MineCloneJEpC/README.md

# MineCloneJEpC

> PROJECT NOW ABANDONED. For now, see the https://github.com/rollerozxa/minecraftnt-preclassic repo

An unofficial Minecraft-like game for Minetest. Forked from MineClone 2 by Wuzzy.
Developed by many people. Not developed or endorsed by Mojang AB.

Version: 0 (in development)

SPECIFIC VERSION OF MINECRAFT CLONED: `old_alpha rd-132211`

### Gameplay
You start in a flat world made entirely of cubes. You can explore the world and
dig almost every block in the world, and can use cobblestone to create new
structures.

Keeping true to the exact version of Minecraft that this is cloning, it's pretty
bare. There are only grass and cobblestone blocks. Press the action key to
respawn.

#### Gameplay summary

* Sandbox-style gameplay, no goals
* Use blocks to create great buildings, your imagination is the limit
* You can build almost anything for free (no cost) and without limit

## How to play (quick start)
### Getting started
- Mine with right click
- Place with left click
- Walk around

### Farming
None built-in.

### Furnace
None built-in.

### Additional help
None built-in.

### Special items
None built-in.

## Installation
This game requires [Minetest](http://minetest.net) to run (version 5.4.1 or
later). Older versions might work, but this is untested. So you need to install
Minetest first. Only stable versions of Minetest are officially supported.
There is no support for running MineCloneJEpC on development versions of
Minetest.

To install MineCloneJEpC (if you haven't already), move this directory into
the “games” directory of your Minetest data directory. Consult the help of
Minetest to learn more.

## Useful links

Here's the Minecraft wiki page on the version of Minecraft that this is cloning.

<https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Java_Edition_pre-Classic_rd-132211>

## Target
- Crucially, create a stable, moddable, free/libre clone of Minecraft
`old_alpha rd-132211` based on the Minetest engine with polished features.
 No other features will be added.
- Optionally, create a performant experience that will run relatively
well on really low spec computers. Unfortunately, due to Minecraft's
mechanisms and Minetest engine's limitations along with a very small
playerbase on low spec computers, optimizations are hard to investigate.

## Completion status
This game is currently in **pre-alpha** stage.
It is playable, but has too many features.
Backwards-compability is not entirely guaranteed, updating your world might cause small bugs.

These things need figured out, and I don't know how to do them:

* In this edition of minecraft, a left-click places, and a right-click mines.
  (opposite of later versions, and of Minetest defaults)
* A way for modpacks to change values in `game.conf` (This will only effect how mods expanding this game function)
  * mapgen
  * gamemodes

The following main features are available (including features I must now remove):

* Blocks in the overworld
* Weather (TO BE REMOVED)
* Status effects (partial) (TO BE REMOVED)
* Experience (TO BE REMOVED)
* Enchanting (TO BE REMOVED)
* Buidling blocks: Stone, Dirt
* Commands (TO BE REMOVED)
* Fully moddable (thanks to Minetest's powerful Lua API)
* And more! (It's a lot of work to remove)

Technical differences from Minecraft:

* Height limit of ca. 31000 blocks (much higher than in Minecraft)
* Horizontal world size is ca. 62000×62000 blocks (much smaller than in Minecraft, but it is still very large)
* Still very incomplete and buggy
* Blocks, items and other features that shouldn't be there
* A few items have slightly different names to make them easier to distinguish
* Different textures (Pixel Perfection)
* Different sounds (various sources) (TO BE REMOVED)
* Different engine (Minetest)
* Different easter eggs

… and finally, MineClone2 is free software (“free” as in “freedom”)!

## Other readme files

* `LICENSE.txt`: The GPLv3 license text
* `CONTRIBUTING.md`: Information for those who want to contribute
* `API.md`: For Minetest modders who want to mod this game
* `LEGAL.md`: Legal information
* `CREDITS.md`: List of everyone who contributed