Nostalgia for Minecraft

Post by linuxhansl » Mon, Nov 11, 2019, 3:42 AM UTC

mastazi wrote: post #83

linuxhansl wrote: post #65

There is also https://www.minetest.net/ . It's fully open source and free, and although it is written in C++ it has a Lua modding API with many mods. Minetest itself is just the engine with basic functionality such as terrain generation and basic physics. Mobs, and other things are added via mods. Mods can be installed manually or in-game from https://content.minetest.net/ .

The problem I had with Minetest, is that the base sandbox is quite boring and I think you're not supposed to be playing it on its own, but then when it comes to mods there is so much choice and I couldn't find a place to start from (something like: "if you are a beginner, start from these 5 mods"), so I don't know where to start from. Any suggestions?

Post by Iv » Mon, Nov 11, 2019, 4:20 AM UTC

mastazi wrote: post #83

linuxhansl wrote: post #65

There is also https://www.minetest.net/ . It's fully open source and free, and although it is written in C++ it has a Lua modding API with many mods. Minetest itself is just the engine with basic functionality such as terrain generation and basic physics. Mobs, and other things are added via mods. Mods can be installed manually or in-game from https://content.minetest.net/ .

The problem I had with Minetest, is that the base sandbox is quite boring and I think you're not supposed to be playing it on its own, but then when it comes to mods there is so much choice and I couldn't find a place to start from (something like: "if you are a beginner, start from these 5 mods"), so I don't know where to start from. Any suggestions?

Post by travbrack » Mon, Nov 11, 2019, 5:30 AM UTC

benji_is_me wrote: post #20

travbrack wrote: post #2

It annoys me when people call Roblox a game. It's an engine and a platform. It's like calling Unity or Unreal Engine a game.

I've also found that people tend to underestimate the development tools Roblox gives. There are games on Roblox that have external web APIs for managing servers, games that circumvent the standard "player model" and instead opt for an entirely different appearance, games that make use of the GUI tools given in meticulous ways... Roblox does a fantastic job at giving creative young minds an opportunity to expand on th…

Post by Operyl » Mon, Nov 11, 2019, 6:15 AM UTC

leoc wrote: post #76

blotter_paper wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> So if you slay too many Gorgs soon there would be none left. Leave them alone and they'll eat all the Fraggles. Players would form culling expeditions every week. [...] I think the venerable Ultima Online had a few features like that, or was supposed to, not completely sure. Ultima Online tried to have such an ecology, but the players didn't react to it as described despite the game designers giving players minimal…

As best I recall (it seems it's not easy to find sources now) the biggest problem was with player-killing and griefing. The devs left player-character interactions relatively unrestricted in the expectation that social order would be (largely) maintained by the in-character actions of the PCs. Similar things had worked in text-based MUDs of the time. When they naturally got a Hobbesian bloodbath instead (classic MUDs…

Post by exadeci » Mon, Nov 11, 2019, 6:27 AM UTC

Razengan wrote: post #3

A multiplayer persistent world like Minecraft with physics would be amazing, and probably replicate Minecraft's success. e.g. If I chop down a tree at the top of a hill it could roll down and potentially wreck your house. Or causing cave-ins and avalanches from indiscriminate mining. Building dams and rerouting rivers. Building realistic defenses and then siege weapons. Fun Add in critter breeding and predation for d…