Hiya and welcome here, and don't worry, no hard feelings held against you for making a Minecraft game . It is just that on ticalc.org, for years there have been floods and floods of Minecraft, Zelda, Mario, Dragon Ball and Pokémon clones that did not even come close to what the original games were. For example, most Zelda games are actually turn-based RPGs where you see no enemy graphic nor can't move anywhere else. The problem became so brutal a few years ago that Ticalc.org created download sections just for Dragon Ball and Pokémon clones. Since then, the reputation of calculator clones of popular game franchises has been kinda tarnished in the TI community (although it's even worse on some other sites, since Omni tends to be a bit more tolerant), even moreso since the 800K views Skyrim clone incident and the infamous Halo clone.

Thanks for the clarification, though. Also the cave generation program seems interesting. It would be nice if it was added to the Minecraft game so there are pre-generated underground paths like the original game. Lava/water might be a bit overkill to add, though (especially if you use Pixel-test for collision detection)

Hi there, we always welcome new members, but yeah, such projects just kinda grab more attention to the normal person if they contain names like 'minecraft'

Hello Ameobea!

I just saw this, and your project actually looks very promising. Especially coming from someone coming out of the blue with it.

I think the only problem people are having to cause any kind of issue is certainly not fault of your own, but how there's suddenly a burst of attention towards it, and people finding these think that's the pinnacle of calc development.

This one in particular:



Your project is impressive though, and could become something of a milestone of it's own right. Though definitely push it in more of a Terraria-like game. It'd benefit greatly being a 2D platformer.

Yeah about the Skyrim

and people finding these think that's the pinnacle of calc development.

About that, I remember the Skyrim game getting lots and lots of positive comments like if it was the best calc game ever, then you visit the Spencer Zelda video and people say it's fake, or you visit comment pages of one of the major featured Ticalc.org hybrid BASIC program and half of the people are saying it's total junk.

The ironic thing is that the bad comments are mostly from people who have never owned or programmed a calculator before, so you would expect Reddit gamers to have the same reaction, right?

I think I posted nCraft on Reddit, but it didn't get much attention. Maybe the slow framerate turned people away or it was missed.

Oh lol. I think if it was called nCraft and made it on Reddit it might have tarnished the real nCraft reputation since everyone would have thought Chockosta's game was fake

Ameobea, I want to apologize for what I've said earlier in this thread, since I might have offended you.
I wasn't really upset on you, but a little frustrated with the ignorance of some people, who find programs like yours revolutionary.
When I say that I could make something similar, it is true. But I am now more of an experienced programmer, and I used to make programs where I'm not too proud of now.(e.g: Mario Basic). But that's part of the process of becoming a good programmer.
So, please, don't feel stopped to continue progress on this.

Same as Stefan, I would like to clarify my previous post. I say nothing about your work, it is really hard to make great games in pure basic. I am just against the fact you called it MineCraft and that people say it is even hard to make a moving pixel.
But I'd be glad to see your other projects if any