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Luanti
Original author(s)	Perttu Ahola
Developer(s)	The Luanti Team
Initial release	0.0.1 / November 2, 2010; 14 years ago
Stable release	5.10.0 / 10 November 2024
Repository	github.com/minetest/minetest
Written in	C++, Lua
Engine	Irrlicht (Irrlicht-MT fork)
Platform	Microsoft Windows, MacOS, Linux, FreeBSD, Android
Type	Sandbox
License	2013: LGPL-2.1-or-later; 2010: GPL-2.0-or-later; Original: Proprietary
Website	www.luanti.org

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Luanti (formerly and colloquially Minetest) is a free and open-source voxel game creation system. It is written primarily in C++ and makes use of the Irrlicht Engine. Luanti has a Lua API allowing users to write their own games and mods. It is cross-platform, being available for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, some BSD descendants, some GNU variants and Android.^[7]

An in-game browser lets users download games and modifications from the ContentDB website.^[8] The five most popular games by downloads are VoxeLibre, Minetest Game, NodeCore, Tutorial and Subway Miner.^[9]

Over a decade of active development Luanti has garnered critical acclaim and gained in popularity; the games, mods and texturepacks on ContentDB have over 14 million downloads combined,^[10] and the Android version of Luanti has over a million downloads on the Google Play store.^[11]

In October 2024 the name was changed from Minetest to Luanti. The new name is a word play using the name of the programming language Lua and the Finnish word "luonti" meaning "creation".^[12]

Gameplay

The meeting of dry plains, green plains, and jungles — Player character near dry plains, green plains, and jungle biomes

The game world of all Luanti games is composed of voxels which are mostly cubes aligned in a 3D grid, but the player and creatures can move around freely. In Luanti voxels are called nodes. Different nodes represent various materials, such as dirt, stone, ores, tree trunks, water, and lava.

VoxeLibre is a full game with animals, monsters, interesting biomes, whereas Minetest Game is a lifeless sandbox with mostly landscape nodes.

While technically playable without, Minetest Game relies on modifications to add creatures, more biomes, gameplay mechanics, armours, weapons, tools, decorative nodes and so on.

The gameplay of VoxeLibre revolves around picking up and placing these nodes, gathering materials, crafting items and nodes by placing them in a crafting grid in the inventory window, smelting ores in the oven, farming crops, animal husbandry, eating food and defeating monsters to survive. Some nodes can only be picked up with certain held tools the player has to craft.

Snowy conifers at the edge of ice plains — Snowy conifer biome at the edge of ice plains

As players explore the world, new areas are procedurally generated, using a map seed specified by the player. A new game puts the player in the center of a voxel cube 62 thousand nodes across, so the player can travel 31 thousand nodes in any direction (sideways, up, or down)^[13] before reaching the invisible wall at the end of the world.

The world is divided into biomes ranging from deserts to jungles to snowfields; the terrain includes plains, mountains, forests, caves, and various lava/water bodies. The in-game time system follows a day and night cycle, and one full cycle lasts 20 real-time minutes.

Luanti provides two play style options across games: Enable Damage and Creative Mode. Disabling damage prevents dying, thus losing items and the possible frustration it might cause and Creative Mode provides players with infinite resources to build whatever they want without having to gather them first.^[14]

Multiplayer

Luanti offers players to play together over the internet or the local network by joining a server or hosting their own.

Players can either connect by IP or select the server from the built-in server browser if the host chose to publish it there by selecting the checkbox.

Instead of centralized account systems proprietary games use for the whole software, Luanti allows registering and logging into accounts on each individual server.

Customization

Luanti provides an interface for games and mods written in Lua. Mods are server-side and work out of the box when playing on servers, with no installation required.

Luanti features a built-in content browser showing packages uploaded to ContentDB, allowing users to install games, mods and texture packs with a single click. Over 2500 packages are available there as of Oct 2024^[10] and many more on the forums.

Default texture pack
RPG16 texture pack
Hand Painted high resolution texture pack

Crystal cave biome generated by caverealms mod — Crystal cave biome generated by Underground Realms mod

Mods can be used to add or modify nodes, gameplay mechanics, tools, weapons, armour, monsters, player skins and the user interface.

The full source code of Luanti and most of its games and their artistic assets such as textures and sounds, are distributed under free licenses, making it easier to publish modified versions and derivatives.

