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Re:Custom Minecraft Classic client written from scratch in C by cwillu on Friday September 15, 2023 @07:13PM (#37530199)
There are two things called “minecraft”, and one of them is not written in java, is much more prickly about mods, and iirc has a significantly larger playerbase.
Re:Custom Minecraft Classic client written from scratch in C by paddim8 on Saturday September 16, 2023 @05:19AM (#37533263)
Bedrock has more players?
Re:Custom Minecraft Classic client written from scratch in C by GABG on Saturday September 16, 2023 @05:37AM (#37533345)
I'm pretty sure it does. Bedrock (aka glorified Pocket Edition) is available on PCs (Windows 10/11), Android, iOS and consoles

I mean, I've seen people talking about Minecraft Java on Android and you can certainly run it on the Stream Deck, but both of these tasks are not something the average user would do

Re:Custom Minecraft Classic client written from scratch in C by bombcar on Saturday September 16, 2023 @08:57AM (#37534393)
Bedrock almost certainly has more players, especially in the younger bracket.

Most adults and definitely most content on YouTube is on Java.

Re:Custom Minecraft Classic client written from scratch in C by jakobson14 on Sunday September 17, 2023 @08:29PM (#37550809)
nobody actually gives a shit about bedrock, at least on PC

despite microsoft's best attempts, they haven't been able to kill the java edition and it's only grown