A dev on Minecraft-like Hytale has already used its creative tools to make a homebrew side-scroller

Even Hytale, the long-awaited, standalone Minecraft-like due to release into early access Jan. 13, can have its origins ...
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Minecraft's getting cuter baby animals whose single pixel eyes you can stare into as you nudge them into lava

Then, test the new baby animals out by enabling previews/beta for Minecraft's Bedrock Edition, or snapshots if you're a Java ...