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| 14 Jan 2014 10:23 PM |
I've attempting to port Minecraft for Chromebooks. I very much think it's possible.
Why?
1. Minecraft has already been ported to Raspberry Pi. Both Raspberry Pi and Chromebooks (some) use ARM processors. Due to this, I have been able to steal some people's ports from Raspberry Pi and get them running very easily on Chrome OS. Such as, I got PhantomJS v1.9 to work simply from downloading someone's Raspberry Pi port.
2. GUIs are possible to port. Some people think that Chrome OS can only run CLI linux applications because the terminal gives no direct access from the shell and the window manager. However, I've discovered that it IS possible and I've ported a program called TiLP with GUI-and-all to Chrome OS and you can run it from the shell. |
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| 14 Jan 2014 10:25 PM |
Oh, I forgot,
3. I've already ported Java to the shell. Currently, I haven't managed to get GUI access to work, but you can install Java and run CLI programs quite easily. |
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| 14 Jan 2014 10:25 PM |
| You could just program a minecraft clone which was done for the psp. |
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| 14 Jan 2014 10:29 PM |
"You could just program a minecraft clone which was done for the psp."
*facepalm*
First of all, there was no Minecraft clone for the PSP. There was Lamecraft, which completely sucked and wasn't even close to Minecraft. It didn't even have all the features of Minecraft Classic!
Building Minecraft from the ground-up is absolutely ridiculous and you cannot expect a task that large to allocated to a single person.
The only successful Minecraft port was the one to Android/iOS, called Minecraft PE. But that is official and people get paid to write that.
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| 14 Jan 2014 10:32 PM |
| Oh and lamecraft was totally not a minecraft clone in anyway. Uh, it can be allocated to one person b. Just take the time and effort to do it. |
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livekid24
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| 14 Jan 2014 11:54 PM |
you know you can just install Linux on Chromebooks right?
there's a Linux version of Minecraft already. |
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Jro1311
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| 15 Jan 2014 12:04 AM |
| Just UI not GUI btw, GUI is the the stuff you see in games like main menus and pause menus. |
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| 15 Jan 2014 06:41 AM |
"you know you can just install Linux on Chromebooks right?"
I hope you know that every Chromebook in the world comes with Linux already installed on it, right? |
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| 15 Jan 2014 07:00 AM |
"I hope you know that every Chromebook in the world comes with Linux already installed on it, right?"
i mean not the Chrome OS Linux. |
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Shovuc
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| 15 Jan 2014 09:44 AM |
| That's actually really cool, attempting to port a game by yourself. I've always thought it would be fun to port PC games to older consoles like the Playstation 2 (or even Playstation 1!). Of course this would require some code wizardry and illegal activity. |
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OperaMini
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| 15 Jan 2014 10:06 AM |
a better idea would be porting android to your chromebook
On the other hand, I'm left-handed. |
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| 15 Jan 2014 10:08 AM |
"Just UI not GUI btw, GUI is the the stuff you see in games like main menus and pause menus."
GUI = Graphical user interface
It's not an UI, it's a HUD (Head-up display)
On the other hand, I'm left-handed. |
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| 15 Jan 2014 10:11 AM |
thought that op was talking about the game
but ui is what you use to interact with the computer/electronic thing
a tv menu screen is (normally) a gui, since it's not just text
On the other hand, I'm left-handed. |
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| 15 Jan 2014 11:28 AM |
"i mean not the Chrome OS Linux."
But Chrome OS is a really darn good Linux distro. Plus, if you're a Linux user like me, not having all the software available only makes it funner because you can port it.
For example, Chrome OS doesn't have TiLP, TASM, or DevPac8x, which are all required to develop software for the TI-83/84 graphing calculators.
So what did I do? I ported TiLP. I ported z80asm (like TASM). And since DevPac8x was not open-source, I wrote my own (better) version of DevPac8x called z80hex.
I've done this for a lot of things. I absolutely adore NodeJS and PhantomJS. There was no NodeJS, so I ported it as well. There was no PhantomJS, well, I didn't really port it. I stole someone else's Raspberry Pi port and created an installer for it (Raspberry Pi stuff works on Chrome OS).
But yea. Lua, Python, Java, Ruby, all that jazz I've had the pleasure of porting myself, and I've created a single package manager for all my ports called "charm" (CHrome ARM; github/amihart/charm).
Now, I never have to port them again. All of my favorite software that Ubuntu had and Chrome OS doesn't now can easily be installed on Chrome OS via my package manager.
"I've always thought it would be fun to port PC games to older consoles like the Playstation 2 (or even Playstation 1!)."
That's actually not really possible. The architectures are way too different. :/ |
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| 15 Jan 2014 11:49 AM |
Don't bother Chromebook sucks Get pc! |
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| 15 Jan 2014 11:51 AM |
"That's actually not really possible. The architectures are way too different. :/"
That's why I mentioned code wizardry; significant effort would have to be put into the coding. However, it would be relatively easy to port a PC game to the original Xbox, due to similarities, though the game would be dumbed down.
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| 15 Jan 2014 11:57 AM |
what you need is something that can run android apps on a chromebook, the raspberry pi version is just a modified pocket edition
On the other hand, I'm left-handed. |
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| 15 Jan 2014 01:28 PM |
"Chromebook sucks"
Chromebooks are amazing. What are you talking about?
Also, if you own an x86 Chromebook, it should be easy to port Minecraft. I've never tried it since I don't own one, but I'm sure it can be done incredibly easily.
I'm trying to get Minecraft working on an ARM Chromebook, which is why I'm struggling. |
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| 15 Jan 2014 01:42 PM |
| I like your attitude! When it is done, you could send the file to Mojang and probably get in trouble! :D |
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| 15 Jan 2014 05:49 PM |
@weasle
Chromebooks are not "amazing" they are legitimately botnet hardware and have little to nothing on the spec lines. Yes, I know they are $250 (or whatever) but it's not worth the price at all. Anyone who got a Chromebook really shouldn't be happy.
get rekt |
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livekid24
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| 15 Jan 2014 06:20 PM |
| Some of you guys are being negitive nubs. The poster is sharing the project and may be dedicated to do it, not to see some random kids saying buy a PC. |
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