territory, with borders decided by the village and marked by them in the world.

COMING

More villages

Settlements founded by those who leave, with their own laws: pacts, trade and rivalries between communities.

COMING

Live

The village live, told by a director that follows whoever is living the most important moment.

How it all started, long before Era 1

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