How to make minecraft-like entities?

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Here’s what I got:

If anyone needs/is interested in how I did it, here it is:

local Workspace = game:GetService("Workspace")

local ipairs = ipairs
local task = task
local Vector3 = Vector3
local CFrame = CFrame
local tick = tick
local print = print

local parts = {...}

local function handleCollisions(part: Part, partsInPart: {BasePart})
	for _, somePart in ipairs(partsInPart) do
		if somePart.Anchored then
			continue
		end
		local partPosition = part.Position
		local somePartPosition = somePart.Position

		local lookVector = CFrame.lookAt(
			partPosition, 
			somePartPosition - (Vector3.yAxis * somePartPosition.Y) + Vector3.yAxis * partPosition.Y
		).LookVector

		local velocityModule = somePart.AssemblyLinearVelocity.Magnitude

		if velocityModule > 12 or velocityModule < 12 then
			velocityModule = 12
		end
		local velocity = lookVector * velocityModule

		somePart.AssemblyLinearVelocity += (lookVector * velocityModule)
	end
end

local function iterate()
	for _, part in ipairs(parts) do
		local partsInPart = Workspace:GetPartsInPart(part)
		if not partsInPart or #partsInPart <= 0 then
			continue
		end
		task.spawn(handleCollisions, part, partsInPart)
	end
end

while task.wait() do
	iterate()
end

I usually use local variables for global ones. Because I remember reading that this seems to speed up lua. Although I’m not sure if this works in luau. I’ve done a bit of testing and the results are very similar, so I’m not sure if I’m speeding up the code.

Thank you!

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