Interior design using Home Decor mod
A horse from the Mob Horse mod

Development

Luanti was originally released in November 2010 under a proprietary license.^[6] Shortly afterwards the license was changed to the GPL-2.0-or-later license.^[5] By agreement among major contributors, in June 2012 the project license was to be changed to LGPL-2.1-or-later, though at the time small parts still remained under the GPL-2.0-or-later license.^[4] In September 2013, the transition was complete.^[3] While LGPL-2.1-or-later remains the main license for the Luanti engine, other free and open-source licenses are used for various other parts of the latest release.^[2]

Perttu Ahola was the only developer working on the project for about six months, until Ciaran Gultnieks started making code contributions in May 2011.^[15] The roster of contributors grew and changed over the years. As of July 2020, there are 9 active core developers and 15 active contributors. Project participants do not have set roles, but rather keep their activity within their respective areas of expertise. Perttu Ahola's role morphed over the years: whereas initially it was engine development, it is now mostly web-hosting and administration, assigning core developer, moderator, and other roles to people, as well as being the final word in cases where other developers are unable to render a decision.^[15]

Since version 5.0.0 the in-game browser lets users download games and modifications as well as their dependencies from a website called ContentDB.^[8]

As of version 5.8.0 the Luanti Engine no longer ships with a default game.^[16]

Usage in education

Luanti has been used in educational environments to teach subjects such as mathematics, programming, and earth sciences. Such examples are:

In 2017 in France, Luanti was used to teach calculus and trigonometry.^[17]
At Federal University of Santa Catarina in Brazil, Luanti was used to teach programming in a variant called MineScratch.^[18]
In 2018, for Laboratory Education and Apprenticeships (EDA) at the Paris Descartes University, Luanti was used to teach life and earth sciences to year 6 students who could not observe some phenomena in person but could experience them in the Luanti virtual world.^[19]

Reception

Opensource.com listed Luanti at #1 in its "Best open source games of 2015",^[20] stating that it is maybe "the most complete alternative to Minecraft", and noted its expansibility, saying that it contains a user-friendly API for creating mods in Lua.^[21] PC Magazine listed Luanti among "The best Sandbox Creation Games for Minecraft Fans".^[22]

References

^ "Release 5.10.0". November 10, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "LICENSE.txt". GitHub. October 25, 2021. Archived from the original on January 3, 2023. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Remove doc/gpl-2.0.txt, add doc/lgpl-2.1.txt". GitHub. September 28, 2013. Archived from the original on August 6, 2021. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Switch the license to be LGPLv2/later, with small parts still remaining as GPLv2/later, by agreement of major contributors". GitHub. June 5, 2012. Archived from the original on August 6, 2021. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Working version before block send priorization update". GitHub. November 27, 2010. Archived from the original on August 6, 2021. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Initial files". GitHub. November 26, 2010. Archived from the original on August 6, 2021. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
^ "Minetest". December 11, 2023. Archived from the original on December 11, 2023. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Content Flags". December 11, 2023. Archived from the original on December 11, 2023. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
^ "Games". ContentDB. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Welcome". ContentDB. Retrieved October 14, 2024. CDB has 2526 packages, with a total of 14871145 downloads.
^ "minetest - Android Apps on Google Play". play.google.com. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
^ "Introducing Our New Name". Minetest Blog. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
^ "Official website". Archived from the original on February 26, 2021. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
^ "Minetest, Free and Open Source Sandbox Game... | Linux Game News • Minetest, Free and Open Source Sandbox Game Inspired by Minecraft". linuxgamenews.com. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Open source game developer Perttu Ahola talks about Minetest with Wikinews". Wikinews. June 30, 2020. Archived from the original on July 12, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
^ "Minetest 5.8.0 released!". December 11, 2023. Archived from the original on December 11, 2023. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
^ Boutet, Henri. (January 2017). "Mathématiques et "serious gaming": l'exemple de Minetest" [Mathematics and "serious gaming": the example of Minetest]. Mathématice (in French) (53). Archived from the original on June 29, 2019. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
^ da, Rocha, Jhonata (November 23, 2016). "MineScratch: integração minetest-scratch para apoiar o ensino de programação" [MineScratch: Minetest-Scratch Integration to Support Programming Teaching]. Repositório Institucional da UFSC (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on February 3, 2021. Retrieved February 16, 2019.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Pauty-Combemorel C. (February 7, 2018). "Utilisation d'un jeu vidéo dans le cadre de l'enseignement des SVT: le cas de Minetest. De 0 à 1 ou l'heure de l'informatique à l'école" [Using a video game as part of the teaching of Life and Earth Sciences: the case of Minetest. From 0 to 1 or computer time at school.] (in French). Archived from the original on October 11, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
^ Muilwijk, Robin (December 30, 2015). "Best open source games of 2015". Opensource.com. Archived from the original on May 1, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
^ Baker, Jason (October 12, 2017). "10 open source alternatives to Minecraft". Opensource.com. Archived from the original on October 30, 2019. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
^ Cohen, Jason (August 28, 2019). "The Best Sandbox Creation Games for Minecraft Fans". PC Magazine. Archived from the original on December 17, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2019.

[wikidata-3e12f8d50ab7e64e49599123cb283bbfde8c7f47-v18-1] "Release 5.10.0". November 10, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2024.

[LICENSE.txt-2] "LICENSE.txt". GitHub. October 25, 2021. Archived from the original on January 3, 2023. Retrieved July 8, 2021.

[2013-lgpl-3] "Remove doc/gpl-2.0.txt, add doc/lgpl-2.1.txt". GitHub. September 28, 2013. Archived from the original on August 6, 2021. Retrieved July 8, 2021.

