Funny enough, the original version of minecraft used to run in the browser too! It used Java applets. That was a long time ago, I remember playing it as a kid
Browsercraft: Java Minecraft in the browser
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#32This is the main way I used to play Minecraft in the Beta days, thanks!
There's a very funny story behind MinecraftForFree.com which is what most people used back then. Notch (the creator of minecraft) was angry someone was posting his game online for free. He emailed the owner, Dylan, of the site threatening legal action. Instead of going down a legal route, Dylan challenged him play a game of quake3 to settle the dispute. If notch won, Dylan would take the site down. If Dylan won, notc…
There are even recordings of their match (in two parts), they're quite funny: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_Fu0SZ7PN8
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#33The craziest part is that it executes on my iPhone SE 2020 in Safari. Textures work, shading works, pretty insane. I even managed to break a block.
Re: Browsercraft: Java Minecraft in the browser
#34Funny enough, the original version of minecraft used to run in the browser too! It used Java applets. That was a long time ago, I remember playing it as a kid
Yes that's how notch was able to distribute it while circumventing publishers. Very smart move at the time.
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#35When I was in fourth grade, I'd take the half a mile walk to the library almost daily which always made my parents happy because they assumed I was going to read, but instead I was hopping onto their computers, going to http://minecraft.net , and playing minecraft on IE :) Thanks for the nostalgia
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#36There already is Minecraft in the browser implementations that are quite performant
https://map.realismc.com/#world:-87986:65:-25312:0:-0.01:1.5...
This is a world featuring llm powered players that make their own plans and constructions (using the terminal)
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#37This is the main way I used to play Minecraft in the Beta days, thanks!
There's a very funny story behind MinecraftForFree.com which is what most people used back then. Notch (the creator of minecraft) was angry someone was posting his game online for free. He emailed the owner, Dylan, of the site threatening legal action. Instead of going down a legal route, Dylan challenged him play a game of quake3 to settle the dispute. If notch won, Dylan would take the site down. If Dylan won, notc…
> If Dylan won, notch would would leave him alone and let him keep hosting the site.
Small correction, Dylan always planned to take the site down. They were playing for Minecraft capes[0] for him and his two teammates. The original livestream of the match is still up on Twitch also.[1]
[0] Cosmetics that used to be very rare and only given out by devs or at MineCon
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#38It crashed for me :( [failed to get system properties (java.lang.RuntimeException: No OpenGL context found in the current thread.)] Applets were a real vibe. The gradient-blue UI that came out of the box is true nostalgia.
I get that when my GPU is disabled, although it usually falls back to CPU...
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#39When I was in fourth grade, I'd take the half a mile walk to the library almost daily which always made my parents happy because they assumed I was going to read, but instead I was hopping onto their computers, going to http://minecraft.net , and playing minecraft on IE :) Thanks for the nostalgia
The longevity of Minecraft blows my mind. I was always aware of its existence but never looked into it. Now my kid is getting into it. So many generations of kids! It's incredible really.
That said, it has been a little sad digging into the current state of Java vs Bedrock, Bedrock iPad vs Bedrock Switch. The platform ubiquity is wonderful and the tradeoffs are what they are. But if folks were able to create a touch-capable web-powered Java Minecraft that would be a great fit for the iPad.
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#405 years ago, I watched a YouTube recording of a meetup talk given by one of the CheerpX engineers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JUs4c99-mo In it, they showed a functional demo of porting an OSS multiplayer C++ game entirely to the browser with WASM. Afterwards, I read some of their engineering content and was blown away. It's been fascinating to watch the CheerpX/CheerpJ progress from afar over the years.
Thanks for your kind words, appreciated.
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