Luanti (formerly Minetest) v5.10.0 out now bringing UI updates, fancier shaders, renaming work https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/luanti-formerly-minetest-v5100-out-now-bringing-ui-updates-fancier-shaders-renaming-work/

#Luanti #Minetest

Luanti (formerly Minetest) v5.10.0 out now bringing UI updates, fancier shaders, renaming work

With Minetest now called Luanti, a fresh release is out bringing work towards getting things renamed along with some new features and fixes.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

For anyone that didn't get the name...when people write mods for #Luanti / (Formerly #Minetest) they use #Lua.

Btw, I see also that one commented on your site making the comment about LUA(although they didn't explain to people what it is). @lualang "The Lua Programming Language".

Minetest breaks the chains of being a Minecraft clone with a new name — Luanti https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/10/minetest-breaks-the-chains-of-being-a-minecraft-clone-with-a-new-name-luanti/

#Minetest #FOSS #OpenSource

It's finally time. After years of deliberation, #Minetest is finally ready to adopt a new identity and prove it has moved beyond its original purpose. We can finally move past the "mining" and the "testing" and focus on making this platform the best it can be.

#opensource #freesoftware #gamedev

https://blog.minetest.net/2024/10/13/Introducing-Our-New-Name/

Introducing Our New Name

After more than a year of public and internal discussions, we're ready to announce our new name!

^Minetest

Minetest 5.9.0 brings performance improvements, a godrays shader and work towards SDL2 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/minetest-590-brings-performance-improvements-a-godrays-shader-and-work-towards-sdl2/

#Minetest #FreeGame #OpenSource

Here's a similar thing made for #Minetest for the game jam. It's even more impressive given how limited the UI API is for Minetest - this is actually done using the HUD API using the player camera movement to get mouse movement

https://content.minetest.net/packages/jordan4ibanez/mineos/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_CvdFfOPs4

mineos: Bit's Battle

https://github.com/jordan4ibanez/mineos

^YouTube

Minetest 5.8.0 is out now with improved settings, Minetest Game no longer default https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/minetest-580-is-out-now-with-improved-settings-minetest-game-no-longer-default/

#Minetest #FOSS #Linux #Gaming #OpenSource

#Minetest Game Jam is back for 2023!

From December 1st to December 21st, make a Minetest game from scratch following a theme.
3 weeks, 3 winners, $300 in prizes. What will you make?

The theme will be announced December 1st, so stay tuned

All information about the jam is at https://jam.minetest.net/

#gamedev #opensource #gamejam

2023 Minetest GAME JAM

^{jam.minetest.net}

#Minetest 5.8 will have an improved settings menu

The new design should be much easier to use. Settings are organised in a more logical way, and you can see more settings without digging into a huge advanced settings tree

#opensource

#Minetest no longer ships with a default game.

For a long time, Minetest shipped with a default game called "Minetest Game". This was a fairly barebones survival game and gave a bad first impression. Minetest is all about customisation, the choice of multiple games is a big part of that. Now, new users are directed to choose a game using ContentDB

We'll be making further improvements in the future to make this process easier to understand

We're now in feature freeze for #Minetest 5.8! This is a period of time before a release where we only do bug fixes

Highlights:

* Minetest no longer ships with a default game
* A redesigned Settings GUI
* Improved Android controls, can place nodes with single tap
* Improved antialiasing filters

Help us by trying out the release candidate: https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?t=29937

#freegaming #opensource #freesoftware

New blog post: Ten years of Capture the Flag

https://blog.rubenwardy.com/2023/08/16/minetest-ctf-is-10/

#Minetest #gamedev

Ten years of Capture The Flag

CTF is a PvP game made using Minetest. This article covers the history of CTF, the lessons I learned, and the changes I made along the way.

^{rubenwardy (blog.rubenwardy.com)}

New blog post: Conquer: a deep-dive into my #Minetest mod jam entry

Conquer is an RTS minigame created for the 2020 mod jam. This article will discuss some interesting challenges that it needed to solve

https://blog.rubenwardy.com/2023/05/31/conquer/

Conquer: a deep-dive into my Minetest mod jam entry

Conquer is an RTS minigame created for the 2020 mod jam. It received first place. This article will discuss some interesting challenges that it needed to solve.

^{rubenwardy (blog.rubenwardy.com)}