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# I spent 4 years making Minecraft in C++

**[Low Level Game Dev](https://daily.dev/sources/lowlevelgamedev)** · 10 min read · 41 upvotes · 3 comments

## Summary

A developer shares a 4-year journey building a Minecraft clone in C++ with multiplayer, custom shaders, and procedural world generation. The post covers key technical decisions and lessons learned across three iterations of the project, including: designing multiplayer architecture from the start, using spline editors to shape noise for world generation, implementing PBR and water shaders with OpenGL, and a vertex pooling optimization that reduces per-face data from 32 floats to just 4. Server-side optimizations include chunk prioritization, zlib compression, and per-player threading. Practical tips are shared throughout, such as avoiding greedy meshing and using approach-based design before abstracting systems.

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**@vijaybhopalwani** · 2 upvotes

> Great

**@somethingsomethingpython** · 1 upvotes

> yo can i play it

**@seminormal** · 0 upvotes

> Bedrock Edition is also Minecraft in C++

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