Show HN: Redstone, a distributed Minecraft server that runs on Node.js

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Post by mappum » Thu, Mar 28, 2013, 11:08 PM UTC

Show HN: Redstone, a distributed Minecraft server that runs on Node.js
redstone.io

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Post by zachlatta » Thu, Mar 28, 2013, 11:34 PM UTC

This is super neat!

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Post by goughjustin » Thu, Mar 28, 2013, 11:36 PM UTC

I like the line... "building penises out of dirt right now". Someone should put that on a T-shirt.

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Post by kbar13 » Thu, Mar 28, 2013, 11:46 PM UTC

is there a mailing list or something that I can join, besides the mlist for their far-from-now MMO release so that I can keep up on development?

Even more internets for open sourced on github perhaps?

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Post by pizzeys » Thu, Mar 28, 2013, 11:48 PM UTC

Do you have any sort of permission or support from Mojang? It might not be a good idea to invest a substantial amount of time in "A Minecraft MMO" without this...

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Post by throwaway54-762 » Thu, Mar 28, 2013, 11:49 PM UTC

Cool, a distributed minecraft server. But where's the source, or something more technically meaty? "I made a distributed X and here's some screenshots" isn't that interesting alone.

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Post by kepzorz » Thu, Mar 28, 2013, 11:52 PM UTC

pizzeys wrote: post #5

Do you have any sort of permission or support from Mojang? It might not be a good idea to invest a substantial amount of time in "A Minecraft MMO" without this...

We emailed them for permission to make a custom server a while back, and they said it was ok. We haven't contacted them specifically about the MMO yet though.

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Post by mappum » Fri, Mar 29, 2013, 12:01 AM UTC

throwaway54-762 wrote: post #6

Cool, a distributed minecraft server. But where's the source, or something more technically meaty? "I made a distributed X and here's some screenshots" isn't that interesting alone.

I plan on open sourcing it and trying to foster a community of modding/contributions, but first I would like to clean up the code. Also, we want to figure out our business strategy.

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Post by kepzorz » Fri, Mar 29, 2013, 12:01 AM UTC

kbar13 wrote: post #4

is there a mailing list or something that I can join, besides the mlist for their far-from-now MMO release so that I can keep up on development? Even more internets for open sourced on github perhaps?

We'll use this mailing list for anything interesting on the project, like open-sourcing it, even if it's not directly related to the MMO.

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Post by artursapek » Fri, Mar 29, 2013, 12:02 AM UTC

throwaway54-762 wrote: post #6

Cool, a distributed minecraft server. But where's the source, or something more technically meaty? "I made a distributed X and here's some screenshots" isn't that interesting alone.

Well, I'm logged in right now and there's no lag with many players. Try it.