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Re: I basically announced Minecraft 2

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Post by serf »

asking without malicious intent : is this behavior just attention-seeking for the rich and famous?

If Carmack mentioned a new game he was working on every other week people would stop and listen (and it would likely eventually materialize), but with Notch it feels more like "Oh, it's the annual big announcement where he reminds people that he makes games and that he continues to exist.", but the past few of those announcements have been filled with redirected ire (see: Microsoft, fans, the gaming industry, government, money), and the comments are filled with guru-like personal advice replies to fan questions about video games w.r.t. questions that don't call for the advice whatsoever.

All the more power to him if he releases another hit. I happened to think that the personality traits he acquired after his success are at odds with further critical successes.

Re: I basically announced Minecraft 2

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Post by beefnugs »

redundantly wrote: post #12
pram wrote: post #6

I actually have no idea what he’s trying to say lol

Neither does he. He's a hack.

The ultimate example of ripping off someone else's idea, sell it to giant evil corp and profit unbelievably. Then he has to go on years of spirit walks to figure out what is the meaning to being rich, then has to talk about how he is a good person publicly... when all he really has to do is make and release another game and people will try it out, and buy it if its any good.

Re: I basically announced Minecraft 2

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Post by lbussell »

dlhavema wrote: post #10

I'd rather him resurect that space game that was teased a while back.. The premise was something along the lines of the sleep timer had a byte overflow error or something and instead of sleeping 10 years, it ended up sleeping thousands... ( Edit for spelling I hope )

Yes - it was called 0x10c. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/0x10c

Re: I basically announced Minecraft 2

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Post by naruhodo »

jsheard wrote: post #11
asdff wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

a new engine would be welcome

Minecraft already got a new engine, it was rebuilt from scratch in C++ for the "Bedrock" edition which powers all of the console and mobile versions, and is on PC alongside the original Java version. Unless you mean another new engine after that one, but in any case Notch's code was always a mess so he's probably not the man for that job. I recall Java Minecraft modders having to optimize it themselves because the st…

Those in the know refer to the C++ version as "Bugrock".

Re: I basically announced Minecraft 2

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Post by jerlam »

serf wrote: post #21

asking without malicious intent : is this behavior just attention-seeking for the rich and famous? If Carmack mentioned a new game he was working on every other week people would stop and listen (and it would likely eventually materialize), but with Notch it feels more like "Oh, it's the annual big announcement where he reminds people that he makes games and that he continues to exist.", but the past few of those ann…

I would consider it common behavior done by people who are past their prime, are keenly aware of it, and trying to recapture those bygone days.

Re: I basically announced Minecraft 2

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Post by pohuing »

jsheard wrote: post #16
asdff wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I thought bedrock edition had certain constraints like finite world gen

The earlier console versions had finite worldgen due to memory constraints, but the newer versions of Bedrock do have infinite worlds. The main limitation of Bedrock is that it's just not as moddable since it's native code rather than easily decompiled bytecode.

It's Redstone engine also doesn't work as well for crazy doors and other crazy machinery: https://youtu.be/OmaXZldgq8U

Re: I basically announced Minecraft 2

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Post by nox101 »

beefnugs wrote: post #22
redundantly wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Neither does he. He's a hack.

The ultimate example of ripping off someone else's idea, sell it to giant evil corp and profit unbelievably. Then he has to go on years of spirit walks to figure out what is the meaning to being rich, then has to talk about how he is a good person publicly... when all he really has to do is make and release another game and people will try it out, and buy it if its any good.

Tell me more. What's this about stealing ideas?

Also, the game was huge success long before it was sold to MS.

Re: I basically announced Minecraft 2

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Post by MemesAndBooze »

beefnugs wrote: post #22
redundantly wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Neither does he. He's a hack.

The ultimate example of ripping off someone else's idea, sell it to giant evil corp and profit unbelievably. Then he has to go on years of spirit walks to figure out what is the meaning to being rich, then has to talk about how he is a good person publicly... when all he really has to do is make and release another game and people will try it out, and buy it if its any good.

Yeah yeah, meanwhile, he's counting the pile of money he made by creating and selling a video game and enjoying life, while you're on HN sulking

Re: I basically announced Minecraft 2

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Post by monstertank »

If Notch loves making games, I'm all for it. If it gave his life meaning and he is good at it and he loves it...bro can do whatever. Being rich, being famous or being the minecraft dude...none of that should matter. He is just a guy and everyone should treat him like any other guy. Life is life, do what you love and enjoy the short time we all have. Notch gave me lots of joy, why would I ever want anything less for him.
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