Leaflet to Linux Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish • 19 hours agoIntroducing Our New Name | Minetest rebrands to Luantiblog.minetest.netexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up184file-textcross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.mllinux@lemmy.mllinux_gaming@lemmy.worldopensourcegames@lemmy.ml
arrow-up184external-linkIntroducing Our New Name | Minetest rebrands to Luantiblog.minetest.netLeaflet to Linux Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish • 19 hours agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.mllinux@lemmy.mllinux_gaming@lemmy.worldopensourcegames@lemmy.ml
minus-square@ReakDuck@lemmy.mllinkfedilink16•17 hours agoI always thought minetest is a cheap minecraft clone, mainly for testing or smth. So yeah, its a good name change
minus-square@MajorHavoc@programming.devlinkfedilink8•16 hours agoYeah. I agree it’s rough to lose existing recognition, but I think the test in the name was hurting adoption quite a bit. When I tried mineTest last, I was thinking, “what the hell, this will amuse me for an afternoon.” I did not expect a feature complete game engine with a better more polished game than vanilla MineCraft.
I always thought minetest is a cheap minecraft clone, mainly for testing or smth.
So yeah, its a good name change
Yeah. I agree it’s rough to lose existing recognition, but I think the
test
in the name was hurting adoption quite a bit.When I tried
mineTest
last, I was thinking, “what the hell, this will amuse me for an afternoon.”I did not expect a feature complete game engine with a better more polished game than vanilla MineCraft.