What's the timeline on that mod versus the Battle Royale mod for DayZ? Because as far as I could tell, the DayZ mod is the true progenitor, but DayZ was itself inspired by Minecraft.

[–] holgersson@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I couldnt find a release history for the Minecraft mod, however according to the following article, it was released about a year before the original PlayerUnknown mod for DayZ / Arma 3.

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https://www.eurogamer.net/before-fortnite-and-pubg-there-was-minecraft-survival-games

[–] Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It was more a server side plugin than a mod, but that only grew its popularity.

Even randomised loot existed around the map

[–] Moneo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I miss u bukkit ;-;

[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

Day Z the standalone game was a result of Day Z the mod for Arma 2.

While Day Z (the mod) and Minecraft were in their early phases around the same time (i alpha tested both), I have never heard anyone say that Day Z was inspired by Minecraft, beyond the idea of it being possible for an indie game with a small development team being able to become a huge commercial success.