Minecraft Classic is now available to play for free in your browser

[Arthur]

Link: https://classic.minecraft.net

 

www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/embrace-past-minecraft-classic

 

In just ten days, our little crafting game turns ten years old! That means Minecraft still isn’t old enough to drive or run for president yet, but it is old enough for us to get all nostalgic for the good ol’ days of the game. Dangerously over-nostalgic? No, lovingly nostalgic, by releasing Minecraft Classic!

 

You can run Minecraft Classic in your browser and you’ll soon see why. With just 32 blocks to build with, all the original bugs, and an (inter)face only a mother could love, Minecraft 2009 is even more glorious than we remembered! You’re in for a real treat, particularly if you’re really into dyed wool (and who isn’t it?)

 

[dhicks]

Minecraft Classic is now available to play for free in your browser

 

Interesting - any idea how this is implemented? Have they somehow created a full web-based implementation, or (more likly) is each user session backed by a VM somewhere running the original Minecraft, with screen updates sent to an HTML canvas?

[Arthur]

Interesting - any idea how this is implemented?

Mainly Canvas + JavaScript.

 

https://twitter.com/TheEssem/status/1125810236529491968

 

If you check app.js it looks like it's using babylon.js (for 3D graphics) and howler.js (for audio).

 

• https://classic.minecraft.net/assets/js/app.js
  
• https://classic.minecraft.net/assets/js/RandomLevelWorker.js
  

[dhicks]

https://twitter.com/TheEssem/status/1125810236529491968

 

"This version runs completely in the browser using Canvas and JavaScript, so it's completely different from the versions in the launcher." - interesting, that means they must have implemented proper client/server separation and have now implemented a new HTML / Javascript client. Good to know!