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I have just stumbled upon minetest, in a FOSS thread on lemmy.

My son plays minecraft, in both creative and survival mode. What are peoples thought on moving him to minetest?

It looks like there is a lot that can go wrong when setting it up, the menu's are extensive!

any info is appreciated!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The big draw for him might be Minetests moddability. All of a games content is in .lua files and it can be modified with just a basic text editor. An easy thing to do would be to change the mining time of a pickaxe or change the number of planks you get from a wood block. If he really gets into it, it's possible to create a game from the ground up without relying on the base Minetest Game.

Best bet would be to set him up with the Minecraft clone game. This can be done by going to the Content tab in the menu. Select Browse Online Content. On the second page is Mineclone2.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

yeah, i was thinking that i would go mineclone.

the rest of it will be a bit tough, he is 10, so not into programming yet!