[2012-lgpl-gpl-4] "Switch the license to be LGPLv2/later, with small parts still remaining as GPLv2/later, by agreement of major contributors". GitHub. June 5, 2012. Archived from the original on August 6, 2021. Retrieved July 8, 2021.

[2010-gpl-5] "Working version before block send priorization update". GitHub. November 27, 2010. Archived from the original on August 6, 2021. Retrieved July 8, 2021.

[2010-proprietary-6] "Initial files". GitHub. November 26, 2010. Archived from the original on August 6, 2021. Retrieved July 8, 2021.

[7] "Minetest". December 11, 2023. Archived from the original on December 11, 2023. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[:0-8] "Content Flags". December 11, 2023. Archived from the original on December 11, 2023. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[9] "Games". ContentDB. Retrieved May 28, 2024.

[:1-10] "Welcome". ContentDB. Retrieved October 14, 2024. CDB has 2526 packages, with a total of 14871145 downloads.

[11] "minetest - Android Apps on Google Play". play.google.com. Retrieved May 28, 2024.

[newname-12] "Introducing Our New Name". Minetest Blog. Retrieved October 13, 2024.

[13] "Official website". Archived from the original on February 26, 2021. Retrieved February 28, 2021.

[14] "Minetest, Free and Open Source Sandbox Game... | Linux Game News • Minetest, Free and Open Source Sandbox Game Inspired by Minecraft". linuxgamenews.com. Retrieved May 28, 2024.

[:3-15] "Open source game developer Perttu Ahola talks about Minetest with Wikinews". Wikinews. June 30, 2020. Archived from the original on July 12, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2020.

[16] "Minetest 5.8.0 released!". December 11, 2023. Archived from the original on December 11, 2023. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[SERIOUSGAMING-17] Boutet, Henri. (January 2017). "Mathématiques et "serious gaming": l'exemple de Minetest" [Mathematics and "serious gaming": the example of Minetest]. Mathématice (in French) (53). Archived from the original on June 29, 2019. Retrieved October 12, 2019.

[MINESCRATCH-18] , Rocha, Jhonata (November 23, 2016). "MineScratch: integração minetest-scratch para apoiar o ensino de programação" [MineScratch: Minetest-Scratch Integration to Support Programming Teaching]. Repositório Institucional da UFSC (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on February 3, 2021. Retrieved February 16, 2019.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[LES-19] Pauty-Combemorel C. (February 7, 2018). "Utilisation d'un jeu vidéo dans le cadre de l'enseignement des SVT: le cas de Minetest. De 0 à 1 ou l'heure de l'informatique à l'école" [Using a video game as part of the teaching of Life and Earth Sciences: the case of Minetest. From 0 to 1 or computer time at school.] (in French). Archived from the original on October 11, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2019.

[OSS#1-20] Muilwijk, Robin (December 30, 2015). "Best open source games of 2015". Opensource.com. Archived from the original on May 1, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2019.

[OSS#2-21] Baker, Jason (October 12, 2017). "10 open source alternatives to Minecraft". Opensource.com. Archived from the original on October 30, 2019. Retrieved October 12, 2019.

[PCMAG-22] Cohen, Jason (August 28, 2019). "The Best Sandbox Creation Games for Minecraft Fans". PC Magazine. Archived from the original on December 17, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2019.

