Notch Wants To Make a Firefly-Inspired Sandbox Space Game 227
silentbrad sends this snippet from PCGamer:
"After stepping back as lead designer of Minecraft earlier this year, Notch has been considering what to do next. ... While he's still deciding exactly what he wants to work on, he told us that he'd quite like to do a sandbox space trading game like Elite, 'except done right.' Notch is aiming for something with a bit more character than the classic trading sim. Instead of being the spaceship, you'd be a character inside the spaceship. 'I want the space game that's more like Firefly,' he said. 'I want to run around on my ship and have to put out a fire. Like, oh crap, the cooling system failed, I have to put out the fire here.' He hasn't decided to make the game yet, and doesn't mind if someone else takes up the reins. 'If someone steals the idea before me, that's totally fine. I just want to play that game,' he said."
Notch (Score:5, Funny)
Is Notch his real name or just his street name on... developer... street...
Re:EVE Online (Score:4, Funny)
I thought EVE Online already was the sandbox space/trading sim "done right"
Will it let you burn the land, or boil the sea?
Re:amazing (Score:4, Funny)
Are you kidding?
Minecraft is nowhere complete. It has 1% of the content a game like that should have. Personally I will never give Notch another cent. He starts games, makes promises, and then doesn't finish them. Minecraft was an innovative concept, nothing more. Notch did nothing with it. Nothing. Now all the players of Minecraft are relying on modders to make the game fun. It shouldn't be that way.
You're right. What minecraft really needs is a few romance options some poorly written plot elements and an epic ending where the ceiling collapses and everyone dies.