Because of its Java-based system, it ought to run on just about any platform with sufficient power, so long as you have a Java 8 virtual machine installed. Terasology is written in Java and made available under an Apache 2.0 license. What started out as an experiment in procedural terrain generation has turned into a full-featured game, complete with multiplayer and a number of add-on modules installed by default to let you try out different gameplay mechanics. Terasology might win the award for the most beautiful rendering engine in the pack its shadows are both ominous and spectacular. Minetest screenshot, Minetest website, CC-BY-SA 3.0. Minetest runs on Windows, OS X, Linux, Android, FreeBSD, and possibly other operating systems as well. Minetest is open source under the LGPL, and is written primarily in C++ so it's fairly fast compared to some others written in scripting languages. It also features a very user-friendly API for creating mods in Lua. Minetest is perhaps the most complete alternative to Minecraft, which is billed as a "near-infinite-world block sandbox game and a game engine." It supports multiplayer games and subgames, and features a number of terrain generators and different default biomes. Others are taking the voxel-based gaming concept in entirely new directions, and still others are really more of a framework to help you build your own game or creation. Some seek to duplicate the Minecraft experience completely, or to at least provide a very similar experience. These projects are in widely varying levels of completion and serve a number of different goals. Interested in a free Minecraft alternative? Here's a quick look at some clones and derivatives out there that you really ought to check out. Minecraft's popularity has led to many attempts to recreate the game, and others in a similar vein, as open source software.
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