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Voxel.js: Minecraft-like Browser-Based Games, But Open Source

Posted by timothy on from the blocking-things-out dept.

Paul Fernhout writes with a snippet from Joystiq: "Voxel.js is a new open-source project designed to allow anyone to create 3D games that run directly in a browser. Created by Max Ogden and James Halliday, Voxel.js is based on JavaScript and WebGL, and makes it relatively easy to build Minecraft-like games that play in browsers like Chrome." Paul adds a link to this interview with Max Ogden about the creation of Voxel.js in 22 days. The main site is at Voxel.js.

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  1. ChromeOS criticism got knocked down a bit by eksith · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Call me silly, but I think there is something to this "everything through the browser" malarkey. That's not to say everything should be on the cloud, but I don't see why we can't push non-critical functionality on rendering engines. A lot of mobile apps are just native interfaces to webservices anyway.

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    If computers were people, I'd be a misanthrope.
    1. Re:ChromeOS criticism got knocked down a bit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

      So is everything that's not hand coded in assembly language.

      Which is to say, so is very nearly everything.

  2. hurrah its like the 90's again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    this comment is best viewed in ________

    and they recommend you install a web browser that is made by the largest advertising company in the world.

    this generation is nuts

    1. Re:hurrah its like the 90's again by petsounds · · Score: 3, Insightful

      DHTML wars -> HTML5 wars
      rinse, repeat

      Flash took us out of the browser ghetto. Now we're back in it.

  3. Re:Blog post with more background info by sproketboy · · Score: 1, Insightful

    His justification is that he's retarded and doesn't understand Java.