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Wait so this actually implements everything? Like all the features? System recs are quite high, I was hoping to find something that my kids can use on their Chromebooks but even if this isn’t it, this is cool as heck.
Things like this always make me a bit sad when things like mine test exist. Since projects like this depends on decompiled Minecraft source, they're legally still piracy. Meanwhile, it probably would be simpler to implement some thing like hypixel in the open-source Minecraft-workalike minetest, where you'd be in much less legally muddy water. But still nobody would play that. Because brand.
Would you consider a word processor that is coded around the quirks of Microsoft Word and that is able to open and modify its proprietary format as piracy ?
That's a very important distinction.
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Minetest is a prime example of the weakness of the open source community. A bunch of people want to "system dev" you a framework. Very few want, or is capabale of, designing you an actual finished game, at least in the open source context. Op's kid deserve better. The best I can suggest is 0AD. https://play0ad.com/ It might require an actual computer though.
I suspect you don't have kids? Either way that is a hilarious recommendation, for a number of reasons. If my kids asked to play Minecraft and I installed that game, it would be a bit like them asking for pancakes and serving them bran flakes and a grapefruit. They're not even remotely similar games, and have wildly different levels of appropriateness for children -- though that obviously depends on parental preferenc…
Wait so this actually implements everything? Like all the features? System recs are quite high, I was hoping to find something that my kids can use on their Chromebooks but even if this isn’t it, this is cool as heck.
Wait so this actually implements everything? Like all the features? System recs are quite high, I was hoping to find something that my kids can use on their Chromebooks but even if this isn’t it, this is cool as heck.
If you're on a low end system, I can recommend Minetest. It's a similar but different experience - you still mine blocks and craft items but all of the details are quite different. I enjoy both games; while I prefer Minecraft due to community and momentum, Minetest is great if you just want a nice and simple sandbox.
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I suspect you don't have kids? Either way that is a hilarious recommendation, for a number of reasons. If my kids asked to play Minecraft and I installed that game, it would be a bit like them asking for pancakes and serving them bran flakes and a grapefruit. They're not even remotely similar games, and have wildly different levels of appropriateness for children -- though that obviously depends on parental preferenc…
FWIW, my 5th grader read this comment and got actively agitated at the comparison. He adores Minetest and wanted to convey that he "has a great community to play with". Of course YMMV, but I thought his take was worth mentioning.
My bran flakes -> pancakes statement wasn't referring to Minetest. I was referring to the Age of Empires clone the parent comment recommended instead of Minetest.
P.S. Kudos to the young one for being open minded and independent about alternatives in the face of heavily-marketed-and-heavily-peer-used things! I can tell they're already wise beyond their years =)
Wait so this actually implements everything? Like all the features? System recs are quite high, I was hoping to find something that my kids can use on their Chromebooks but even if this isn’t it, this is cool as heck.
I haven't tried it myself, but it looks like the bedrock edition can run on chrome OS. I think https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mojang.min... is the link, though it says "Chrome OS version sold separately" so I'm not 100% sure
Author should be aware that Mojang has nuked copy projects before. Now that they have MS lawyers they will C&D anything that carries the "Minecraft" name relationship. Never even mention it, call it by more general technical terms like a "square voxel engine" or something.
If that had any ounce of truth clearly they would have tried taking down mineserver and minetest long ago. If projects gets taken down it's because of copyright infringement, not because they are referencing the name. Removing all references to Minecraft won't do anything if the project contains assets or decompiled code from Minecraft either.