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Does anyone remember Blockland (http://blockland.us/ http://blockland.us/)? It was arguably the precursor to Roblox and in some ways the building portion of Min
by meddlepal 7y ago
Does anyone remember Blockland (http://blockland.us/ http://blockland.us/)? It was arguably the precursor to Roblox and in some ways the building portion of Minecraft... the creator Badspot just never embraced it and it fizzled out around 2007.
Arguably he could be a billionaire these days if he had kept at it. He had the right idea... but did not execute.
- makerofspoons 7y agoI played it back in the day. It performed better and looked better than early Roblox. My first exposure to programming was actually thanks to Blockland as it inspired me to download the Torque game engine and mess around with it.
- wopian 7y agoCloser to being the same idea developed at the same time with both being influenced by LEGO. Blockland: November 15, 2004 (Freeware) February 24, 2007 (Retail) ROBLOX: March 23, 2004 (Beta) August 27, 2006 (Retail)