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+'''''Luanti''''' (formerly and colloquially '''''Minetest''''') is a [[free and open-source]] [[voxel]] [[game creation system]]. It is written primarily in [[C++]] and makes use of the [[Irrlicht Engine]]. ''Luanti'' has a [[Lua (programming language)|Lua]] [[API]] allowing users to write their own games and [[Mod (video games)|mods]]. It is [[Cross-platform software|cross-platform]], being available for [[Microsoft Windows]], [[macOS]], [[Linux]], some [[Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD descendants]], some [[GNU variants]] and [[Android (operating system)|Android]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 December 2023 |title=Minetest |url=https://www.minetest.net/ |access-date=11 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211175139/https://www.minetest.net/|archive-date=11 December 2023}}</ref>
+An in-game browser lets users download games and modifications from the [https://content.minetest.net ContentDB] website.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=11 December 2023 |title=Content Flags |url=https://content.minetest.net/help/content_flags/ |access-date=11 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211190731/https://content.minetest.net/help/content_flags/ |archive-date=11 December 2023}}</ref> The five most popular games by downloads are ''VoxeLibre'', ''Minetest Game'', ''NodeCore'', ''Tutorial'' and ''Subway Miner''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Games |url=https://content.minetest.net/packages/?type=game&sort=downloads |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=ContentDB}}</ref>
-'''''Minetest''''' is a [[free and open-source]] [[sandbox video game]] and [[game creation system]] with focus on [[voxel]] graphics. It is written primarily in [[C++]] and makes use of the [[Irrlicht Engine]]. ''Minetest'' provides an [[API]] for users to write their own games and [[Mod (video games)|mods]] written in [[Lua (programming language)|Lua]]. It is cross-platform, being available for [[Linux]]-based systems, such as [[Replicant_OS]], [[Trisquel]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 November 2023  |title=Package: minetest (5.4.1+repack-2build1) |url=https://packages.trisquel.org/aramo/minetest |access-date=6 November 2023  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106201336/https://packages.trisquel.org/aramo/minetest |archive-date=6 November 2023 }}</ref>, [[Pure_OS]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 November 2023  |title=Index of /pureos/pool/main/m/minetest/ |url=https://repo.pureos.net/pureos/pool/main/m/minetest/ |access-date=6 November 2023  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106201958/https://repo.pureos.net/pureos/pool/main/m/minetest/ |archive-date=6 November 2023 }}</ref>, [[Hyperbola_GNU/Linux-libre]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 November 2023  |title=minetest 5.3.0-4 |url=https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/extra/i686/minetest/ |access-date=6 November 2023  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106202705/https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/extra/i686/minetest/ |archive-date=6 November 2023 }}</ref>, [[Parabola_GNU/Linux-libre]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 November 2023  |title=minetest 5.7.0-1.0 |url=https://www.parabola.nu/packages/extra/i686/minetest/ |access-date=6 November 2023  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106202329/https://www.parabola.nu/packages/extra/i686/minetest/ |archive-date=6 November 2023 }}</ref>, [[GNU_Guix_System]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 November 2023  |title=minetest 5.7.0 |url=https://packages.guix.gnu.org/packages/minetest/5.7.0/ |access-date=6 November 2023  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106202954/https://packages.guix.gnu.org/packages/minetest/5.7.0/ |archive-date=6 November 2023 }}</ref>, and [[Android (operating system)|Android]] as well as other systems such as [[FreeBSD]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 November 2023  |title=games/minetest_game: update 5.6.1 → 5.7.0 |url=https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/commit/?id=86a7399f49a1d56a8bfca24a5c5902adb31515c2 |access-date=6 November 2023  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106204408/https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/commit/?id=86a7399f49a1d56a8bfca24a5c5902adb31515c2 |archive-date=6 November 2023 }}</ref>, [[Microsoft Windows]], [[MacOS]],.
+Over a decade of active development ''Luanti'' has garnered critical acclaim and gained in popularity; the games, mods and texturepacks on ContentDB have over 14 million downloads combined,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Welcome |url=https://content.minetest.net/ |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=ContentDB |quote=CDB has 2526 packages, with a total of 14871145 downloads.}}</ref> and the Android version of ''Luanti'' has over a million downloads on the [[Google Play]] store.<ref>{{Cite web |title=minetest - Android Apps on Google Play |url=https://play.google.com/store/search?q=minetest&c=apps |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=play.google.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
-In the default game of ''Minetest'', Minetest Game (MTG for short), players explore a blocky, [[procedurally-generated]] [[3D computer graphics|3D]] world spanning approximately 31 000 full nodes (blocks) in each direction, and may discover and extract raw materials, [[Crafting (gaming)|craft]] tools and items, and build structures and [[landscape]]s. Depending on the game selected and [[Mod (video games)|mods]] present, players can fight computer-controlled "[[Mob (video games)|mobs]]", as well as cooperate with or compete against other players in the same world.
