Microsoft Open Sources Parts of Minecraft's Java Code (kotaku.com.au)

Four years after Microsoft acquired Minecraft developer Mojang, the company has decided to open source some of Minecraft's Java code. According to Kotaku, Microsoft and Mojang released two parts of Minecraft's Java code in library form, so that "anyone can pick them up and use them in their own game," says Lead Engineer Nathan Adams. From the report: For now, there's just the two libraries: "Brigadier," a "command parser and dispatcher"; and "DataFixerUpper," designed for "incremental building, merging and optimization of data transformations ... [to convert] the game data for Minecraft: Java Edition between different versions of the game." While the news doesn't mean much for players, it will be a boon for interested programmers and developers, keen to see the guts of Minecraft. The plan is to open source more components in the future, though no time frame is specified. For now, if you want to check out Brigadier or DataFixerUpper, both can be found on Mojang's GitHub page.

Comments

Re:Remember the promise to open the whole thing?

[Anubis IV]

Have sales died? Last I heard, it was still going strong.

Poor craftsmanship

[skoskav]

These code bases have a serious issue with readability and maintainability. They seem to frequently write massive methods with deep nesting, and not even leaving some API or class documentation for posterity.

It's the kind of gobbledygook code that I only see from freshly-graduated programmers and in competitive coding puzzles. Mojang should spend a few days to set up some static code analyzing tool like SonarQube.