This existed in 2012, and was called “minecraft reality”:
https://www.theverge.com/2012/11/25/3688674/minecraft-augmen...
New Game: Minecraft Earth
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#152Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
> it's not like MS is making money from Minecraft classic Of course they are, it's part of the franchise so at the very least it's an advertisement for all the other Minecraft things you can buy.
In the same way that this OSS game engine is an advertisement for the developer who created it.
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#153Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't know; I tried minecraft, and just...couldn't get into it. I did play dwarf fortress briefly, though, and I think that gave me some of the feelings people who get really sucked into minecraft get.
most people find it more engaging with friends (like most games), but df will definitely scratch a lot of similar itches
I prefer to explore alone, no creative mode. I let my kids in my world sometimes.
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#154Earlier quoted context omitted.
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…
What would be a sensible minimum age for minecraft?
My littlest were scared of the zombie pigmen. I'd say around 7 or 8.
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#155Earlier quoted context omitted.
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…
What would be a sensible minimum age for minecraft?
For playing alone in the game? 5 years old.
For playing with random internet people? 30 years old
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#156This reminds me of when I first discovered Minecraft in university. I was just going to play for a couple hours before bed, and I got sucked into the game-loop and before I knew it the sun was coming up. A few days later, I was walking toward the railroad crossing I often had to wait at between my house and campus, and just for a moment looked at those tracks and I seriously thought about where I should place the Min…
Similar thing happened to me—I downloaded it in the evening, because I'd heard people talking about it and it sounded interesting. My wife came down at 3:30 in the morning wondering where on earth I was.
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#157This reminds me of when I first discovered Minecraft in university. I was just going to play for a couple hours before bed, and I got sucked into the game-loop and before I knew it the sun was coming up. A few days later, I was walking toward the railroad crossing I often had to wait at between my house and campus, and just for a moment looked at those tracks and I seriously thought about where I should place the Min…
I mean, this is better than the time I stayed up all night playing GTA San Andreas in a friend's dorm room during college and while drowsily stumbling home felt an intense need to flee when I heard police sirens approaching.
I received Shenmue for Christmas, 2000. The in-game date shows on every loading screen, starting on December 3rd. I played it so much that first week, the dates intersected and then passed the real life date. Until I beat the game, I kept thinking it was the Shenmue date in the real world. It was a surreal experience.
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#159Since there's not much info on this, and since I missed the relevant thread last week, I'll just note here for the record that Mojang's other recent release, a browser-based retro game called Minecraft Classic, was built on my voxel game engine. [game] https://classic.minecraft.net/ [engine] https://github.com/andyhall/noa/ if anyone's interested. It's pretty weird waking up one morning to find out that Mojang built…
The FPS counter is horribly off.
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#160Earlier quoted context omitted.
> it's not like MS is making money from Minecraft classic Of course they are, it's part of the franchise so at the very least it's an advertisement for all the other Minecraft things you can buy.
In the same way that this OSS game engine is an advertisement for the developer who created it.
To some extent, but going down this road leads to "artists should be thankful for exposure".