Post by trog @ 12:20pm 08/04/11 | 24 Comments
There's also a snippet about some of the new features which you can expect to see in v1.5, which he guesses will land next week:
We’ve been working on finishing up Achievements and Statistics for 1.5, I ran into some issues with JSON, got frustrated, and added weather instead. Developing new features like that is what I enjoy doing the most, so I ended up covering a lot of ground. There’s periodic downfall (snow in snowy areas, rain in others, nothing in deserts) that make the sky darker, hides the sun, moon and stars, and makes everything wet. Ice grows back in cold regions, and snowfall covers the ground when it’s snowing. During rain/snow, there can be occasional thunderstorms with lightning. I haven’t finished the actual lightning bolt yet, but everything else is fairly done.If you're unfamiliar with Minecraft, hit up our game page.
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Posted 12:28pm 08/4/11
Posted 12:33pm 08/4/11
Posted 12:34pm 08/4/11
Posted 12:41pm 08/4/11
Wind up your watch and change out of your elbow patch jacket first though, or else people might think you've been living under a rock for a while.
Posted 12:46pm 08/4/11
Posted 01:10pm 08/4/11
Posted 01:44pm 08/4/11
F*****g typical. This guy has all the money in the f*****g world to make this thing work and yet it's still moving at snails pace.
It really pisses me off when people do this. They don't stay true to their roots and respect the people and things that got them their fame etc.
EDIT: " Achievements and Statistics" - WHAT THE F***??? MORE USELESS S***!!!!!
last edited by gamer at 13:44:51 08/Apr/11
Posted 01:45pm 08/4/11
Notch needs to realise there is massive potential for Minecraft, and actually sit down and develop a heap of ideas, especially a mod API. If you can't develop, then at least allow the modders the ability to mod without having to worry about updates. Also, a few of the recent additions have been done by modders where Notch has figured it was easier to take them.
Posted 01:47pm 08/4/11
Doing the exact same thing once you've made millions is practically the definition of staying true to your roots.
Posted 01:58pm 08/4/11
Multiplayer portals perhaps
Posted 02:07pm 08/4/11
That way they can sit back and have money fights while the fans work on the game.
Posted 07:51pm 09/4/11
But apparently not, which is sad, because I thought he would stick to his pace and attitude. Money does change a man...
Posted 11:32pm 10/4/11
Posted 12:04am 11/4/11
There is already a shader mod (which i'm using) which can do some amazing things and turn minecraft into a windwaker style, cel shaded game.
I like the idea for weather but achivements and statistics? yeah pretty useless if you ask me. I would like him make modding eaiser and make them like how you select a texture pack with a menu and all. That would be so kick ass and would eliminate some issues you have now with mods breaking your game so it won't boot.
I've even seen a mod which spawns bots in single player which have specific tasks. Like a miner who will go and fun ore then return it to base camp. A lumberjack who cuts down trees for you and s***. Even a mod which spawns random towns and NPCs who walk around so the world doesn't feel so empty when your in single player. That's something notch should perhaps look into. Not some of this boring stuff.
Posted 06:03am 11/4/11
Holy s*** yes.
You know your game is popular when modders will decompile every single point release just to integrate their unofficial mods into the code. If there were a compelling mod that came along they would surely make another 5 million bucks on top of the fat loot they already have.
Posted 07:54am 11/4/11
there has already been a tonne of great things suggested for this game that he still refuses to work on because he 'prefers other things' (his words! - hey mate, i dont f*****g care what you prefer, we pay for what we want you c****tick)...
arg, i wish I could take my money back and uninstall the game.
1. Proper mod support
2. More bricks and crafts (do i really need to give examples? teleporters, more vehicles, more crafting types, more usable items like chests that you can lock with a code etc)
3. Bugfixes (why cant I fence in animals and have them stay there when I walk away from them? things like this are necessary imo for 'farming' and building proper towns etc)
4. Improved multiplayer (delete the single player code, bring the multipler code up to speed so that singleplayer is just a listen server or you join your own dedicated server for 1 person etc)
5. Improved graphics
In that order.
Posted 07:56am 11/4/11
Posted 08:23am 11/4/11
Posted 09:09am 11/4/11
Posted 09:32am 11/4/11
Posted 10:19am 11/4/11
just cause we buy something, even in beta, or alpha, doesn't mean we get to dictate what the outcome will be, we are merely supporting it future devolopment
i like minecraft, alot, the game is what you make of it and there is a challenge to it, no matter how you play
and i like the changes that are happening, they seem more polished now, less buggy it is all good
Posted 11:20am 11/4/11
clerks had it right, the customer is a moron
Posted 12:27pm 11/4/11
If Minecraft were on the 3DS. F*****g. Awesome.
Posted 01:03pm 11/4/11
No doubt he has had great success with this, but it could be so much bigger if he didn't piss off the masses and instead produced for them exactly what they are asking for.
Instead updates slow to a crawl, he starts projects no one gives a s*** about and some of the content he is adding, no one really asked for or wanted.
Once you start charging for a indie game, it's no longer your little hobby, it's a commercial product, and we should be able to at the very least, expect that bugs are ironed out. Take for instance, how long has it been that the side of grass blocks are an incorrect colour? That's an easy fix.