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Nice to see that Minecraft has seemingly created a new genre of first person world building games.
It's not correct to attribute the voxel game genre to Minecraft. It's just the first game of the genre to reach a considerable level of success. Minecraft is just one of many games that were directly inspired by the underground hit Infiniminer.
So, where is the code?
This is a most relevant question in a "Hacker News" site.
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It's not correct to attribute the voxel game genre to Minecraft. It's just the first game of the genre to reach a considerable level of success. Minecraft is just one of many games that were directly inspired by the underground hit Infiniminer.
I fondly remember NovaLogic's Comanche series. While it isn't of the 'world building' genre, its voxel engine was very impressive for its time: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comanche_series Also interesting (historically) is 'Rescue on Fractalus'. Not just for its cheesy name, but also due to its reliance on fractals to draw 3D mountain sceneries: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_on_Fractalus ! Edit: videos of both…
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It's not correct to attribute the voxel game genre to Minecraft. It's just the first game of the genre to reach a considerable level of success. Minecraft is just one of many games that were directly inspired by the underground hit Infiniminer.
Is Minecraft Voxel? I thought it was real (if blocky) 3D?
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Given that Minecraft isn't open source, this is a new thing.
You're right in that this is a new engine, but the fact that minecraft's engine isn't open source doesn't necessarily come into play here. There's closed-source engine licensing happening everywhere.
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It's not correct to attribute the voxel game genre to Minecraft. It's just the first game of the genre to reach a considerable level of success. Minecraft is just one of many games that were directly inspired by the underground hit Infiniminer.
I fondly remember NovaLogic's Comanche series. While it isn't of the 'world building' genre, its voxel engine was very impressive for its time: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comanche_series Also interesting (historically) is 'Rescue on Fractalus'. Not just for its cheesy name, but also due to its reliance on fractals to draw 3D mountain sceneries: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_on_Fractalus ! Edit: videos of both…
Though very rough, I'm excited about the potential for this one.
So, where is the code?
So, where is the code?
Why has this been downvoted? The game is free software, yet the (temporary) homepage has no link to the sources. This is a most relevant question in a "Hacker News" site.