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Minecraft creator banks $350k a day, turns down job offers from Valve and Bungie

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Re: Minecraft creator banks $350k a day, turns down job offers from Valve and Bungie

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Post by code_duck »

aw3c2 wrote: post #71
vaksel wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think he'll be ok. Right now he is only selling to the early adopter crowd who doesn't mind the crappy graphics. Once he spends some money on graphic designers, he'll be able to get mainstream appeal. Once he has mainstream appeal, he can release it for the stores to sell. Which will boost his sales. But yeah...either way he has already made a ton of money off this game....at least a couple million. Which should gi…

I don't really see how you can "graphically improve" a game that is built around square voxel-like elements and pixel graphics. He definitely nears market saturation quickly.

Better textures and lighting?

Re: Minecraft creator banks $350k a day, turns down job offers from Valve and Bungie

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Post by yafujifide »

lrm242 wrote: post #74
raganwald wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A plumber climbs out of a manhole, and his arms are covered with - guess what? - excrement! A beautiful little girl in a beautiful white dress happens to pass by. The plumber seizes the opportunity and quickly, but firmly sweeps his hands over the girl’s white dress. Little girl (appalled): AAAH!! Plumber (outraged): Oh yeah? I bet you love to take a shit though. http://www.yosefk.com/blog/the-cardinal-programming-jo…

The poop leaves my bottom and goes into the toilet. I never touch it. Do you?

Actually, you do touch it.

Re: Minecraft creator banks $350k a day, turns down job offers from Valve and Bungie

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Post by tvon »

Groxx wrote: post #35

> turns down job offers from Valve and Bungie Thank God . Not that they haven't been successful, but I really want this to stay entirely in Notch's control, as that's precisely why it's succeeding.

How do you know it wouldn't be better and more successful if it was a Valve product?

Re: Minecraft creator banks $350k a day, turns down job offers from Valve and Bungie

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Post by [deleted] »

raganwald wrote: post #54
nihilocrat wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On a similar note, Minecraft is written in... get this ... Java Which seems to be the dorkiest and most uncool language on the planet if you were to ask HN.

A plumber climbs out of a manhole, and his arms are covered with - guess what? - excrement! A beautiful little girl in a beautiful white dress happens to pass by. The plumber seizes the opportunity and quickly, but firmly sweeps his hands over the girl’s white dress. Little girl (appalled): AAAH!! Plumber (outraged): Oh yeah? I bet you love to take a shit though. http://www.yosefk.com/blog/the-cardinal-programming-jo…

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Re: Minecraft creator banks $350k a day, turns down job offers from Valve and Bungie

#85

Post by wushupork »

aresant wrote: post #7
wushupork wrote: post #2

Why would you work for a software company if you are making that much?

Think Hollywood director type job offer. Use somebody else's money to build your dream product with a huge incredible staff. Get gauranteed, huge up front salary to do so. Take away a sizeable piece of the action on the success.

When you put it that way it makes sense. It all depends on what he wants right? Does he want the freedom of being able to do whatever he wants WHEN he wants or does he want to do a huge dream product w/ the dream team with all the bells and whistles.

Re: Minecraft creator banks $350k a day, turns down job offers from Valve and Bungie

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Post by varjag »

nihilocrat wrote: post #39
aresant wrote: post #6

The most refreshing part of this story is that it's not about the Apple / Google / etc App stores. Shows that exceptional indie products can get huge traction on a traditional platform, sort of like Braid on XBOX / PC / etc. That said, also excites me for the future when MSFT's & Apple's standard OS come with a servicable app store baked in.

On a similar note, Minecraft is written in... get this ... Java Which seems to be the dorkiest and most uncool language on the planet if you were to ask HN.

..so that's why it renders like a hog ;)

Re: Minecraft creator banks $350k a day, turns down job offers from Valve and Bungie

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Post by yafujifide »

zeteo wrote: post #25
bananaandapple wrote: post #22

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http://m00d.net/minecraft/sales/

That shows the maximum as 25000, not 36000 sales per day.

The number of copies are in Euros, and there are 1.44 US copies per Euro copy, so the number sold is 36000 US copies per day.

Re: Minecraft creator banks $350k a day, turns down job offers from Valve and Bungie

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Post by messel »

msie wrote: post #40

Good news: Indie developers can still get rich doing what they love. Bad news: You will probably not be one of them. ;-)

There it is my hopes dashing on the rocky shore a few thousand feet off this cliff.

I wonder how much time Mark Persson spends on HN?

Re: Minecraft creator banks $350k a day, turns down job offers from Valve and Bungie

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Post by messel »

I bought it a few weeks ago but only played twice (no time). My first time playing the demo I immediately was struck by several opportunities

1) converting 2D images into 3D minecraft world for artists and lazy people

2) Connecting 26 adjacent worlds to have a fluid adaptive minecraft universe. As users move from one world to the next it pulls in the data from the next set of adjacent worlds (no crossing lag). Folks can host their own worlds and pay for virtual real estate (hosting) or lay claim to a parts of a big cube, Thematically clustered worlds would be fantastic (hell worlds, water worlds, sky citiies, shopping districts, space worlds.. etc).

There's something oddly beautiful about building your own game world.

Re: Minecraft creator banks $350k a day, turns down job offers from Valve and Bungie

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Post by heresy »

nihilocrat wrote: post #39
aresant wrote: post #6

The most refreshing part of this story is that it's not about the Apple / Google / etc App stores. Shows that exceptional indie products can get huge traction on a traditional platform, sort of like Braid on XBOX / PC / etc. That said, also excites me for the future when MSFT's & Apple's standard OS come with a servicable app store baked in.

On a similar note, Minecraft is written in... get this ... Java Which seems to be the dorkiest and most uncool language on the planet if you were to ask HN.

It's not the language, it's what you do with it.

Everything else is just hot air.

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