+In October 2024 the name was changed from ''Minetest'' to ''Luanti''. The new name is a word play using the name of the [[programming language]] ''[[Lua (programming language)|Lua]]'' and the [[Finnish language|Finnish]] word "''luonti''" meaning "''creation''".<ref name="newname">{{Cite web |title=Introducing Our New Name |url=https://blog.minetest.net/2024/10/13/Introducing-Our-New-Name/ |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=Minetest Blog |language=en}}</ref>
-The game mechanics of ''Minetest'' are similar to those of the 2009 game ''[[Minecraft]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Saunders |first=Mike |date=November 2017 |title=Minetest |url=https://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2017/204/Minetest |url-status=live |journal=Linux Magazine |issue=204/2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203071242/https://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2017/204/Minetest |archive-date=February 3, 2021 |access-date=July 30, 2020}}</ref> Over a decade of active development ''Minetest'' has garnered critical acclaim and gained in popularity; since November 2013 ''Minetest'' has been downloaded over 1.4 million times from [[GitHub]], and the Android version of ''Minetest'' has over 500,000 downloads on the [[Google Play]] store.
 == Gameplay ==
-{{More citations needed section|date=August 2022}}
 [[File:Minetest-5.3.0-dry-green-jungle-biomes.jpg|thumb|alt=The meeting of dry plains, green plains, and jungles|[[Player character]] near dry plains, green plains, and jungle biomes]]
+The game world of all ''Luanti'' games is composed of voxels which are mostly cubes aligned in a 3D grid, but the player and creatures can move around freely. In ''Luanti'' voxels are called nodes. Different nodes represent various materials, such as dirt, stone, ores, tree trunks, water, and lava.
-''Minetest Game'' is a [[voxel]] [[Sandbox game|sandbox]] video game.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 November 2023  |title=Games/Minetest Game |url=https://wiki.minetest.net/Games/Minetest_Game |access-date=6 November 2023  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106192701/https://wiki.minetest.net/Games/Minetest_Game |archive-date=6 November 2023 }}</ref> [[Gameplay]] in this game for the Minetest engine<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 November 2023  |title=Minetest |url=https://wiki.minetest.net/Minetest |access-date=6 November 2023  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106193331/https://wiki.minetest.net/Minetest |archive-date=6 November 2023 }}</ref> is in the [[First-person (video games)|first-person]] perspective by default, but players have the option for [[Virtual camera system|third-person]] perspective. The game world is composed of voxels: 3D objects, many of them simple cubes, commonly called "nodes". Different voxels represent various materials, such as dirt, stone, ores, tree trunks, water, and lava. The core gameplay revolves around picking up and placing these objects, one node at a time. Nodes are arranged in a 3D grid, while players can move smoothly around the world. Players can "mine" (or "dig") blocks and then "place" (or "build") them elsewhere, enabling them to modify the game world. Players can also craft a wide variety of hand-held tools to aid them with the world modification. Pick axes allow to dig rocky nodes, shovels speed up the digging of dirt and sand, water buckets allow to pick up water nodes, etc. A player controls a 3D character known as Sam, which is a [[recursive acronym]] for "Sam ain't ''[[Minecraft]]''".<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 November 2023  |title=Player |url=https://wiki.minetest.net/Player |access-date=6 November 2023  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106191438/https://wiki.minetest.net/Player |archive-date=6 November 2023 }}</ref>
+''VoxeLibre'' is a full game with animals, monsters, interesting biomes, whereas ''Minetest Game'' is a lifeless sandbox with mostly landscape nodes.
+While technically playable without, ''Minetest Game'' relies on modifications to add creatures, more biomes, gameplay mechanics, armours, weapons, tools, decorative nodes and so on.
+The gameplay of ''VoxeLibre'' revolves around picking up and placing these nodes, gathering materials, crafting items and nodes by placing them in a crafting grid in the inventory window, smelting ores in the oven, farming crops, animal husbandry, eating food and defeating monsters to survive. Some nodes can only be picked up with certain held tools the player has to craft.
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 The world is divided into [[biome]]s ranging from deserts to jungles to snowfields; the terrain includes plains, mountains, forests, caves, and various lava/water bodies. The in-game time system follows a day and night cycle, and one full cycle lasts 20 real-time minutes.
-''Minetest'' provides two basic game mode options: ''Enable Damage'' and ''Creative Mode'' which affect how players interact with the world and use items. Creative Mode is intended to provide players with infinite resources, while toggling the damage setting determines whether the players are able to take damage from environmental hazards and other players.
+''Luanti'' provides two play style options across games: ''Enable Damage'' and ''Creative Mode''. Disabling damage prevents dying, thus losing items and the possible frustration it might cause and Creative Mode provides players with infinite resources to build whatever they want without having to gather them first.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Minetest, Free and Open Source Sandbox Game... {{!}} Linux Game News • Minetest, Free and Open Source Sandbox Game Inspired by Minecraft |url=https://linuxgamenews.com/post/21387368393/minetest-free-and-open-source-sandbox-game-inspired-by-m#.UDoHj6BF8gU |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=linuxgamenews.com}}</ref>
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-[[File:Minetest-5.5.0-join-game-screen.png|alt=Built-in Internet server browser|thumb|Built-in Internet server browser]]''Minetest'' implements a [[Client–server model|client-server]] [[Software architecture|architecture]], and can be played solo or [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]. A player starting a new game can choose between playing in a [[Single-player video game|single-player]] mode, or hosting a [[Game server|server]] to which other ''Minetest'' players can connect.
