Devlog
Notes from the quarry
How Cairn gets made — the feel of a broken block, the voice of a material, the tools for showing your work.
2026-07-08
Why breaking a block takes exactly as long as it should
On the hardness×tick break formula, the ten-stage crack, and why destruction costs time while creation stays free.
Rowan Calder — Founder / Design
2026-07-14
The sound of a place: how Cairn's blocks got their voices
On per-material sound families, why stepping on a block matches mining it, and the music that waits.
Mira Voss — Audio
2026-07-20
Ship your play: the Capture Kit and a generous creator license
A built-in recorder, screenshots, a cinematic camera, an OBS overlay — and a plain-language license that says yes before we have anyone to say yes to.
Devon Aoki — Rendering