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traverseda/pycraft

A fork of "Minecraft in 500 lines of python" intended to someday be used as a real engine, instead of as a learning example. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/traverseda/pycraft · Python · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

32/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 3800
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 1987
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1087 stars · 95 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A community fork of fogleman's 'Minecraft in 500 lines of Python', intended to evolve into a real voxel game engine rather than a learning example. It features Perlin noise terrain generation and an object-oriented block system, but is pre-alpha quality.

Use cases

  • build a voxel game in python
  • experiment with a minecraft-like engine
  • learn how voxel engines work
  • prototype large-scale voxel world simulation
  • extend a simple minecraft clone

When to choose

  • you want a hackable python voxel game base
  • you prefer scale-out designs over real-time performance
  • you want to contribute to an experimental engine project

When to avoid

  • you need a production-ready game engine
  • you require high real-time performance
  • you need modern python version support or active maintenance

Facets

application · maturity experimental

game-engine graphics simulation graphics python cross-platform voxel-engine minecraft-clone game pre-alpha perlin-noise game-development desktop

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
traverseda/pycraftmain32

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