Minecraft is FAR bigger and more complicated than people give it credit for. Getting a terrain generation demo running in a browser is not even remotely the same thing.
Well, no, they're not as rich as the desktop versions.
But as they've had a team port (a trimmed version of) Minecraft to xbox live arcade, and the iPad, it would surprise me if they're not already working on a *.js version.
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Minecraft is FAR bigger and more complicated than people give it credit for. Getting a terrain generation demo running in a browser is not even remotely the same thing.
Minecraft started as a Java browser plugin game. I think that's what the GP is referring to, not "Show HN: Minecraft in 3 lines of Javascript"
https://minecraft.net/classic/
I think he's talking about the apps for the various ecosystems. Although they're not feature-complete.
Well, no, they're not as rich as the desktop versions.
But as they've had a team port (a trimmed version of) Minecraft to xbox live arcade, and the iPad, it would surprise me if they're not already working on a *.js version.
Is it that big of a leap from voxel.js, which is already doing this with pure javascript? (genuinely curious)