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| − | This page describes the values of Minetest Game. These may be changed when the majority of MTG | + | This page describes the values of Minetest Game. These may be changed when the majority of MTG developers agree. |
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'''Note:''' To prevent problems with the development like before Minetest Game is maintained by only eight people (sfan5, nore, ShadowNinja, paramat, sofar, rubenwardy, Krock/SmallJoker, Shara/Ezhh). | '''Note:''' To prevent problems with the development like before Minetest Game is maintained by only eight people (sfan5, nore, ShadowNinja, paramat, sofar, rubenwardy, Krock/SmallJoker, Shara/Ezhh). | ||
[[Category:Rules and Guidelines]] | [[Category:Rules and Guidelines]] | ||
Revision as of 11:45, 24 May 2022
This page describes the values of Minetest Game. These may be changed when the majority of MTG developers agree.
Core Gameplay Values
- Exploration - interesting mapgen/biomes
- Creativity - enough nodes without contradicting semi-minimalism
- Immersion - adding feedback such as sounds, mobs, and interactivity to make the world feel alive
Criteria for inclusion
- Balance - Ensure balanced gameplay while still adding new and useful items/nodes/etc
- Semi-minimalism - No additions that are decided to be too much (e.g. adding homedecor in its entirety)
- Stability - Focus on stability and completeness (no half-finished stuff)
- Extendability - Improve/add API to allow mods to extend the base features (e.g. API for new crops for farming)
Basic Concepts
- Medieval - Minetest Game is generally agreed to be late-medieval
- Alien - Mese is an alien crystal / meteorite
Graphic Style
- All nodes should fit the voxel grid or a sub division. Note this is a general rule, there are cases when it's OK such as chests
- Entities should be voxel-ish
- Textures should be 16x16
Development
As of May 2022, Minetest Game is in "maintenance mode" since July 2020. This means no new features are accepted, only bugfixes. Source: [1]
See also Git and Git Guidelines.
Note: To prevent problems with the development like before Minetest Game is maintained by only eight people (sfan5, nore, ShadowNinja, paramat, sofar, rubenwardy, Krock/SmallJoker, Shara/Ezhh).