Minicraft - Nintendo Wii Port (Enhanced Edition) 🎮

An enhanced native Nintendo Wii port of Minicraft, the 2D top-down survival crafting game originally created by Markus "Notch" Persson for Ludum Dare 22.

Based on the C/SDL reimplementation by TheBigEye, ported and significantly expanded for Nintendo Wii with native controller & Wiimote rumble support, bow & arrow combat, fishing rod & fish, farming & animal breeding, subterranean dungeons & treasure chests, HUD minimap radar, 4-tier armor system, doors, boats, leveling with glowing EXP orbs, smooth day/night cycle, multi-slot save system, and multi-language support.

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✨ Features & Enhancements

🏹 Bow & Arrow Ranged Combat

• Craftable Bow (Wood × 5 + Cloth × 3) and Arrows (Wood × 3 + Stone × 2 + Cloth × 1).
• Fire arrows across distance with directional physics, hit detection against monsters/animals, tile collisions, and smash particles.

🎣 Fishing Rod & Marine Loot

• Craftable Fishing Rod (Wood × 5 + Cloth × 3).
• Cast into water/oceans to catch Raw Fish, and rarely reel up precious treasures (Gems, Iron Ingots, Hide).
• Cook raw fish in the Oven with coal to produce delicious Cooked Fish (restores 4 full hearts!).

🌾 Agriculture, Animal Breeding & Shears

• Animal Breeding: Feed Wheat to Cows/Sheep, Seeds to Chickens, and Carrots/Apples to Pigs to display love hearts (<3) and gain bonus EXP!
• Shears Tool: Craftable with 2 Iron Ingots at the Anvil to shear live sheep for wool/cloth without hurting them.
• New Crops: Plantable and edible Carrots and Potatoes.

📯 Wiimote Rumble Feedback

• Realistic haptic feedback on the Wiimote controller:
  • Subtle tap when mining rocks, chopping trees, or shooting arrows.
  • Medium rumble when hitting monsters or catching fish.
  • Strong rumble on taking damage or creeper explosions!

🗺️ HUD Minimap Radar

• Integrated live radar in the top-right corner of the screen:
  • Real-time terrain colors (Oceans, Beaches, Forests, Caves, Lava, Dungeons).
  • Center player tracking and direction indicator.

🏰 Subterranean Dungeons & Treasure Chests

• Procedurally generated underground dungeon rooms built with reinforced hard rock.
• Guarded treasure chests filled with valuable minerals, gems, weapons, and ammunition.

🐾 Animated Animals & Biomes

• Chicken (Kura), Pig (Świnka), Sheep (Owca) roaming grassy biomes.
• Crab (Krab) scuttling along beaches and coastlines.
• Frog (Żaba) hopping through ponds and forests.
• 4-frame smooth animations and resource drops (feathers, hide, wool, meat).

⚔️ Upgraded Monsters & Combat

• 4-frame walking and attack animations for Zombies, Skeletons, Slimes, Creepers, and Knights.
• Boss battle with the Air Wizard.

✨ EXP Orbs & Leveling System

• Defeated monsters and animals drop bouncing, glowing EXP Orbs that pulse with vivid colors.
• Magnetic attraction: Orbs float toward the player when nearby.
• Leveling progression: HUD displays your level (LV: X) and EXP progress bar.
• Stamina reduction: Higher levels reduce the stamina consumed when mining and chopping with tools!
• Level Up: Restores full health and stamina with a golden notification.

🛡️ 4-Tier Armor System & Defense

• Craftable armors with authentic Minicraft Plus icons:
  • 🟫 Leather Armor (Hide × 5) — +1 Defense
  • ⬜ Iron Armor (Iron Ingot × 5) — +2 Defense
  • 🟨 Gold Armor (Gold Ingot × 5) — +3 Defense
  • 🟦 Gem Armor (Gem × 5) — +4 Defense
• Equip directly from hand with a confirmation sound.
• Visual character tinting matching your equipped armor.
• HUD armor icon displaying your active defense points.
• Damage reduction from all monster attacks.

🚪 Interactive Doors & Building

• Craftable Wooden Doors (Wood × 5 at Workbench).
• Place anywhere; press Attack (2 / A / C) to smoothly open or close.
• Transparent doorway allowing free passage when opened, solid collision when closed.

🚣 Boat & Aquatic Exploration

• Craftable Boat (Wood × 5).
• Use on water to hop in: renders a wooden boat hull under your character.
• Move across oceans and rivers at full walking speed with zero stamina exhaustion.

🌅 Smooth Progressive Day/Night Cycle

• Realistic Dusk & Dawn: Daylight smoothly fades into night with circular dithered shadows creeping in from the horizon towards light sources.
• Torches, lanterns, and lava pierce through the dark.
• Beds allow fast-forwarding through the night.

💾 Multi-Slot Save System & Languages

• Multiple save slots with SD card persistence.
• Built-in Polish (Polski) and English language options.

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🕹️ Controls

Action	Wiimote + Nunchuk	Wiimote (Horizontal)	Classic Controller	GameCube Pad
Move	Nunchuk Analog Stick / D-Pad	D-Pad (Up/Down/Left/Right)	Left Stick / D-Pad	Control Stick / D-Pad
Attack / Mine / Shoot / Open Door	Button A / Nunchuk C	Button 2	Button A / B	Button A / B
Inventory / Crafting Menu	Button 1 / Minus (-)	Button 1	Button X / Y	Button X / Y
Cycle Held Item (Next)	Nunchuk Z / Button B (Trigger)	Button A	Button R / ZR	Trigger R / Z
Cycle Held Item (Prev)	Button Minus (-)	Button Minus (-)	Button L / ZL	Trigger L
Pause / Options	Plus (+) / Home	Plus (+) / Home	Plus (+) / Home	Start

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📥 Installation on Nintendo Wii

1. Copy the apps folder to the root of your SD card or USB drive:

   SD:/apps/minicraft/
     ├── boot.dol
     ├── icon.png
     └── meta.xml
   

2. Insert your SD card/USB into your Nintendo Wii.
3. Launch Minicraft from the Homebrew Channel.

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🛠️ Building from Source

Requirements

• devkitPro with devkitPPC, libogc, wii-sdl, wii-portlibs (or use Docker image devkitpro/devkitppc:latest).
• CMake 3.13+

Build command (Linux / WSL / Docker):

source /opt/devkitpro/wiivars.sh
cmake -B build-wii -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=/opt/devkitpro/cmake/Wii.cmake
cmake --build build-wii

This produces minicraft.dol inside the build-wii/ directory.

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📜 Credits

• Markus "Notch" Persson – Original Minicraft game concept and design.
• TheBigEye – C & SDL reimplementation.
• Minicraft Plus Revived Team – Textures and mechanics reference.
• szablewskidex / txmbrs – Nintendo Wii & PSP ports, enhanced systems (Bow/Arrow, Fishing, Animals, Dungeons, Minimap Radar, Rumble, Armors, Doors, Boat, Audio, Controllers, Day/Night).

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⚖️ License

This project is open-source and released under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for full terms and copyright notices.