Mojang takes a step forward to make Minecraft Java Edition even easier to mod by committing to release the game with no obfuscation of its code. There will be a transition period for modding toolsets to prepare for the upcoming change.
https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/removing-obfuscation-in-java-edition
@30p87 @MinecraftWikiEN note that Luanti w/ Voxelibre game is a great FOSS option that has like 80-90% of the features and is quite easy to mod using Lua.
It's not Microsoft-owned and you don't need an account to play. I've been using it in lieu of Minecraft for research stuff since I don't want to have to buy accounts for research participants and I'd like my eventual student server to be cost-of-entry free.
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