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Re: Chain World: a game that exists on a unique USB flash drive

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Post by MostAwesomeDude » Tue, Jul 19, 2011, 5:37 PM UTC

Scaevolus wrote: post #27

zacharycohn wrote: post #26

So... to add a little bit more to this story. I have a copy of Chain World. I was having lunch with a friend of mine in NYC a few weeks ago, and he was telling me about all this. He said that he was talking with his friend who got the USB drive from Rohrer (I assume this is Ji) and that before Ji sold it, he bootlegged a copy of it. A copy that my friend emailed to me. I have yet to play (I haven't played Minecraft b…

One question: Do the world save files all end in .dat, or do some end in .mcr? I ask because some of my code (optimized save file format) was first included in Minecraft 1.3, but from the article it's not apparent which version Chain World is based on.

Better, can you get it to be rebroadcast on a server? I'm sure that somebody, somewhere, is gonna be sharing this as soon as they get the world folder off that thing.

Re: Chain World: a game that exists on a unique USB flash drive

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Post by MostAwesomeDude » Tue, Jul 19, 2011, 5:41 PM UTC

ckolderup wrote: post #31

thret wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Could you make it so that the longer someone plays, the harder it is to stay alive? Armour provides progressively less protection, you require more food, there are more monsters, monsters are more powerful, lightning more frequent etc...

It was something I had discussed with some friends who were testing it, but the combination of "would require more work" (although not necessarily too much-- there are various mods based around "survival" concepts that I could theoretically use) plus "gets away from the basic concept of out-of-the-box Minecraft" left me unmotivated to continue.

The basic concepts of OOTB Minecraft include bugginess and poor performance. Don't be afraid to make something new.

Re: Chain World: a game that exists on a unique USB flash drive

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Post by zacharycohn » Tue, Jul 19, 2011, 5:44 PM UTC

MostAwesomeDude wrote: post #41

Scaevolus wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One question: Do the world save files all end in .dat, or do some end in .mcr? I ask because some of my code (optimized save file format) was first included in Minecraft 1.3, but from the article it's not apparent which version Chain World is based on.

Better, can you get it to be rebroadcast on a server? I'm sure that somebody, somewhere, is gonna be sharing this as soon as they get the world folder off that thing.

I wouldn't want to share it like that. Forking the project continues the experience - albeit slightly different than originally intended. If it was uploaded somewhere for anyone to get, it would be no different than any other downloadable Minecraft world.

The cool part isn't the world - it's the legacy of everyone who's played before you.

Re: Chain World: a game that exists on a unique USB flash drive

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Post by Shorel » Tue, Jul 19, 2011, 7:18 PM UTC

extension wrote: post #17

Games are usually not profound and thought provoking for the same reason food is usually not profound and thought provoking. That's just not the path to enjoyment that the medium is naturally inclined toward. Food, above all else, must be tasty . Likewise, games, above all else, must be fun to play -- or more precisely, must provide unusually fulfilling analogs of the plights and labours of real life. If you manage t…

Keto and Paleo people will argue that good, cerebral food is also very tasty.

Think about a dessert that requires pig fat in its recipe.