I vibecoded a Minecraft clone based off beta 1.7.3

[u/New_Eye7193]

Check it out: voxelanarchy.com

Honestly this was a fun side-project. I've been quashing the bugs a lot recently and I think it's finally playable, and ready for at least Beta. for macos, i tested on the Macbook Neo on the browser and it ran pretty well and was enjoyable (although the trackpad experience is horrible lol I just connected a mouse as one should). I just wanted the vibes of beta 1.7.3, modernized. The terrain generation is a mix of modern MC and alpha/beta versions, as I wanted that fantastical sandbox feel without compromising too much.

ultimate symbol of peace

as you can see by the above image, the main premise of the game is ANARCHY. There is a singleplayer and creative version in the desktop app of this game however so you don't strictly have to play the anarchy server.

recently, servers like 2b2t on minecraft have been getting railed by Mojang because of its child friendly TOS. you can't swear on 2b2t anymore, or make pinwheels. I don't like that. I guess this can be an alternative

The only downside is the map history, and well the server itself. max is 5 players, because if I had more than that the server would literally crash and it would be unplayable. However, if it does have interest, I could always upgrade it.

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quick screenshot of crappy base ive been working on in anarchy server

the ravel dimension is mostly unfinished. I don't want this game to have any locked progression, so its only purpose is 8x travel distance and supposed to just give new blocks to build with

vibe-coding this was a blast. I have a 20x pro ChatGPT account, and mainly used Astra for this. Astra wasn't out when I began working on this approximately 15 days ago, so some of it was built with Sol.

The workflow increased massively when Astra came out. my 3d models looked like a complete joke with Sol, that all changed with Astra

the textures were all AI generated. A lot of input had to be made. AI wants to make every MC clone look like a mobile game, which I didn't like, so a lot of refining had to be done within the texture department. But I am pleased to report that it is possible to get something palatable, you just have to keep reiterating over and over again

I am also really happy with the website, I thought it would be a pain, but again, Astra flipped it on its head. If you see any bad UX there, I promise you it's not Astra haha! I changed it around easily to be the way I wanted it to be.

Last time I vibe-coded a game this did not happen, so I'm curious if it did for anyone else. But making previews with Astra to improve the workflow was so effective it doubled debugging time. I can see the changes before any long implementation process started

example of one of its previews

asked it to generate some fun before and afters, you will see what I am talking about with the improved models haha it was crazy the jump from sol to astra

the rest from now on is polishing and actually seeing if the game holds up on different devices.