minecraft-python 0.24

A project that seeks to recreate every old Minecraft version in Python using Pyglet and Cython.

Minecraft: Python Edition

Minecraft: Python Edition is a project that strives to recreate each and every old Minecraft version in Python 3 using the Pyglet multimedia library and Cython for performance.

This project is currently recreating the Survival Test Classic versions of Minecraft. The latest version is Classic 0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST_03 as released on September 1, 2009.

Learn more about this version here.

This project is organized so that every commit is strictly the finished Python version of the Java game of the same version number. This means that you can go back into this repository's commit history and see only the source code changes between versions of Minecraft, or you can compare branches and see the changes made between them. For any version this project covers, you can play it just by specifying the Minecraft version you want to play in the pip install command as demonstrated below.

General Usage

Pyglet, Cython, Pillow, and PyOgg are required dependencies and can easily be installed with pip. Use the versions specified in requirements.txt.

For audio to work you will either need PyOgg which is recommended, or FFmpeg which is installed on the system. GStreamer is also supported on Linux through the gst-python library. PyOgg requires that your system have one of the Opus, FLAC, or Vorbis codecs. OpenAL is required.

To easily install this version of Minecraft: Python Edition, just run python -m pip install minecraft-python==0.24.

Alternatively, for a manual Cython build, run python setup.py build_ext --inplace.

Run python -m mc.net.minecraft.Minecraft to launch the game. Minecraft: Python Edition should be compatible with any modern platform that supports OpenGL and Cython.

Run with the argument -fullscreen to open the window in fullscreen mode.

Gameplay

This version features early mob enemies and basic combat. Press Tab to launch arrows at enemies.

There are pigs, but they don't drop anything. Creepers, zombies, and skeletons all attack the same, but creepers explode upon death.

To heal, pick up brown mushrooms and right click to eat. Red mushrooms are poisonous and will take damage.

Multiplayer

Since this is a Survival version of Classic, multiplayer support is disabled.

Additional Notes

The mc.resources directory contains all of the textures and sounds that this version uses. However, the textures are only there for convenience, as all of the texture buffers are already preloaded in the mc.Resources module.

This would have been much more challenging to work on without the great tools provided by RetroMCP-Java.