worstblockgame/README.md

WorstBlockGame

Requirements

• For playing:
  • Minetest 5.3.0
• For building:
  • some modern linux distro (windows people have to use a built archive)
  • zsh
  • git
  • moonscript
  • Minetest_Game 5.3.0

Building

• first time:
  • clone the repo, cd into the folder
  • run MTG_PATH=/path/to/your/copy/of/minetest_game ./build.sh
  • symlink the folder into your minetest games folder
• update:
  • pull the repo
  • rerun build.sh as before

for example, on a recent debian:

# first time setup
git clone https://gitlab.com/worstconcept/worstblockgame.git
cd worstblockgame
MTG_PATH=/usr/share/games/minetest/games/minetest_game ./build.sh
mkdir -p ~/.minetest/games
ln -s $(pwd) ~/.minetest/games

# future updates
cd worstblockgame
git pull
MTG_PATH=/usr/share/games/minetest/games/minetest_game ./build.sh

Using a built archive

Instead of building yourself, you can also use a built archive. This has the benefit of not requiring any of the build dependencies (e.g. if you're on Windows), but the downside of not being updateable as easily.

• Download an archive from our Releases page (which are always available), or, if you want in-dev updates, from our CI Pipelines (those are only available for one month).
• Unpack the archive inside your "games" folder like explained in the minetest documentation.

due to the build process, the zip file does not contain a single game folder, but its contents. make sure you unpack it into a folder inside your "games" folder, not directly into it. Essentially you want to end up with this file being .../minetest/games/wbg/README.md instead of .../minetest/games/README.md.

Playing

run minetest, select WorstBlockGame, create a map with the following settings:

• Name: just pick a nice one
• Seed: some random number
• Mapgen: v7 (all others will be disabled anyway)
• Game: WorstBlockGame, duh.

Then play the map.

See our Wiki to get started ingame.