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Wow, Minetest looks really cool: Minecraft clone with a Lua API for modding. This may get us back into using Minecraft modding as a way to learn programming. E

• a1369209993 6y ago
  > Is there a basic 'vanilla' Minecraft clone based on Minetest, for this purpose? Yes, it's the default `minetest_game` that comes with the game (as well as `minimal`). Note that the redstone-alike mesecons is a separate modpack (which isn't a problem in practice) as is mob support (which is).
• freedomben 6y ago
  It is also a basic vanilla Minecraft clone (the wording is kind of poor). If you install it you can play a basic game. It's also in the repos of every linux distro I've tried it on (Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian), and if it isn't it builds really easily (even built on my Chromebook with both crouton and crostini). You can also add "mods" to it that add a ton of rich features to the game. I recommend adding one at a time tho as they can make your server unstable (mods vary in quality). The minetest core is rock solid stable IME, but not all mods are. If there's any interest, I can write a blog post about this with getting started instructions at playing and configuring. I'm not affiliated with the project, but I'm a big fan and use it at home with my kids (and a server I setup on our LAN).