v0.1.0-beta3

[OxillenGlow]

MtSharpGrain

A voxel/block sandbox game built with jMonkeyEngine.

Major Stuff (this release)

• More JavaScript api with
  • player location API
• Added a veiw distance selector
• Made stuff like glass Transparent
• Made world generation work much better with mud on top
• Everything now loads slightly faster as veiwTop and veiwBottom are not tied to view distance
• Shadows are back

This is a bit outdated because world generation has been updated since then and the arches in the sky are now transparent glass.

Blame

@OxillenGlow, with Claude

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How to Play

Option A — Native installer (recommended)

Head to the Releases page and download the file for your OS:

OS	File
macOS (Apple Silicon / M1+)	MtSharpGrain-aarch64.dmg
macOS (Intel)	MtSharpGrain-x64.dmg
Windows	MtSharpGrain-x64.exe
Linux	MtSharpGrain-x64.deb

These bundle their own Java runtime — no separate JDK install needed. Just run the installer and launch the app.

Option B — Cross-platform zip

If you'd rather run it manually, or your platform isn't covered above:

1. Download MtSharpGrain-<version>.zip from the Releases page
2. Unzip it, move the folder wherever you like
3. Install OpenJDK 21+ — Microsoft Build of OpenJDK is an easy option
4. Go into the unzipped folder → bin/, and run:
   • MtSharpGrain on Mac/Linux
   • MtSharpGrain.bat on Windows

Go Play!

Check the wiki for how to actually play.

No guarantees on fun yet — lol.

If you get stuck, open an discussion or ask an AI "how do I run a Java application from a MtSharpGrain.bat/shell launcher script."

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This discussion was created from the release v0.1.0-beta3.