+[[File:Minetest-5.5.0-join-game-screen.png|alt=Built-in Internet server browser|thumb|Built-in Internet server browser]]
+''Luanti'' offers players to play together over the internet or the local network by joining a server or hosting their own.
+Players can either connect by IP or select the server from the built-in server browser if the host chose to publish it there by selecting the checkbox.
-=== Customizations ===
-[[File:Minetest-5.3.0-caverealms-mod.jpg|alt=Crystal cave biome generated by caverealms mod|thumb|Crystal cave biome generated by Underground Realms mod]]
+Instead of centralized account systems proprietary games use for the whole software, ''Luanti'' allows registering and logging into accounts on each individual server.
-The full source code of ''Minetest,'' and all of its artistic assets such as [[Texture (computer graphics)|textures]] and sounds, are distributed under a variety of [[Free software|free]] licenses, making it easier to create modified versions and [[Fork (software development)|derivatives]]. The base version of ''Minetest'' provides an interface for ''games'' and ''mods'' written in [[Lua (programming language)|Lua]]. ''Games'' define the basic rules of the game world, and are a core feature of ''Minetest''. Most ''games'' feature sandbox gameplay focused on construction, mining, and creativity. ''Mods'' are used to further customize various aspects of gameplay, and are an inherent part of ''Minetest''. ''Mods'' are server-side and work out of the box when playing on Internet servers, with no manual installation required.
+=== Customization  ===
+[[File:Minetest-5.3.0-content-browser.png|thumb|Built-in content browser]]
+''Luanti'' provides an interface for ''games'' and ''mods'' written in [[Lua (programming language)|Lua]]. ''Mods'' are server-side and work out of the box when playing on servers, with no installation required.
+''Luanti'' features a built-in content browser showing packages uploaded to ContentDB, allowing users to install games, mods and texture packs with a single click. Over 2500 packages are available there as of Oct 2024<ref name=":1" /> and many more on the forums.
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+[[File:Minetest-5.3.0-caverealms-mod.jpg|alt=Crystal cave biome generated by caverealms mod|thumb|Crystal cave biome generated by Underground Realms mod]]
+Mods can be used to add or modify nodes, gameplay mechanics, tools, weapons, armour, monsters, [[Skin (video gaming)|player skins]] and the user interface.
+The full source code of ''Luanti'' and most of its games and their artistic assets such as [[Texture (computer graphics)|textures]] and sounds, are distributed under [[Free software|free]] licenses, making it easier to publish modified versions and [[Fork (software development)|derivatives]].
-==== Games ====
-Developers refer to ''Minetest'' as an [[Game engine|engine]] rather than a "game" because almost every aspect of gameplay is implemented within so-called ''games'' written in Lua. Since version 5.0.0, the main menu of the ''Minetest'' engine allows users to browse and install ''games'' from a curated list.
-''Minetest'' is shipped with two ''games'': Minetest Game, a [[Sandbox game|sandbox]], and Development Test implementing a more minimal sandbox primarily for debugging. Minetest Game implements a simple and peaceful game mode with no goals and no built-in computer enemies.
-==== Mods ====
-There are over 1000 [[Free software|free]] and [[Open-source software|open-source]] mods available at Minetest forums. Since version 5.0.0, ''Minetest'' features a built-in content picker, allowing users to browse a curated list of add-ons and install mods and texture packs with a single click. Content is also available at Minetest's site [https://content.minetest.net ContentDB]. Mods can be used to add node types, tools, monsters, [[Skin (video gaming)|player skins]], and alter many aspects of the gameplay. Both the forums and the in-game browser exclude [[Proprietary software|non-free or closed source]] software as a matter of policy.
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 == Development ==
 [[File:Minetest screenshot.png|thumb|Minetest-c55 0.4.dev, April 8, 2012 build|alt=]]
-Minetest was originally released in November 2010 under a proprietary license.<ref name="2010-proprietary" /> Shortly afterwards the license was changed to the [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]] license.<ref name="2010-gpl" /> By agreement among major contributors, in June 2012 the project license was to be changed to [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL-2.1-or-later]], though at the time small parts still remained under the [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]] license.<ref name="2012-lgpl-gpl" /> In September 2013, the transition was complete.<ref name="2013-lgpl" /> While [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL-2.1-or-later]] remains the main license for the ''Minetest'' engine, other [[Free software|free]] and [[Open-source software|open-source]] licenses are used for various other parts of the latest release.<ref name="LICENSE.txt" />
+''Luanti'' was originally released in November 2010 under a proprietary license.<ref name="2010-proprietary" /> Shortly afterwards the license was changed to the [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]] license.<ref name="2010-gpl" /> By agreement among major contributors, in June 2012 the project license was to be changed to [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL-2.1-or-later]], though at the time small parts still remained under the [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]] license.<ref name="2012-lgpl-gpl" /> In September 2013, the transition was complete.<ref name="2013-lgpl" /> While [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL-2.1-or-later]] remains the main license for the ''Luanti'' engine, other [[Free software|free]] and [[Open-source software|open-source]] licenses are used for various other parts of the latest release.<ref name="LICENSE.txt" />
