Pretty sure the actual hunger games movie had more to do with that
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holgersson@lemm.ee 4 weeks agoMinecraft Hunger Games, although a mod, is responsible for the Battle Royal hype aswell.
So Minecraft caused Fortnite twice - once as a survival crafting and building game and then as a Battle Royal retaining some of these elements
Butterpaderp@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
holgersson@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
As the inspiration yes. But Minecraft hunger games was the first to do it in gaming while also reaching maybe not more people than movies, but definitly spreading to communities that the movies and books didnt reach (e.g. i didnt watch the movies until well over ten years after I had played my first game of MC hunger games)
Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Also Mindcrack UHC, not sure if that came before the hunger games mods tho
NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
I miss MC Hunger Games servers. Are any still around?
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
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 4 weeks ago
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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Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
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 4 weeks ago
I miss u bukkit ;-;
sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 4 weeks 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.