Notices by Minetest (minetest@fosstodon.org)

The #Luanti game jam is back for 2024!

Your mission: from Nov 1st to Nov 22nd, make an awesome Luanti game from scratch.

That's 3 weeks, 3 (or more..) winners, and some neat prizes (server hosting! shirts!). Anyone can make games, so give it a shot!

You can find all the information about the jam at https://jam.minetest.net/

Feel free to ask questions on any of the Luanti discussion platforms or this year's forum thread

#minetest #opensource #gamedev

It's finally time. After years of deliberation, #Minetest is finally ready to adopt a new identity and prove it has moved beyond its original purpose. We can finally move past the "mining" and the "testing" and focus on making this platform the best it can be.

#opensource #freesoftware #gamedev

https://blog.minetest.net/2024/10/13/Introducing-Our-New-Name/

#Minetest 5.9.0 has been released!

Highlights: god rays, performance improvements, and more
https://blog.minetest.net/2024/08/12/5.9.0-released/

Two more photos from #Minetest at #FOSDEM

#Minetest on the #SteamDeck was a hit with the kids at #FOSDEM

#fosdem #Minetest

Getting ready for #FOSDEM

#Minetest

#Minetest Game Jam is back for 2023!

From December 1st to December 21st, make a Minetest game from scratch following a theme.
3 weeks, 3 winners, $300 in prizes. What will you make?

The theme will be announced December 1st, so stay tuned

All information about the jam is at https://jam.minetest.net/

#gamedev #opensource #gamejam

#Minetest has entered feature freeze for 5.7.0! This is a period of time before a release where we don't add any more features, but instead fix bugs and get ready for release. It'll last at least 1 week

Help us find bugs by trying it out before release: https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=29249

Highlights:

- Post-processing, bloom, and dynamic exposure
- Lots of performance improvements
- Rotating entity selection boxes
- Android: support for using a fixed crosshair, like on desktop
- ...more in post

@Cabbidachi

Yes, there's a dedicated server in the Minetest executable as `minetest --server`, it's also possible to compile just the dedicated server as `minetestserver` for a smaller binary size.

More info: https://wiki.minetest.net/Setting_up_a_server

The Harvest Update for Animalia has dropped, featuring Foxes, Owls, and Rats. Available now for #Minetest on ContentDB

https://content.minetest.net/packages/ElCeejo/animalia/

July - This Month in #Minetest

Last month, developers worked on releasing 5.6.0, and x2048 started work on post-processing and god rays for 5.7. MeseCraft has an important update, as well as a few interesting mods. Finally, Minetest was shown off at the exploreandlearn@LMZ edutech conference, with talks and workshops.

https://blog.minetest.net/2022/08/12/July/

@csepp yeah, all fancy graphic effects use progressive enhancement. We will be dropping support for very old hardware, the type that doesn't support OpenGl 2 fully (15+ years), but supporting low end hardware is still important to us

Also, note that while pretty graphics makes for good screenshots, a bigger focus is actually fixing issues with performance and correctness

#Minetest 5.6.0 has been released!

https://blog.minetest.net/2022/08/04/5.6.0-released/

AntVenom, a #Minecraft YouTuber with over 3 million subs, has made a video about #Minetest. It's really well researched, and captures our spirit well

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6Fyav6FiIs