Check out this article that just showed up in my Google News feed. The author suggests that Minetest is currently the leading open-source alternative to Minecraft. Even if the long-term goal may be to distance the Minetest project from "Minecraft", I think we can all agree this is still a pretty noteworthy accomplishment.
https://itsfoss.com/minetest/
"Back in 2009, Minecraft was introduced to the world. Since then, it has become a cultural phenomenon. In that time period, several developers have released open-source games with similar ideas and mechanics. Today, we will look at one of the biggest ones: Minetest."
Minetest just made the news, well sort of :)
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Re: Minetest just made the news, well sort of :)
It kinda falls short of mentioning the engine aspect (which admittedly the engine itself doesn't do a good job of), but more exposure is always good.
Re: Minetest just made the news, well sort of :)
A lot of people seem to neglect mentioning that Minetest is meant as an engine and not just a minecraft "clone". The engine is effectively a sandbox users can use for their own ends. While they say it's been used for education that makes it sound more like Minecraft edu edition rather than a separate thing from Minetest base entirely
That's a chill article, wish it went more into the modding scene tho
That's a chill article, wish it went more into the modding scene tho
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Re: Minetest just made the news, well sort of :)
I suspect the reason the review lacks any real mention of modding is due in parts to:
- Minetest is not very good at communicating the current community Zeitgeist of 'Minetest is an engine not a game' from inside the actual game.
- Not playing Multiplayer. I mean who actually runs a server with a base game without mods? Pretty much only people running a server for a lesser-known game in order to provide the community with a server for it rather than having 0 servers for that game.
- Lack of time to complete a proper review, or lack of interest to complete one due to not being an avid block game player.
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Re: Minetest just made the news, well sort of :)
I had that one show up for me too. Thought it was exciting but it's personalized for us. But I hope it made it to some other demographics too!
Fun nonetheless though!
Fun nonetheless though!
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