• Silverchase
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    872 months ago

    We decided to avoid using “free” or “libre” in the name because we don’t think it does the project justice.

    Extremely correct call.

    • @sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      72 months ago

      Other FOSS devs, please pay attention to this. I don’t want to use apps called “Free<boring description>,” I want to use apps that have interesting names. Looking at you LibreOffice/OpenOffice. Whether something is gratis or FOSS is largely irrelevant, project names should stand on their own.

  • @TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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    182 months ago

    Good that they’re changing from Minetest, but this new name hardly rolls off the tongue. Maybe I’ll get used to it.

    • @Faresh@lemmy.ml
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      52 months ago

      I’m so confused when people say that. It’s a short name without any difficult consonant clusters. What in it doesn’t roll off the tongue?

      • @TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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        I think anything with an ambiguous pronunciation, where someone has to stop and think “wait… is it pronounced this way or this way?” isn’t the best name.

  • @theshatterstone54@feddit.uk
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    We decided to avoid using “free” or “libre” in the name because we don’t think it does the project justice.

    This is the best project naming decision you could make in the FOSS space.

    “Luanti” is a wordplay on the Finnish word luonti (“creation”) and the programming language Minetest Luanti employs for games and mods, Lua.

    And this is among the worst. I mean the programming language part. Even Rust projects strive to avoid this sort of naming, so focus on your project’s purpose and identity, cuz nobody that doesn’t actively do development cares, especially users. Roblox is a platform that involves playing and creating games, also uses Lua as its language of choice but you know what’s actively missing from it’s title? The name of the Lua language!

    TLDR: They avoided putting the FOSS-ness in the name but put the programming language. To-may-to, to-mah-to. They avoid one naming fallacy only to embrace another.

    • @Tattorack@lemmy.world
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      92 months ago

      Dude, “Luanti” sounds like a cool name even without knowing its origins.

      This argument is similar to hating on the name “Bionicle” because its origins stem from a combination of “Biological” and “Chronicle”.

    • @sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      Idk, I think in this case it’s fine because the name “Lua” doesn’t call attention to itself. They could easily have just said “it’s an intentional mispelling of the Finnish word ‘luonti’ for stylistic reasons.”

  • Meldrik
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    152 months ago

    Cool.

    Does anyone know how big the modding scene for Luanti is? Like does mods like Industrial Craft and Forestry exist for it?

    • lime!
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      212 months ago

      from my limited experience with it, i think this is sort of the “wrong question”. Luanti is basically to Minecraft as Garry’s Mod is to Half-Life 2 (except not really, since it’s not the same engine). It’s basically a platform at this point, with the base mechanics of Minecraft available as components for you to build your own game with. there are many different games available, and many of those games have their own mods.

      there’s some automation-focused stuff in their browser but since mindshare is much smaller they are not as finished or polished. however, since there is an official modding API this time, you never know…

      • Aatube
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        72 months ago

        Actually no. Luanti is to Minecraft as Roblox is to… Interactive Physics? It’s a game engine, not a game. GMOD is still a game.

        • lime!
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          52 months ago

          i didn’t want to use roblox as an example as luanti is more focused on a single typ of game, and is playable in and of itself. gmod’s sandbox is akin to the default sandbox in luanti, basically a creative mode.

          also i didn’t want to imply that luanti has child exploitation…

          • Aatube
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            12 months ago

            Luanti isn’t playable in and of itself; you need Minetest Game, which is a different thing. Just like Roblox, the similarities between games are usually as little as character + movement + 3d-ing

            • lime!
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              oh yeah they separated it out didn’t they. last time i hacked on it, minetest game was partly implemented in the core in c++.

  • HEXN3T
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    102 months ago

    How dare they change their project name to one that would… *squint* …look good on a shelf! The project is dead to me.

    I use Arch btw

  • FQQD
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    102 months ago

    That’s odd. Didn’t expect that change. To be honest, I don’t think the name will catch on

    • @Faresh@lemmy.ml
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      32 months ago

      I’m sure it will once the website has been changed and new players begin calling it that.

  • @electricprism@lemmy.ml
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    62 months ago

    Breaking News: Luanti has just been forked and is now Yudaddy

    The question must be asked who is yudaddy and what does he do.

    • @style99@lemm.ee
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      52 months ago

      It’s always been a Lua-powered game. They’re just making it more in-your-face.

      • @DrDystopia@lemy.lol
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        92 months ago

        Sure, but I think it’s better to make people think of Minecraft style gameplay than Lua programming when mentioning the name.

        • @nintendiator@feddit.cl
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          32 months ago

          It makes snese they want to distance from the Minecraft name for that. Engendered annoying “but muh Minecraft” expectations, and there’s already the Mineclone2 aka Voxelibre “subgame” for grabbing that attention.

    • @sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      32 months ago

      Eh, they could easily change the justification to “intentional modification of a Finnish word for stylistic reasons.”

      I think the name is decent, though not a fan of shoehorning Lua in there.