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Re: New Game: Minecraft Earth

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Post by ergothus »

heliophobicdude wrote: post #99
yohann305 wrote: post #94

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what an achievement, good job! I hope you'll get handsomely paid for it, cheers

fenomas used a MIT license so Microsoft doesn’t have to pay them, unless Microsoft feels charitable.

Sure. Doesn't change the _hope_. There are lots of good things in this world that happen for reasons other than legal requirements.

And it doesn't have to be charity either - MS could recognize a good chance to spend an insignificant (to them) amount to get good PR in an open source community they've been trying to warm up to.

Re: New Game: Minecraft Earth

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Post by voidmain0001 »

simonh wrote: post #79
retube wrote: post #49

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My kids are obsessed. Literally everything they say to me starts with "Daddy, on minecraft, ...." It's all they talk about, including with each other. They even act it out in playtime. Although as someone who has never played I basically understand nothing they are telling me. It seems pretty creative tho, and they seem to be learning a lot from it, so not too bothered. That said they are limited to 1 hour per sat an…

Mine got into it aged 8 and 9 and at least one of them still plays occasionally. She's 14 now. No regrets, it’s been good for them. It’s 21st century Lego. They create homes and worlds and share them with their friends, play competitive building games online, play team games of all sorts. It seems like a great online play space with a strong creative streak in it. I think it's a much better use of their time than wat…

"...a grounding in the Classics." Thanks, that made me laugh!

Re: New Game: Minecraft Earth

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Post by nothrabannosir »

steve_taylor wrote: post #104
behringer wrote: post #100

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and now the reason for the GNU GPL license becomes apparent. If some unfathomably wealthy corporation founded by one of the richest person to have ever lived isn't going to pay you for your work, at least you can get something out of it by making them open source their work.

If this library was GPL licensed, Mojang/Microsft wouldn’t have bothered taking the time to even evaluate it.

How do you know? I always evaluate GPL code, keeping in mind I could try and offer the maintainer a fee for a private license.

All code is implicitly dual licensed, for the right price. Only some of it explicitly so :)

Re: New Game: Minecraft Earth

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Post by pawelmurias »

wtdata wrote: post #56

This is brilliant... and PKDickian (is this a term? it should be). We can imagine a distopic future with a thin boundary between the physical world and VR where you would travel through totally destitute neighbourhoods in real life, while seeing great works of art in VR that were built by the users of a virtual world game akin to this.

That would be super cliche.

Re: New Game: Minecraft Earth

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Post by joshuamorton »

behringer wrote: post #100
malnourish wrote: post #96

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Unless the parent were to be hired in some capacity, why would they be paid for it? The project has the MIT License.

and now the reason for the GNU GPL license becomes apparent. If some unfathomably wealthy corporation founded by one of the richest person to have ever lived isn't going to pay you for your work, at least you can get something out of it by making them open source their work.

GPL likely wouldn't have had any effect here.

Classic is offered over the web, so only the AGPL would be relevant (or well, I'm not actually sure how GPL applies to JS apps served over the web but run in browser), and anyway, it's not like MS is making money from Minecraft classic, for a lot of people they did get something out of it: a cool game.

Re: New Game: Minecraft Earth

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Post by LyndsySimon »

behringer wrote: post #100
malnourish wrote: post #96

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Unless the parent were to be hired in some capacity, why would they be paid for it? The project has the MIT License.

and now the reason for the GNU GPL license becomes apparent. If some unfathomably wealthy corporation founded by one of the richest person to have ever lived isn't going to pay you for your work, at least you can get something out of it by making them open source their work.

This sort of thing is the entire purpose of the MIT License, though. It’s like saying “Hey world, I made a thing. You’re free to use it for whatever you’d like if you’re interested”

Re: New Game: Minecraft Earth

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Post by blotter_paper »

jandrese wrote: post #33
aequitas wrote: post #9

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It's probably the same as with Pokemon Go[0]. The game is fun on its own, and the geo aspect makes it different and get's you out of the house. But the reality of the VR is grossly overrated and more often a nuisance than something adding to the experience. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sj2iQyBTQs

Pokemon Go gets better when you turn off the AR mode. Being able to virtually build something in AR mode in Minecraft seems pretty sweet, especially if your friends can see it. Getting the AR to work right won't be easy though, phone positioning is imprecise and it will be really hard for the phone to line something up exactly the same if your friend is viewing it from a different angle. This is one of those game con…

Yup, we just don't have mass-deployed sensors with high enough precision and accuracy yet. We'll get there.

Re: New Game: Minecraft Earth

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Post by edraferi »

jordache wrote: post #108
saddestcatever wrote: post #70

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Minecraft is one of the few games that I think everyone should try. It's not just "another video game", but something quite unique. It hits a certain part of the brain in both "creative expression" and "exploring the unknown" that we exercise so rarely in day to day life (or in other games). It's no wonder it really sticks with kids and becomes a way for them to express imagination. Make sure you sit down and try pla…

the tedious mining is definitely unique... holding down the mouse button to mine is creative expression?

There’s always Creative mode if you don’t like the resource constraint dynamic. The mining in Survival mode is a challenge to think your way out of. You have to be smart to know the most productive ways to get the resources you need. You have to evaluate trade offs between your ideal structure and materials against what’s available in the environment. Sometimes you have to strike out to explore for greener pastures.

It’s way better than automated skinner boxes that pretend to be games...

Re: New Game: Minecraft Earth

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Post by red75prime »

matwood wrote: post #88
mattigames wrote: post #16

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> Just imagine a middle school desk in a low income area. Why just low income? All kids at some point find low brow humor funny. Some grow out of it.

I suppose it's more about the broken windows theory, than kids from low income areas.

Re: New Game: Minecraft Earth

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Post by Qwertystop »

soulofmischief wrote: post #103
criley2 wrote: post #15

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The biggest issue I see is building, because builds take a long time and you don't want to stand around using the worst input imaginable (touch screen) to do nice builds. Other than that, it seems like they're making a Pokemon GO clone with Minecraft mobs (collect passive mobs and fight hostile ones). W.r.t to your "Pokemon Go::SW Christmas Special" you're absolutely wrong, while the initial popularity didn't stick a…

> ideas introduced in the GO app have moved into actual Pokemon titles, notable the "no fight, just throw to catch pokemon" mechanic Which is why I won't be buying the Let's Go series... I might as well be watching TLC reality TV shows all day for all the intellectual stimulation I'm getting out of swiping pokeballs with my finger. I'm mainly curious as to how team Mojang plans to solve multiple builds in the same lo…

> Which is why I won't be buying the Let's Go series... I might as well be watching TLC reality TV shows all day for all the intellectual stimulation I'm getting out of swiping pokeballs with my finger.

Wild battles were never especially intellectually stimulating anyway? Even trainer battles are only sometimes of any particular interest beyond grinding, and those are still in Let's Go completely unchanged.

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