| Programming | Jonathan Leahey |
| Art | John McDowell |
| Music | Tom Quinn (T5) |
| Inspiration | Markus Persson "Notch" |
Minicraft was initially conceived as a demake of Minecraft for Game Jolt's Indie Game Demake Contest. Without Notch we would have never created this fun game! We overcame the difficulties of losing a dimension in various ways and we tried to stay true to Minecraft throughout. Enjoy our "8-bit" 2D version of the game!
You can climb trees. Trees and planks make good ladders, almost as good as ladders themselves! This was neccessary so that you can get around the world in 2D.
| w,a,s,d | Player Movement |
| space | Jump / Climb / Swim |
| shift | Walk |
| mouse 1 | Break Block |
| mouse 2 | Build Block |
| number keys mouse wheel | Change Selection |
| i | Open Inventory |
| + | Zoom In |
| - | Zoom Out |
| m | Mute/Unmute Sound |
| esc | Save and Quit |
| q | Toss Selected Item |
| f | View FPS |
Watch your blue and red selectors. They show where you will build or break blocks, respectively.
Crafting is very similar to Minecraft: put items into the crafting table to craft them. Right-click on the crafting table to open it and your inventory. The crafting templates are the same for the items we chose to put in. Collect better matierals (wood → stone → iron → diamond) to create better tools.
Here are a few recipes to try. Pickaxes are the only tools which can break stone. Axes break wood tiles faster, and shovels break dirt, sand, and leaves very quickly.
planks (x4)
| wood | |
crafting table
| plank | plank |
| plank | plank |
sticks (x4)
| plank | |
| plank |
ladders (x4)
| stick | stick | |
| stick | stick | stick |
| stick | stick |
wooden pickaxe
| plank | plank | plank |
| stick | ||
| stick |
- Collect Materials
- Build a crafting table
- Create tools
- Go spelunking
- Mine for minerals
- Grow trees
- Build a castle
- Build an underwater cave
- Build anything you can imagine!
- Version 1.0 (7/7/2010)
- Initial Release
- Version 1.0.1 (7/8/2010)
- Exe launcher
- Bug fixes (shovel template and inventory Updating)
- Version 1.0.2 (7/9/2010)
- Tool durability
- Inventory Bug fix
- Tools will no longer stack
- Version 1.1 (we hope)
- Day/Night ✓
- Life ✓
- Drowning ✓
- Furnaces
- Enemies
- Chests
- Infinite Levels
- ...
Each included in the lib directory