Azaran on 17/6/2018 at 06:29
Quote Posted by ZylonBane
This thread could have just as well been called TDM Wolfenstein 3D style.
You can't run TDM on a Pentium 1 with 8 mb of ram
Constance on 17/6/2018 at 07:27
So what, can you run TDM on a Raspberry Pi?
=> If you try to make game A look similar to game B, does game A also have to run on hardware with low specs just like game B can? I don't see your point.
PinkDot on 17/6/2018 at 11:15
Quote Posted by Durandall
Nowhere near a stretch, lo-res block textures. Looks Minecrafty to me and I've been playing Minecraft for years. Seems like it's getting mighty pricky in here. I mean bringing up marketing and clicks in a ttlg forum post, you jest?
When I saw the thread titile, I saw images of a blocky TDM-like levels in my head, with tables and chairs built of simple brushes etc... (forget even the blocky characters). I clicked on it and what I saw in screenshots did not meet the expectations that the thread's title created, so... now you know why I responded like that.
nbohr1more on 17/6/2018 at 13:58
I used "Minecraft Style" as a shorthand for "blocky textures with modern lighting shaders and filtering". I don't know of any other game that has those 3 attributes
other than Minecraft clones or Minecraft itself.
ZylonBane on 17/6/2018 at 18:26
Bit.Trip Runner, probably dozens of other retro-themed indie games.
nbohr1more on 17/6/2018 at 19:23
Bit.Trip Runner was released in 2010, after Minecraft became popular in 2009.
Minecraft "popularized" the idea of blocky textures "combined with modern rendering niceties" and countless indie games followed with the same aesthetic.
I'm sure there is probably a counter-example of something like this that pre-dates Minecraft but if you were to describe a graphic change like this in a way
that "mainstream audiences are aware of" you use "Minecraft Style" not "obscure indie pixel art game that only pedantic internet folks know about ... -style".
In a similar way that you would call a sludgy "stoner doom metal" song "reminiscent of Black Sabbath", instead of "Blue Cheer", "MC5", or "Pentagram".
Minecraft defined that combination of attributes in popular culture and is thus the proper reference point.
