Very cool sim!

Feels very satisfying

The momentum on the camera spin is very annoying. Really cool though

That was a fun work out. I was wondering what happened when you "filled" the circle of firewood.

What about when you’re splitting a log with a branch and the maul bounces straight back up? Lol

Honestly I'm more fascinated by the grass around, but I haven't played games in a long time.

I need a fireplace or bonfire simulator that I can throw these into.

This simulates a person far more skilled than me.

I never had to adjust the chunk to get it to sit right, the maul hit exactly where I told it to, and it even stacked itself!

If this triggers your interest in IRL firewood splitting it’s a very meditative and satisfying yard job. Also great mild to moderate workout between the splitting and stacking, especially on a crisp Fall afternoon.

Very satisfying & simplistic. I also like the stacking, well done!

Funnily enough, I've been making a game with an extremely similar mechanic, only in low poly and with a focus on upgrades (both "real" and ridiculous DIY axes) and "drunk backyard dad" jokes. It's called Drunk Woodcutter and coming to Steam in Q4.

Chop wood, carry water.

Nice sim, there's one thing missing though: splitting two sections at the same time. It do this all the time as it can almost double splitting speed when dealing with mid-size logs. Split the log in two halves, making sure to keep the halves close together. Rotate around the splitting block by about 60°, split again hitting both halves at the same time. Do this once more and you've split the log into 6 60° sections, a good size for stacking in the fireplace and also a good section size to be able to light a fire. I split between 5 m³ and 7 m³ of firewood per year which is enough to heat our house and cook our food, have been doing this for about 20 years now so I have some experience. The double-split is a good time saver.

Half the battle is having the right stance so that you don't accidentally embed the axe in your shin.

This works amazingly well on my iPhone with obvious touch controls.

Very impressive.

The pieces look like they retain the shapes I cut them in when stacked. I started cutting them as pie slices, but then tried a few as parallel chops, and they get stacked in those shapes.

Also interesting is the shadows of leaves that stay consistent on the scene as the pile grows, but they don't appear on the splitting area itself.

Lots of engine noise too, I guess that's the ambience in this person's back yard! Probably true for lots of us.

Its same as dbdiagram, what's new in this?

Quite realistic. Could be more realistic still if you could chop two blocks at once.

That was a satisfying part of my day. Thank you.

Fun but hugely unrealistic simulation, so many "bugs":

    - Able to split log into unrealistically thin slices and they remain perfectly upright
    - Split a log into two, rotate 90 degrees, and by some miracle you can split the half further away from you whilst the piece nearest to you doesn't get hit or move an inch

etc.

Very infuriating, why does it rotate when i want to split it thinner

Looks like its coded by someone who has never split firewood. The challenge is not deciding where to split, its executing the split. Like hitting the same gap if it doesn't split, deciding orientation to aoid knots, figuring out how to put it on end if it wasn't cut straight.

And some of the cuts it allowed me would hit the ax handle on another part, the shock from that damages the ax handle and is painful on the hands.

And then there's the lifting the stuck block by the axe and hitting it axe side down to finish the split instead of pulling the stuck axe out.

So the simulation handles none of the challenges of splitting wood.

[delayed]