+Perttu Ahola was the only developer working on the project for about six months, until Ciaran Gultnieks started making code contributions in May 2011.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=June 30, 2020 |title=Open source game developer Perttu Ahola talks about Minetest with Wikinews |newspaper=Wikinews |url=https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Open_source_game_developer_Perttu_Ahola_talks_about_Minetest_with_Wikinews |url-status=live |access-date=July 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712073905/https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Open_source_game_developer_Perttu_Ahola_talks_about_Minetest_with_Wikinews |archive-date=July 12, 2020}}</ref> The roster of contributors grew and changed over the years. As of July 2020, there are 9 active core developers and 15 active contributors. Project participants do not have set roles, but rather keep their activity within their respective areas of expertise. Perttu Ahola's role morphed over the years: whereas initially it was engine development, it is now mostly web-hosting and administration, assigning core developer, moderator, and other roles to people, as well as being the final word in cases where other developers are unable to render a decision.<ref name=":3" />
+Since version 5.0.0 the in-game browser lets users download games and modifications as well as their dependencies from a website called [https://content.minetest.net ContentDB].<ref name=":0" />
+As of version 5.8.0 the ''Luanti'' Engine no longer ships with a default game.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 December 2023 |title=Minetest 5.8.0 released! |url=https://blog.minetest.net/2023/12/04/5.8.0-released/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211183050/https://blog.minetest.net/2023/12/04/5.8.0-released/ |archive-date=11 December 2023 |access-date=11 December 2023}}</ref>
-Perttu Ahola was the only developer working on the project for about six months, until Ciaran Gultnieks started making code contributions in May 2011.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=June 30, 2020 |title=Open source game developer Perttu Ahola talks about Minetest with Wikinews |newspaper=Wikinews |url=https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Open_source_game_developer_Perttu_Ahola_talks_about_Minetest_with_Wikinews |url-status=live |access-date=July 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712073905/https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Open_source_game_developer_Perttu_Ahola_talks_about_Minetest_with_Wikinews |archive-date=July 12, 2020}}</ref> The roster of contributors grew and changed over the years. As of July 2020, there are 9 active core developers and 15 active contributors. Project participants do not have set roles, but rather keep their activity within their respective areas of expertise. Perttu Ahola's role morphed over the years: whereas initially it was engine development, now it is mostly Web-hosting and administration, assigning core developer, moderator, and other roles to people, as well as being the final word in cases where other developers are unable to render a decision.<ref name=":3" />
 == Usage in education ==
-''Minetest'' has been used in educational environments to teach subjects such as mathematics, programming, and earth sciences. Such examples are:
+''Luanti'' has been used in educational environments to teach subjects such as mathematics, programming, and earth sciences. Such examples are:
-* In 2017 in France, ''Minetest'' was used to teach calculus and trigonometry.<ref name="SERIOUSGAMING">{{Cite journal |last=Boutet, Henri. |date=January 2017 |title=Mathématiques et "serious gaming": l'exemple de Minetest |trans-title=Mathematics and "serious gaming": the example of Minetest |url=http://revue.sesamath.net/spip.php?article940 |url-status=live |journal=Mathématice |issue=53 |language=fr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629075729/http://revue.sesamath.net/spip.php?article940 |archive-date=June 29, 2019 |access-date=October 12, 2019}}</ref>
+* In 2017 in France, ''Luanti'' was used to teach calculus and trigonometry.<ref name="SERIOUSGAMING">{{Cite journal |last=Boutet, Henri. |date=January 2017 |title=Mathématiques et "serious gaming": l'exemple de Minetest |trans-title=Mathematics and "serious gaming": the example of Minetest |url=http://revue.sesamath.net/spip.php?article940 |url-status=live |journal=Mathématice |issue=53 |language=fr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629075729/http://revue.sesamath.net/spip.php?article940 |archive-date=June 29, 2019 |access-date=October 12, 2019}}</ref>
-* At [[Federal University of Santa Catarina]] in Brazil, ''Minetest'' was used to teach programming in a variant called MineScratch.<ref name="MINESCRATCH">{{Cite journal |last=da |first=Rocha, Jhonata |date=2016-11-23 |title=MineScratch: integração minetest-scratch para apoiar o ensino de programação |trans-title=MineScratch: Minetest-Scratch Integration to Support Programming Teaching |url=http://150.162.242.35/handle/123456789/171545 |url-status=live |journal=Repositório Institucional da UFSC |language=pt-BR |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203071244/http://150.162.242.35/handle/123456789/171545 |archive-date=February 3, 2021 |access-date=February 16, 2019}}</ref>
+* At [[Federal University of Santa Catarina]] in Brazil, ''Luanti'' was used to teach programming in a variant called MineScratch.<ref name="MINESCRATCH">{{Cite journal |last=da |first=Rocha, Jhonata |date=2016-11-23 |title=MineScratch: integração minetest-scratch para apoiar o ensino de programação |trans-title=MineScratch: Minetest-Scratch Integration to Support Programming Teaching |url=https://repositorio.ufsc.br/handle/123456789/171545 |url-status=live |journal=Repositório Institucional da UFSC |language=pt-BR |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203071244/http://150.162.242.35/handle/123456789/171545 |archive-date=February 3, 2021 |access-date=February 16, 2019}}</ref>
