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Any people who have played open-source Minecraft alternatives? (lemmy.nz)
submitted 4 days ago by MisterFred@reddthat.com to c/minecraft@sh.itjust.works
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I've tried to do research and found games that exist, but not many opinions on them. I don't wanna rely on one singular opinion just to find out that the game is for them but not me. Classicube ie too simple. Cubys is like Minecraft's Arch, and Luanti with Mineclonia seems the most promising, but have done the least research from. Eaglercraft isn't fully open-source liscense-wize, Android java launchers like Mojo use too many resources, and PC launchers require a Minecraft install and a Microsoft account. I don't wanna just straight up pirate the game directly either. How are your experiences woth those complete alternatives?

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[-] Admetus@sopuli.xyz 11 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Luanti is deeply modded, has a large selection of games (including the ones mimicking Minecraft), and a strong programming community.

I'm honestly surprised you researched Luanti the least.

[-] MisterFred@reddthat.com 2 points 4 days ago

Ok, maybe not THE least, since I know less about Classicube, but definetely did not do as much research as the others

[-] wrinkledoo@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 days ago

My experience drove me to just pirate minecraft. The alternatives are ok, but they are not very polished, or they don't scratch the same itch. Minecraft really does just have that sauce.

[-] TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social 1 points 4 days ago

I've never been able to get it to work from the high seas.

[-] goldstein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago

https://ultimmc.com/ FOSS Minecraft launcher. You can play singleplayer and multiplayer on cracked servers

[-] TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Is it servers as in creating a file, or online servers?

[-] goldstein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago

Some online servers support cracked launchers. Just search for "Minecraft server cracked list" on your browser and you will find them. If you want to host one for you and your friends you can use Docker Compose https://setupmc.com/java-server/ just make sure to untick online mode.

[-] TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social 1 points 3 days ago

I don't, that's why I'm asking. Solo offline for me.

[-] womboflll@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

I use a cracked polymc launcher. You have to create an offline account and download a jdk but it does what I need. Can even download mods for me.

[-] supersquirrel@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Luanti is great.

Vintage Story is paid but awesome.

Also check out Veloren and OpenVoxel.

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Voxelibre, a luanti fork, is pretty great. My young lad plays it almost exclusively. It also runs on a potato which is great

[-] Admetus@sopuli.xyz 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

To ensure no misunderstandings here, Voxelibre is running on Luanti as a 'game'. It's not a separate fork. It will be forked from the 'Minetest Game' which is the default (basic, unmodded) engine on Luanti.

The Luanti title screen gets substituted by the title screen of whatever game was selected/played before Luanti was closed. It makes Luanti itself like a 'console'.

[-] Arello@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 days ago

I have tried Minetest, but that was years ago. It probably needed some plugins to feel more alive.

[-] MisterFred@reddthat.com 5 points 4 days ago

Minetest is now what's known as Luanti which has a bunch of mods right now

[-] Arello@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 days ago

Good to know! I've been living in a barrel.

[-] Admetus@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

They stopped making the community focus on modding the base game (i.e. Minetest Game), and just went 'Hey, you go make yer games; and mods just follow behind with compatibility for certain games.' For some reason the devs let rip and now we have very strong Minecraft clones, as well as lots of creative output.

There's the Backrooms game even.

[-] TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Cubic Odyssey scratches the itch for me. It's more like a 3D Starbound, but it's all blocks. It's not open source though.

Oh and it's janky as hell

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