Notch creates 'Minicraft' in less than 48 hours, you can play it now
by Richard Mitchell 
on Dec 19th 2011 12:57PM
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Posted: Dec 19th 2011 1:07PM JakeAuditore said
Poor Man's Minecraft.
Posted: Dec 19th 2011 1:09PM (Unverified) said
I've played games in Alpha, and i hate it. Why would i want to play a game that's only 48 hours in?
Posted: Dec 19th 2011 1:33PM Scuffles said
@(Unverified)
Hmm gee, maybe because the whole concept behind the Ludum Dare is to go from blank slate to minigame during a 48hr crunchtime....
As to why you should want to play a game thats only 48hrs in... dunno if you don't want to then don't, its not like anyone is asking you to. I on the other hand am going to enjoy seeing what Notch and the some odd other 600 entries managed to make in those 48hrs.
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Hmm gee, maybe because the whole concept behind the Ludum Dare is to go from blank slate to minigame during a 48hr crunchtime....
As to why you should want to play a game thats only 48hrs in... dunno if you don't want to then don't, its not like anyone is asking you to. I on the other hand am going to enjoy seeing what Notch and the some odd other 600 entries managed to make in those 48hrs.
Posted: Dec 19th 2011 1:39PM Once known as Shadsy said
@(Unverified) The idea is that the entire thing was done in 48 hours, not just a 48 hour test of it.
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Posted: Dec 19th 2011 1:11PM Diet Kane said
He put more work into this than he's put into the entirety of Meincraften.
Posted: Dec 19th 2011 1:39PM Once known as Shadsy said
At least it doesn't have a food system!
Posted: Dec 19th 2011 1:45PM KrazyCalvin said
One trick pony.
Posted: Dec 19th 2011 1:54PM Chibi Chaingun said
Needs moar dubstep!
Posted: Dec 19th 2011 1:55PM whatkey said
This concept should just replace the minecraft PE proect.
Posted: Dec 19th 2011 1:57PM Copybass Ah jeez zombies said
At least he managed to finish something to do with Minecraft, too bad he jumped ship on Minecraft before he finished it.
Posted: Dec 19th 2011 2:02PM 343 Guilty Fart said
One time in a programming class we had to make a game in 4 hours and I made this game in java and this just shows notch isnt good progrramer and i could do better and... oh wait, wrong thread.
Posted: Dec 19th 2011 2:49PM Cap Morgan said
@343 Guilty Fart
I made a game in 5 days and it wasn't this good. He's a better programmer than I.
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I made a game in 5 days and it wasn't this good. He's a better programmer than I.
Posted: Dec 19th 2011 4:41PM 343 Guilty Fart said
poor attempt at sarcasm, go read the thread under yesterday's article about this
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Posted: Dec 19th 2011 2:41PM KirbyCommando said
I'm having more fun with this game than I did with minecraft.
This game is the shizz.
This game is the shizz.
Posted: Dec 19th 2011 8:12PM SuperWoody64 said
@KirbyCommando
I can't kill anything without getting hit. I suck with the arrows!
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I can't kill anything without getting hit. I suck with the arrows!
Posted: Dec 19th 2011 3:39PM MuneBeam said
I'll pass.
Posted: Dec 19th 2011 4:39PM chronicus pr1me said
Game is good. I've paid to play far worse on XBL Indies,arcade and PSN minis,that's for sure.
Posted: Dec 19th 2011 5:53PM Cave Johnson said
I'm absolutely shocked that he didn't charge for this. After the 43 other versions of Minecraft that he's crapped out in the past year, I assumed he loved his money
Posted: Dec 19th 2011 7:11PM Levi said
This is actually pretty neat! At first, it seems repetitive and pointless, but the more you wander, the more there is to the game. The perma-death makes it challenging.
I'm actually quite surprised this was done in 2 days. It's a better achievement than all of the numerous years I've tried making games in Klik n Play / The Games Factory / Multimedia Fusion 1 & 2 / Blitz Basic...
I'm actually quite surprised this was done in 2 days. It's a better achievement than all of the numerous years I've tried making games in Klik n Play / The Games Factory / Multimedia Fusion 1 & 2 / Blitz Basic...
