# Terasology [](http://jenkins.terasology.org/job/Terasology/) [](../../releases/latest) [](../../releases/latest) [](https://www.bountysource.com/teams/MovingBlocks) [](https://lgtm.com/projects/g/MovingBlocks/Terasology/alerts/) [](https://lgtm.com/projects/g/MovingBlocks/Terasology/context:java) [-Apache%202.0-blue.svg)](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0) [-CC%20BY%204.0-blue.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) [](http://discord.gg/Terasology) [](https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=terasology) Welcome! The Terasology project was born from a Minecraft-inspired tech demo and is becoming a stable platform for various types of gameplay settings in a voxel world. The [creators and maintainers](https://github.com/MovingBlocks/Terasology/blob/develop/docs/Credits.md) are a diverse mix of software developers, designers, game testers, graphic artists, and musicians. We encourage others to join! Terasology is fully [open source](https://github.com/MovingBlocks/Terasology) and licensed [Apache 2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html) for code and [CC BY 4.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) for artwork (unless indicated otherwise - see [credits](docs/Credits.md) for minor exceptions) We encourage contributions from anybody and try to keep a warm and friendly community and maintain a [code of conduct](https://github.com/MovingBlocks/Terasology/blob/develop/docs/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)  ## Playing Terasology requires Java 8 - [download it here](https://www.java.com/en/download/). Also make sure that your graphics card driver is up to date. For easy setup (recommended) you can use our launcher - [download it here](https://github.com/MovingBlocks/TerasologyLauncher/releases) Direct download stable builds are uploaded to [our release section here on GitHub](https://github.com/MovingBlocks/Terasology/releases) while the cutting-edge develop version can be downloaded direct [here from our Jenkins](http://jenkins.terasology.org/job/DistroOmega/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/distros/omega/build/distributions/TerasologyOmega.zip) For more information about playing like hot keys or server hosting see the [dedicated page](docs/Playing.md) or check out the [modules](docs/Modules.md) ## Developing We have gone to great lengths to make developing and modding Terasology as easy as possible. We use Gradle to automate just about everything. As long as you have a [Java 8 SDK](http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html) running from source is a two step process: * Clone the code or download a zip * Run `gradlew game` (on Unixes, including macOS, run `./gradlew` everywhere you see `gradlew`) in the root of the project directory That's really it! If you want the project set up in [IntelliJ](https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/download/) (our favored IDE) you run `gradlew idea` then load the generated project config. Then you get a bunch of run configurations and other stuff for free! For more on developing/modding see the [wiki](https://github.com/MovingBlocks/Terasology/wiki) ## Links * [Game Credits](docs/Credits.md) * [Code of Conduct](docs/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) * [Playing](docs/Playing.md) * [Modules](docs/Modules.md) * [Developing](https://github.com/MovingBlocks/Terasology/wiki) * [Community Portal](http://forum.terasology.org) * [Reddit](http://www.reddit.com/r/Terasology) * [Twitter](https://twitter.com/Terasology) * [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/pages/Terasology/248329655219905) * [G+](https://plus.google.com/b/103835217961917018533) * [Discord](https://discord.gg/4uKbB8J)