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Notch is no longer lead developer on Minecraft

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Re: Notch is no longer lead developer on Minecraft

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Post by TylerE »

shmeeps wrote: post #2

Gave this an upvote, since it's from the official Notch blog instead of what could have been possible conjecture from reddit.

Please don't let this bit of reddit-stupidity transfer here. "LOl upvotd" posts don't add anything and just clutter the discussion.

Re: Notch is no longer lead developer on Minecraft

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Post by jpeterson »

TylerE wrote: post #4
shmeeps wrote: post #2

Gave this an upvote, since it's from the official Notch blog instead of what could have been possible conjecture from reddit.

Please don't let this bit of reddit-stupidity transfer here. "LOl upvotd" posts don't add anything and just clutter the discussion.

Too late. HN has basically become reddit.com/r/programming in the last year or so. The glory days are over. You have to admire how long the quality remained high, though.

Re: Notch is no longer lead developer on Minecraft

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Post by v21 »

I'm glad this is the case. A common trap for indie developers is to make one game, have it be at least partially successful, and then to continue to make that game - making DLC, expansions, porting it to other platforms, making a multiplayer version etc. It makes me sad as a player, because it's done instead of developing something new. It's far better to pass on these porting efforts to other developers and to get to work creating new IP, as Notch is doing.

I'm more familiar with games than with startup culture - does the same thing apply there?

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