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I actually like the new name. It seems like when a community project renames it always is something even worse than the original name. This is a great name that doesn’t sound silly to say out loud.
this is ok. minetest was an awful name.
for those of you without the patience to read a blogpost, the new name’s actually a bit of wordplay.
“Luanti” is a wordplay on the Finnish word luonti (“creation”) and the programming language Minetest Luanti employs for games and mods, Lua. The goal was to avoid yet another plain English word (good luck finding something unique…) and highlight the core principles of the project. The fusion of celeron55’s Finnish nationality and the platform’s focus on content creation resulted in the birth of “Luanti”.
IMO, the worst thing about “Minetest” is that it sounded like it was just a test creation, a prototype or experiment. It’s certainly well beyond that now. The announcement introduction mentions people associate it with being a Minecraft clone or alpha release, but even further, to me the name initially gave me the impression it was [still] someone’s small hobby project. ‘Luanti’ is much better.
Tbh Luanti is a pretty clever wordplay
Literally just yesterday my wife learned of Minetest’s existence and said it was a terrible name
Just tell her that you told them your wife didn’t like the name so they changed it.
Oh thank god. Minetest was the worst name, and the game is actually pretty cool. It definitely deserves a cool name, and Luanti sounds cool.
I don’t really like the new name yet, but it’s a lot better than Minetest so I really can’t complain.
I hope this is a joke cause Luanti sucks, stick with the already well known Minetest.
Minetest doesn’t have to turn into Roblox, we already have OpenBlox for that purpose
Edit: person below is now accusing me of promoting crypto
Cool so, you linked to some git repositories that haven’t been updated in 4-5 years, and looking at their current website there seems to be some sort of crypto involved now.
Edit: I meant to say as well, that they appear to have closed their source, despite the “open” in the name.
They’re not to be confused, the lead dev’s (openblox.org) one was made on 2014 before some crypto dipshittos (openblox.IO) around 2018 took their name
Okay, but openblox.org doesn’t resolve a website at all, directing users instead to a domain registrar.
Lead dev no longer renews that domain for the site. Thats why the repo needs to be revived
Okay… So it sounds like a dead project to me? When Luanti seems to have a huge community around it already…
Minetest has been more a platform for making games on than a single game for at least a decade, since they added lua scripting. Seems like you’re outraged over nothing with no real understanding of what Luanti has been and aims to be.
How are you guys pronouncing this?
Personally, I’ve found it sounds kind of nice when said like “Loon tea”.
It’s finnish, so like it’s written. Foreign concept for english speakers, I know.
It is quite literally a foreign concept to anyone who only speaks English. That’s how foreign languages work.
How is the word pronounced though?
I’m a finn, so the only advice I can give is that it’s pronounced like luanti in finnish.
Not very useful, I know, sorry. Nau ai häv tu kou präktis mai rälli inglish.
