Who higher to make a real rival to the behemoth that’s Minecraft than the developer that created it within the first place? For a short time, this appeared like a real risk, as Markus ‘Notch’ Persson pitched the concept of creating his personal ‘Minecraft 2’ sandbox recreation. Nonetheless, it now looks like that dream is over already, because the developer has revealed he’s going to pursue a roguelike ardour venture as an alternative.
For the unaware, Notch was the unique architect of Minecraft, and on the flip of the New Yr he gave his giant social media following the selection of what his new recreation needs to be – a first-person, tile-based roguelike or a religious successor to the enduring sandbox recreation he created. Regardless of votes being overwhelmingly in favor of Minecraft 2, Notch has now revealed that he shall be growing his roguelike recreation Levers and Chests as an alternative.
When musing over which recreation to make final week, Notch stated that whereas he didn’t “super duper care” which of the 2 tasks he took on, he would “absolutely be willing to give it [a Minecraft spiritual successor] an honest shot.” Nonetheless, after posting a ballot, Notch did beg his followers to vote for his roguelike dungeon crawler thought. Regardless of his pleas, the group has leaned overwhelmingly in direction of the Minecraft rival – on the time of writing, it has 81% of the votes.
It appears, although, that democracy is useless. Sorry, Minecraft followers. In a brand new put up on X, Notch says: “Talked to the fellas at the office. Looks like we’re making Levers and Chests!”
In one among his many replies to followers (each upset and excited ones) he says extra particularly that Levers and Chests shall be “a turn based old school roguelike, presented in the format of an old school first person party based dungeon crawler.”
When requested why he went towards the grain of the vote and determined to not make a brand new Minecraft rival, Notch says: “Trust me, the spiritual successor would be way less fun than the dungeon roguelike. They’re always kinda sad nostalgia dumps.”
I can think about a few of you long-time Minecraft followers on the market could also be affected by a good bit of emotional whiplash proper now. A challenger to one of many greatest and greatest PC video games of all time, made by its authentic creator? That’s a scrumptious prospect that’s sadly been served up and binned throughout the area of per week. Nonetheless, you possibly can carry on constructing in Mojang’s behemoth – you’ll want to take a look at our greatest Minecraft seeds information earlier than you head again in.
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