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Is a round Minecraft world possible?

Jeija · 669.5K views · 2016-10-06 · 7:42

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Overview

Jeija demonstrates a modified Minetest game with a spherical planet, using a grid transform to make a voxel world round. It includes the orbit math and download links for the spheretest build.

On Hacker News

Pointed to in Minetest and spherical-voxel-world threads as a striking example of what the open-source engine can do.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2016–2025

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Game programming & enginesIndie game developmentComputer graphics & rendering
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minetestminecraftspherical planetvoxel enginemodding

What people said

gatane · 2025-09 · Recommendation

This reminded me of another attempt, but in Minetest: - [VIDEO] This person has another, more technical video where they talk about the math behind it btw

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dcposch · 2016-10 · Recommendation

Man, just a few days ago I was bummed that the top comment on most HN stories is critical or dismissive, and now I'm part of the problem. -- People have made some VERY COOL stuff using MineTest. Check out spheretest: [VIDEO]

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huachimingo · 2021-02 · Reference

Minetest had a mod to fake spherical planets using a torus. Main video: [VIDEO] More in depth: [LINK] The main problem with minetest it is that it seems not complete/done on the art assets and main game, and the devs always say that is intentionally not a Minecraft clone yet people come searching one on the subgames.

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