Introducing Our New Name
blog.minetest.net
After more than a year of public and internal discussions, we're ready to announce our new name!
    • toothbrush@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 months ago

      I suppose. But I think, minetest as a project was strengthend by its proximity to minecraft. The big reason you pick up luanti is that its like minecraft, but free and with more modding freedom. I dont think this is bad thing to be reflected in a name. But good luck to them, maybe they can pull the name change off without hurting their public recognition too much.

      • ReakDuck@lemmy.ml
        1·
        2 months ago

        I always thought minetest is a cheap minecraft clone, mainly for testing or smth.

        So yeah, its a good name change

        • MajorHavoc@programming.dev
          1·
          2 months ago

          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.

          • ReakDuck@lemmy.ml
            2·
            2 months ago

            That was me after hearing MineClone and wanting to try it out. I was shocked how good it felt to play it (except for the soft lag and a bit clunky inventory)