-* In 2018, for Laboratory Education and Apprenticeships (EDA) at the [[Paris Descartes University]], ''Minetest'' was used to teach life and earth sciences to year 6 students who could not observe some phenomena in person but could experience them in the ''Minetest'' virtual world.<ref name="LES">{{Cite web |last=Pauty-Combemorel C. |date=February 7, 2018 |title=Utilisation d'un jeu vidéo dans le cadre de l'enseignement des SVT: le cas de Minetest. De 0 à 1 ou l'heure de l'informatique à l'école. |trans-title=Using a video game as part of the teaching of Life and Earth Sciences: the case of Minetest. From 0 to 1 or computer time at school. |url=https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01753090/document |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011091553/https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01753090/document |archive-date=October 11, 2019 |access-date=October 11, 2019 |language=fr}}</ref>
+* In 2018, for Laboratory Education and Apprenticeships (EDA) at the [[Paris Descartes University]], ''Luanti'' was used to teach life and earth sciences to year 6 students who could not observe some phenomena in person but could experience them in the ''Luanti'' virtual world.<ref name="LES">{{Cite web |last=Pauty-Combemorel C. |date=February 7, 2018 |title=Utilisation d'un jeu vidéo dans le cadre de l'enseignement des SVT: le cas de Minetest. De 0 à 1 ou l'heure de l'informatique à l'école. |trans-title=Using a video game as part of the teaching of Life and Earth Sciences: the case of Minetest. From 0 to 1 or computer time at school. |url=https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01753090/document |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011091553/https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01753090/document |archive-date=October 11, 2019 |access-date=October 11, 2019 |language=fr}}</ref>
 == Reception ==
-[[Opensource.com]] listed ''Minetest'' at #1 in its "Best open source games of 2015",<ref name="OSS#1">{{Cite web |last=Muilwijk |first=Robin |date=December 30, 2015 |title=Best open source games of 2015 |url=https://opensource.com/life/15/12/top-5-open-gaming |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501235454/https://opensource.com/life/15/12/top-5-open-gaming |archive-date=May 1, 2019 |access-date=February 16, 2019 |website=[[Opensource.com]] |language=en}}</ref> stating that it is maybe "the most complete alternative to ''Minecraft''", and noted its expansibility, stating that it contains a user-friendly API for creating mods in Lua.<ref name="OSS#2">{{Cite web |last=Baker |first=Jason |date=October 12, 2017 |title=10 open source alternatives to Minecraft |url=https://opensource.com/alternatives/minecraft |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030202103/https://opensource.com/alternatives/minecraft |archive-date=October 30, 2019 |access-date=October 12, 2019 |website=[[Opensource.com]] |language=en}}</ref> [[PC Magazine]] listed ''Minetest'' among "The best Sandbox Creation Games for ''Minecraft'' Fans".<ref name="PCMAG">{{Cite journal |last=Cohen |first=Jason |date=August 28, 2019 |title=The Best Sandbox Creation Games for Minecraft Fans |url=https://www.pcmag.com/feature/369999/the-best-sandbox-creation-games-for-minecraft-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217072855/https://www.pcmag.com/feature/369999/the-best-sandbox-creation-games-for-minecraft-fans |archive-date=December 17, 2019 |access-date=December 17, 2019}}</ref>
+[[Opensource.com]] listed ''Luanti'' at #1 in its "Best open source games of 2015",<ref name="OSS#1">{{Cite web |last=Muilwijk |first=Robin |date=December 30, 2015 |title=Best open source games of 2015 |url=https://opensource.com/life/15/12/top-5-open-gaming |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501235454/https://opensource.com/life/15/12/top-5-open-gaming |archive-date=May 1, 2019 |access-date=February 16, 2019 |website=[[Opensource.com]] |language=en}}</ref> stating that it is maybe "the most complete alternative to ''Minecraft''", and noted its expansibility, saying that it contains a user-friendly API for creating mods in Lua.<ref name="OSS#2">{{Cite web |last=Baker |first=Jason |date=October 12, 2017 |title=10 open source alternatives to Minecraft |url=https://opensource.com/alternatives/minecraft |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030202103/https://opensource.com/alternatives/minecraft |archive-date=October 30, 2019 |access-date=October 12, 2019 |website=[[Opensource.com]] |language=en}}</ref> [[PC Magazine]] listed ''Luanti'' among "The best Sandbox Creation Games for ''Minecraft'' Fans".<ref name="PCMAG">{{Cite magazine|last=Cohen |first=Jason |date=August 28, 2019 |title=The Best Sandbox Creation Games for Minecraft Fans |url=https://www.pcmag.com/feature/369999/the-best-sandbox-creation-games-for-minecraft-fans |magazine=PC Magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217072855/https://www.pcmag.com/feature/369999/the-best-sandbox-creation-games-for-minecraft-fans |archive-date=December 17, 2019 |access-date=December 17, 2019}}</ref>
 == See also ==
 {{Portal|Free and open-source software|Video games}}
-* [[Free and open source software]]
 * [[List of open-source video games]]
 * [[Open-source video game]]
 * [[Linux gaming]]
-* [[Sandbox game]]
+* ''[[Minecraft]]''
-* [[Survival game]]
-* [[Minecraft]]
 {{Commons category|Minetest}}
 {{Wikinews|has=an interview related to ''Minetest''|Open source game developer Perttu Ahola talks about Minetest with Wikinews}}
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 [[Category:Survival video games]]
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 [[Category:Linux games]]
 [[Category:Windows games]]
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 [[Category:MacOS games]]
 [[Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games]]
-[[Category:Video games developed in Finland]]
 [[Category:2010 video games]]
 [[Category:Minecraft clones]]