Notch's Upcoming Game: 0x10c

[monochromaticx]

Hi, I'm Notch, and this is my new game. It's going to be a space game, and it's quite ambitious!

The game is still extremely early in development, but like we did with Minecraft, we expect to release it early and let the players help me shape the game as it grows.

The cost of the game is still undecided, but it's likely there will be a monthly fee for joining the Multiverse as we are going to emulate all computers and physics even when players aren't logged in.

Backstory and Setting

In a parallel universe where the space race never ended, space travel was gaining popularity amongst corporations and rich individuals.

In 1988, a brand new deep sleep cell was released, compatible with all popular 16 bit computers. Unfortunately, it used big endian, whereas the DCPU-16 specifications called for little endian. This led to a severe bug in the included drivers, causing a requested sleep of 0x0000 0000 0000 0001 years to last for 0x0001 0000 0000 0000 years.

It's now the year 281 474 976 712 644 AD, and the first lost people are starting to wake up to a universe on the brink of extinction, with all remote galaxies forever lost to red shift, star formation long since ended, and massive black holes dominating the galaxy.

Game Features

The game is still very early in development, but here is a list of things we hope to include:

Hard science fiction.
Lots of engineering.
Fully working computer system.
Space battles against the AI or other players.
Abandoned ships full of loot.
Duct tape!
Seamlessly landing on planets.
Advanced economy system.
Random encounters.
Mining, trading, and looting.
Single and multi player connected via the multiverse.

The Generator and the Computer

Each ship has a generator capable of producing a fixed wattage, and everything you connect to it drains wattage. A cloaking field, for example, might require almost all the power from the generator, forcing you to turn off all computers and dim all lights in order to successfully cloak.

The computer in the game is a fully functioning emulated 16 bit CPU that can be used to control your entire ship, or just to play games on while waiting for a large mining operation to finish.

Full specifications of the CPU will be released shortly, so the more programatically advanced of you can get a head start.
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All of this information is on the official website: http://0x10c.com/

So, what are the thoughts of our Minecraft crowd?
I personally don't really care much about this since I didn't enjoy Minecraft alot. BUT the concept does sound interesting.

[knowname]

Wait we're gonna pay a 'nominal' monthly fee (roughly 5 bucks I'm guessing) to help develop a game?? thats over 50 bucks if the development time is like minecraft (at only 5 bucks a month) before we even play the full game?? And how much was Minecraft, 5 bucks?? You think we love you that much?? ... ... HELL YES WE DO!! DROP YOUR *** LET ME **&*^%&%&!

/sarcasm

This is the same reaction many gamers get to some asinine Steam announcements. WAKE UP YOU BLIND SHEEP!!

[Chip]

And how much was Minecraft, 5 bucks??

$20. I'm gonna assume this next game won't be based on low textured cubes, so it's pretty safe to say we probably won't be seeing this game for a while.

[Brisby]

It's too early to say anything about it really. The multiplayer is going to be monthly subscription but the single player option doesn't have a reoccuring fee, just so you know.

[Schizophriend]

So its like a sci-fi MMO?

Mmmmmeeeehhh....

Love sci-fi, not big on MMOs. I am one of the few who had little to no interest in Minecraft. lol. I'll just wait til there is a trailer/gameplay vid for this a year from now before I say anything about it.

[puff]

Sounds pretty cool........although I hope it trys to be different through something else other than looking like a blocky turd.

[tetraology]

It's now the year 281 474 976 712 644 AD...

Shouldn't the year be 4,294,969,284?

Other than that who knows. I like space. I like computer stuff. I don't like paying monthly.

[monochromaticx]

Early Screenshots of the prototype: