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Mojang crafting official iPhone/iPad Minecraft release [update: Android too!]

by JC Fletcher on Feb 21st 2011 11:15AM

The unsanctioned iPhone version of Minecraft might have been taken down like a shoddy lean-to during a zombie invasion, but it'll be replaced this year by something way better: an official version developed by Mojang. Minecraft creator Markus Persson told Gamasutra that a new Mojang employee, Aron Neiminen, is working on the port with a release targeted for 2011.

Persson said that not every update for the PC/Mac beta will be implemented in the iOS version, but that instead Mojang will curate the feature set based on what "makes sense" for the iPhone and iPad controls.

Update: Kotaku reports that Minecraft is headed to the Android platform as well.

Source: Gamasutra

Tags: aron-neiminen, ios, ipad, iphone, Minecraft, mobile, Mojang-Specifications

Reader Comments (46)

Awesome. They killing it!

That noise was the sound of my free time being shot in the face.

@Captain Worcestershire

You know if this port was delayed till 2012 it would shed light on the end of the Mayan calander

Nothin' quite like gettin' yer crack on wherever you are.

Nothing for the droid, eh?

@Aussiemon Yet

@Aussiemon Oddly enough, Notch owns a droid (HTC Desire Z if I remember right), and the Android system has some of the same code as Java(Google is in court against Oracle now I think), which is used in Minecraft. So droids probably get soon after.

*WOOOT WOOOT* Awesome news, now i can take my crack to go.

i hope they let me transfer my world over somehow and then i can edit it on the go... actually for the sake of my job i hope it won't.

Jesus Christ will I not be able to escape my Minecraft addiction on the go too?

Sounds like it'd be great for iPad. Not sure how the small iPhone screen will do. Guess we'll have to wait and see.

you got a whole world in your hand

@RedFishFire

That's what he said.

Aron Neiminen? That's probably meant to be Nieminen...

@SirBucket

Well, 90% of gaming sites are spelling it the way Joystiq is... But there are still people doing it your way too. I smell a mystery!

@Colin It could still very well be Neiminen, but I was just thinking Nieminen would fit better since it's a Finnish name, and this is a Swedish creation xD Not surprised about most reporting it as Neiminen in any case, seeing as how Gamasutra said it's Neiminen.

@SirBucket ...lol really? Why arent you spending every second of your free time playing minecraft instead of debating the spelling of a name lol

In 2012 Minecraft becomes self aware and turns on it's creators.

@Spakkenkhrist
What are you talking about? Minecraft already turns me on.

Finally. I was blowing the shit out of my whistle on that fakecraft app.

...Must stay productive...must stay productive...

Awesome! I can't wait :)

Errrr, I play minecratft too much as it is, last thing i need if to have it on my iPad.

So, updates will be slower now? Wonderful.....

If they can get it to run on an iphone/ipod, I'd hope that they could optimize it for PC so I could run it on my netbook...

@FearTheMuffin Mods do the sort of optimization you want, but Notch doesn't look at those sorts of things.

Someone released a Angry Birds clone (as clone as it gets really) on XB Indie Games called Fishcraft. You aim fish to knock down some animal. It made me giggle and sigh at the same time. Check it out for a pathetic laugh.

@Jack Kevorkian

Will do! =)

@Accessgranted the fish even have the same colors and expressions as the angry birds. I think he just tossed on "-craft" for recongnition. made me lol

So interested in this game and been waiting for it to reach these platforms

How about you finish the PC/Mac/Linux version first?

First they start work on a second game before they have Minecraft finished, now this? Sorry Mojang, but for an indie developer, you're really rushing things. I am a patient gamer, but you are testing my patience.

@gregarine

Did you not get the part where it said he hired a new guy to do the porting? Notch is still working on Minecraft for PC.

@gregarine

Even then, you chose to buy an unfinished product. It's your own fault.

How the hell can the iOS handle the processing power MC requires? I assume it'll be dumbed down quite a bit... which isn't a huge deal, so I CAN'T F*CKING WAIT!!

I can barely get this game to work on my suped-up gaming rig, and it gets slower with every update. Good luck getting this to run on an iPhone.

@BlueRajasmyk
Say goodbye to Java.
Java makes the PC one slow and they're too lazy to develop it in something better.

@VeeDeeVee As a software developer who has done work in Java and C++, I can confidently say the speed problems with Java are a myth. The same program written in Java and C++ will run about 50% slower in Java; however, a game like Minecraft could easily be developed to not be CPU-bound, so that difference is irrelevant. The problem is not the language, but the coding (until recently, it was developed by one person - one person couldn't possibly write a decent engine by themselves in so little time).

For example, having decent occlusion culling could easily double the game's FPS; and there is no reason decaying leaves should take up 90% of CPU time on a server.

Great... This just highlights how much my laptop sucks. I mean on the laptop im currently on it works but is laggy as hell and dies at random occasions just forceshutting the game.

On the other hand this is good news, knowing that this game may expand to different platforms... Say handheld platforms i've already preordered.... coming out in aroundabouts a month.... *HINT HINT* *winks*

Somewhere, someone is siting on the can cheering for more enjoyable trips to the can.

Bring it to Android pl0x. :( My Archos 70 tablet cries out for the bl0x!

Android makes more sense. Do that first.

@ChuckBartowskiX

how does it make more sense?

@PR0F3TA
The hardware is faster and more open. There is a larger range of products that have it and are going to have it.

In their exact words, they said it won't be a direct transition. "Just the aspects that make sense for a touch based device"

..I dunno what that means, but I hope they go all out with it.

Source: http://www.ripten.com/2011/02/21/minecraft-coming-to-iphone-and-ipad-this-year-sam-n/

Very excited, always wanted to play Minecraft on my iPad.

The real question is:

When will I be able to play it on my PS3?

Better than that crap Minecraft World Explorer.

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