Minecraft vs. Roblox (2020)

Re:Minecraft vs. Roblox (2020) by robotnikman on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @03:53PM (#26416081)

Minecraft was what got me into Java. I still run a small server with a few regular players, and I experiment with making server plugins when I have a neat idea I want to try.

And before that, I learned Lua when trying to mod the game Company of Heroes.

It seems like video games we know are a great starting point when it comes to learning how to program at first.

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Re:Minecraft vs. Roblox (2020) by mratmeyer on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @04:27PM (#26416489)

Same here, I learned Java when I wanted to make Bukkit plugins and minigames for my server. I don’t play Minecraft much anymore, but I’m glad to see that it still seems popular and thriving when I do play on servers or watch it on YouTube.

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Re:Minecraft vs. Roblox (2020) by madeofpalk on Thursday March 11, 2021 @04:54AM (#26422251)

I play Destiny 2, which has pretty extensive public API for reading data from the game and interacting with player inventories, and we see a lot of people pop into the discord learning to program for the first time because they want to make something for the game they play.

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