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 # voxel-simulation
 
+Voxel Simulation is an experimental 3D world built with the
+[Bevy](https://bevyengine.org/) game engine. The project showcases
+streaming voxel terrain, high precision coordinates via the
+[big_space](https://crates.io/crates/big_space) crate and various debug
+tools.
 
+## Features
+
+- Streaming voxel terrain with adjustable level of detail
+- High precision world coordinates using [`big_space`](https://crates.io/crates/big_space)
+- Planet generation using noise based deformation
+- Flight-style camera and basic UI
+- Debug helpers for wireframes, world grid and voxel editing
+
+![Demo screenshot](images/voxel-simulation-demo.png)
+
+## Controls
+
+- **WASD** – Move horizontally
+- **Space / Shift** – Ascend/descend
+- **Mouse** – Look around (press **L** to toggle mouse capture)
+- **Mouse wheel** – Adjust movement speed
+- **F2** – Toggle octree wireframe
+- **F3** – Toggle world grid
+- **Q**  – Insert a red voxel at the crosshair
+- **F4** – Save the current octree to `octree.bin`
+- **Escape** – Quit the application
+
+## Running
+
+Execute the following command from the repository root to compile and
+launch the demo:
+
+```bash
+cargo run --release -p voxel-simulation
+```
 
 ## License