About
Minecraft is a sandbox game developed and published by Mojang Studios, first released as an early-access alpha in 2009 and formally released in November 2011, since ported to numerous platforms. MCTest is a Minecraft-inspired 3D voxel graphics demo adapted from an AVRFreaks forum project that ran simple 3D graphics on an ATmega32 microcontroller, modified here to run on PC via SDL 1.2 at 8/16bpp. The author's stated plan is to port it to consoles with weak CPUs (Philips CD-i, NEC PC-FX, Sega 32X/CD32X, Amiga CD32), since it's optimized for low-end hardware.
How it differs from the original
Unlike Minecraft, this is currently a rendering demo rather than a full game: there is no music or sound, and placing blocks, saving the world, and collision detection are all not yet implemented.
History
The project originated from an AVRFreaks forum thread about running simple 3D graphics on the ATmega32 microcontroller, before being adapted to run on PC.
Known limitations
- features: Music and sound effects not yet implemented.
- gameplay: Block placement and world saving functionality not yet implemented.
- gameplay: Collision detection not yet implemented.
Additional notes
- Roadmap
- The author's stated goal is to port this to low-power retro consoles — Philips CD-i, NEC PC-FX, Sega 32X/CD32X, and Amiga CD32 are all mentioned as targets.