Craft: A simple Minecraft clone written in C using OpenGL shaders
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HN comment orderFogleman has some really cool side projects in a variety of areas written in a variety of languages... and I noticed he’s got two kids! As a new father, how is this possible? Really boring/easy day job? Having a daughter is an amazing experience that is rewarding in its own right but something that really scares me about fatherhood is not being able to do any deep work for the rest of my life. Doing deep work is another part…
Cool. From the same author of Minecraft clone with Python: https://github.com/fogleman/Minecraft The python version uses only 894 lines of code: https://github.com/fogleman/Minecraft/blob/master/main.py
Looking in the github issues tab. This is so hilarious! There are a lot of people posting their Minecraft bugs thinking this is the official Minecraft repository haha
Is there a non-coder/contributor reason to use this over Java Minecraft? Like, is it more performant?
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- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 919
- Total comments
- 308
100+ points or 50+ comments
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-12-10 | Show HN: Minecraft clone in 2500 lines of C - even supports multiplayer onlineFirst breakout | fogleman | 287 | 149 |
| 2018-08-23 | Craft: A simple Minecraft clone written in C using OpenGL shadersBest thread | sbjs | 578 | 154 |
| 2020-05-20 | Craft: A simple Minecraft clone written in C using modern OpenGL | ciarannolan | 4 | 2 |
| 2023-05-26 | A simple Minecraft clone written in C using modern OpenGLLatest 20+ point return | tirrex | 47 | 3 |
| 2025-02-05 | Craft: A simple Minecraft clone written in CHall induction | porjo | 3 | 0 |