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

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.

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.

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

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

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

Very impressive.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Feels very satisfying

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

Very cool sim!