Finally I have decided for which game to vote!
I vote for Carbone.
Reason: Of all the subgames which have been suggested, this is the subgame with the most gameplay-related stuff in it. It features 3D mobs and for me, the mobs seem to work pretty stable. I am glad to see the return of the dungeon master and oerkki. A lot of crafting recipes are available, which is great for creativity needs.
Also, it has a good polished customized interface. However, Carbone seems to be far from finished. There could be even more mobs, there are also balancing issues. I think the subgame becomes too easy as soon you have obtained all the diamond stuff. But still, Carbone is the best choice and the best minetest_game improvement subgame in my eyes.
Minetest NeXt is a nice little improvement over minetest_game, however, the changes are too few and too subtle to earn a vote. For me, this subgame feels like little more than a different texture pack and a slightly improved HUD. But apart from that, the changes are minimal. The contestants are too strong.
Nodetest was a strong contestant, but it won’t get my vote. Nodetest is interesting because is has a pretty good mapgen for the surface area, creating vast terrains. It is nice to be able to run along the surface and just explore. This goes very well along with its preinstalled texture pack. Apparently a good texture pack can really make a big difference.
The gameplay is lacking content, but it comes with some interesting crafting ideas and takes some interesting other approaches. But there is not a lot of content there and it seems to me that this subgame is still way too underdeveloped. Because Nodetest looks like it goes a different direction, I will keep an eye on it and see what the future brings.
I have not tried Dreambuilder yet, but I am not really interested in it.
PS:
celeron55 wrote:hoodedice wrote:I would go for Ethreal. It is different enough from MC to not appear as a ripoff, and it is pretty varied too
I agree that Ethereal is very nice. But this is not a subgame, it is a mod. So it doesn’t count.
PPS: Oops! I wasn’t talking about Nodetopia, I was talking about Nodetest, actually. Sorry! I edited the post.