Minecraft - Anyone into it?

[AmIdYfReAk]

me and Stu Wrecked some shit in there,

found so much gold, iron, crystal, and red shit

[Grandpa Stu]

word. we got a nice mining area started. mrd just got on and started making an underground forest too.

i'll prob get on later again. so much fun.

[Grandpa Stu]

epic skylight. looks like the server died though?

[Grandpa Stu]

was trying to get a screenshot of the fire and then things went tits up.

[Silicone_Milk]

Here's something I was working on earlier today for about an hour...

[fKd]

been building a mountain fortress and a underground aquaduct. waters a bit funny...

only got this today and somehow managed to sink 11 hours into it... oh dear

[Eraser]

Here's something I was working on earlier today for about an hour...

Eh, that's an import isn't it?

I'm afraid I didn't get much further than building myself a whole three floor house:

[Silicone_Milk]

Import? No. I laid those blocks down by hand.

[mjrpes]

fire from epic sky lava flow

[seremtan]

holy mother of shitdicks wtf is this nonsense? 0_o

[seremtan]

looks like doom, but in 3D

[^misantropia^]

Now build something Freudian.

[phantasmagoria]

i dont quite understand the appeal. why would i make pixelated block things in this instead of just making a map in hammer/radiant/some other map editor/creation tool?

it's like making something in playdoh where all the other kids try to smash up what you're making when there's plasticine and super sculpey on the next table with kids playing nicely.

[seremtan]

also, how long until /b/ makes a giant swastika?

[MKJ]

why is this game using software rendering?
i mean it doesnt have to be the latest and greatest engine but some opengl type rendering may make it 200x easier on the eyes.

[phantasmagoria]

i think they already have, they've made multiple incarnations of the twin towers

[bitWISE]

why is this game using software rendering?
i mean it doesnt have to be the latest and greatest engine but some opengl type rendering may make it 200x easier on the eyes.

[^misantropia^]

It's OpenGL, actually.

[AmIdYfReAk]

Wow, The gold armor is SO weak!

[Silicone_Milk]

It's OpenGL, actually.

^ this.

The voxels are converted in to polygons and sorted in display lists for opengl.

[MKJ]

oh noes, i didnt know the exact renderer it uses.
my question still stands tho - something the likes of bitwise seem to conveniently ignore - the textures are so low res it actually looks like a software renderer.
again, why must it be so hard on the eyes :[

[Silicone_Milk]

get a high-res texture pack replacement then?

[fKd]

i like it, reminds me of the old days...

[Silicone_Milk]

Just spent a couple hours debugging the damn lock.

A single torch underneat a wire (two floors) was fucking the entire input up.

[bitWISE]

oh noes, i didnt know the exact renderer it uses.
my question still stands tho - something the likes of bitwise seem to conveniently ignore - the textures are so low res it actually looks like a software renderer.
again, why must it be so hard on the eyes :[

I think the textures he used serve to stylize whereas proper modern texturing would look off when everything is rendered out of cubes. I'm sure it also helps with performance.

I would also venture a bet that he did 8-bit style because he was able to do it himself as opposed to sharing his profits with an artist.