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

    Hah! Beat me to it by a couple of minutes!

    Looking forward to the next decade of Luanti and playing with my kids.

  • SavvyWolf@pawb.socialEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Wait, didn’t they change their name recently or was that the mineclone Minecraft clone game?

    … Yeah, given how confusing it’s been, a name change is overdue. And will hopefully distract Microsoft’s lawyers for a bit.

      • 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
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          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
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            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
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              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)