Hey guys,

I started working on a Minecraft clone last week. I've made a bit of progress. If you guys have any game ideas, let me know.

Eventually, I'd like to incorporate fine-detail terrain destruction. I think I'll be able to model the terrain via octree based voxels. I'll post future updates here, as well as on my blog.

What he said.

I think you're making impressive progress. I think the futuristic idea would ruin the rudimentary feeling of digging and crafting simple things... You can't go from digging sand to building turrets. Also, if you were to be colonizing a new planet you'd already come with all of your technology and wouldn't need to craft tools for digging, etc. I think if you want to make a clone, make a clone. Or try to come up with something different that won't ruin the fun. I think an open source clone in C++ is something desirable though^[1] (assuming it will be open source...). I think what's fun about Minecraft to me is the feeling of surviving on my own without all kinds of technology... Starting out with just a couple of torches and having to build tools and shelter to defend yourself and progress.

The idea of repairing your damaged technology is somewhat intriguing, I must say. The idea of fashioning turrets out of raw materials is still off-putting to me though. If it were in the future, but your technology was broken, and your ultimate aim was to repair it and escape, that might be interesting (assuming the repairs were rudimentary enough to be hand crafted). Of course, the materials needed to escape should require some rare ore that takes time to discover. In the meantime, you'd have to fashion tools and weapons similar to Minecraft to survive.

Pikmin was pretty good

I never played Minecraft (Or really know what it's about...)I might look into it.

I like games with 3D editors. (Even though all I know is Cube and derivatives...)

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Pikmin.

No, the 30 day limit in Pikmin isn't something like Tomoso suggested(I think). I suppose he meant that you have an oxygen tank, and you've got to go back to someplace to refill it. That way, you'd look for upgrading it first before exploring large areas.

How about if you had to find a way to power it(wire some blocks) to a power source(minerals underground)? Still, that'd be complex, but it's a nice gameplay idea. You'd like to set up a safe place somewhere near power sources, and the most powerful ones would be occupied by the inhabitants. That's where you come in and take it by force .

Hence the name and the setting. I'm just saying that for having some fun instead of using the same setting, he should create something different.

Heh, I want to make a Minecraft clone now. Will this start a hot new trend?

Sounds great, and something good for making a difference. Forget the futuristic setting I proposed, I'll use that one for a game of mine some other time.

What, you're expecting me to give you now in a thread a whole explanation of my powering system of minerals in a planet? It's beyond human's comprehension, sorry. I agree that if elements feel like putted in by art of magic in a game, it doesn't feel fun. Heh, Shigeru Miyamoto claims to have an story behind Mario

I downloaded it and checked it out. The camera movement feels very "right." I can't wait to see where this goes .

Well I thought someone else was gonna post, but it looks good and I can't wait for a 'playable' demo