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Luanti (formerly Minetest)

Luanti is a near-infinite-world block sandbox game and a game engine, inspired by InfiniMiner, Minecraft, and the like.

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source

Application types

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Android
  • Android Tablet
  • BSD
  • Flathub
  • F-Droid
4.4
Very Good26 reviews
258likes
21comments
0news articles

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Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Multiplayer
  2.  Moddable
  3.  Community-based
  4.  Exploration
  5.  Lua mods
  6.  Multiple languages
  7.  Works Offline
  8.  Procedurally generated
  9.  Endless gameplay
  10.  Support for IPv6
  11.  No Coding Required
  12.  Single player
  13.  Portable
  14.  Ad-free
  15.  Remove Noise
  16.  Player vs Player
  17.  Mods
  18.  Support for scripting
  19.  Online co-op
  20.  No registration required

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Comment summary: Luanti, formerly Minetest, is praised for its smooth performance on low-end machines and extensive modding capabilities, offering a high degree of customization. It's open-source, allowing players to create unique worlds and mods using Lua scripting. Despite being free and offline-ready, some criticize its user interface and graphics quality. Users appreciate its community-driven development over corporate counterparts like Minecraft.
Top Positive Comment
TaiKedz
7

Highly-moddable open source game through easy Lua scripting, with an active community. Its openness is its key feature, and many fantastic and unique worlds have been made with it, giving boundless creativity!

Amara
1

Superior to Minecraft in the way that respects the user: Good for low-end users, INTEGRATED MODDING, no dealing with large corporations, no need for a third party client to add mods.

To give you an idea of just how moddable it is, someone made a small barebones OS on it

IamPyu
0

It's a great engine, although some of it's API is a bit weird and it is annoying to add player controls

RemovedUser
1

I adore this game. It has the classic Minecraft feel and it runs fantastically even on low-end machines.

Review by a new / low-activity user.
nolaray
1

It is highly customizable and moddable, making it suitable for players of all ages and preferences.

Samenaga
1

I like it because it is user-respecting and offline-ready.

Maurice .
1

it is not just an rip off it is an open source platform

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What is Luanti (formerly Minetest)?

Luanti is a near-infinite-world block sandbox game and a game engine, inspired by InfiniMiner, Minecraft, and the like.

Luanti is available natively for Windows, OS X, GNU/Linux, Android, and FreeBSD. It is Free/Libre and Open Source Software, released under the LGPL 2.1 or later.

Features

  • Near-infinite maps With a 620003 block playing area, there's no running out of space. Yes, the world height is also near-infinite.

  • Multiplayer support Play by yourself, locally with your friends, or online with dozens of players on a server.

  • Multiple sub-games Want to install dozens of mods at once? You can. Want to play Hunger Games? No problem!

  • Modding API Modify the game and add new content using the Lua programming language.

  • Texture packs Not happy at the look of the textures? Change the textures!

  • Beautiful map generators Choose from several different in-house map generators, v5, v6, v7, flat, fractal, and valleys, each of them featuring several biomes.

Luanti based games: https://wiki.minetest.net/Games

Luanti (formerly Minetest) information

  • Developed by

    DE flagThe Minetest Team
  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.
  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.4 (26 ratings)
  • Alternatives

    62 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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  •  12,134 Stars
  •  2,213 Forks
  •  1389 Open Issues
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Our users have written 21 comments and reviews about Luanti (formerly Minetest), and it has gotten 258 likes

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