HackerTube

Is a round Minecraft world possible?

Jeija2 HN recommenders · 2016–2025
669K views · demo · dated · Uploaded 2016-10-06

Jeija demonstrates a modified Minetest game with a spherical planet, using a grid transform to make a voxel world round. It includes the orbit math and download links for the spheretest build.

Pointed to in Minetest and spherical-voxel-world threads as a striking example of what the open-source engine can do.

Game programming & enginesIndie game developmentComputer graphics & rendering

Watch on YouTube

4 comments from Hacker News

@dcposch2016 · in “Minetest – A free, open-source voxel game engine and game”

Man, just a few days ago I was bummed that the top comment on most HN stories is critical or dismissive, and now I'm part of the problem. -- People have made some VERY COOL stuff using MineTest. Check out spheretest: [VIDEO]

RecommendsView on HN
@TamHagmas2016 · in “Minetest – A free, open-source voxel game engine and game”

A minetest developer just recently published a sphere-shaped planet version of minetest: [LINK] [VIDEO] [LINK] That's just the thing I love about these smaller voxel games - they may not have a huge userbase, but there is innovation happening.

CitesView on HN
@huachimingo2021 · in “Show HN: Real-time multiplayer games with cubes. Early feedback on dev docs?”

Minetest had a mod to fake spherical planets using a torus. Main video: [VIDEO] More in depth: [LINK] The main problem with minetest it is that it seems not complete/done on the art assets and main game, and the devs always say that is intentionally not a Minecraft clone yet people come searching one on the subgames.

CitesView on HN
@gatane2025 · in “Making Minecraft Spherical”

This reminded me of another attempt, but in Minetest: - [VIDEO] This person has another, more technical video where they talk about the math behind it btw

RecommendsView on HN