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.
I have to say the concept and scenario are fucking fascinating.
Too bad the game is gonna be spartan in technical execution aka mostly plays in your head.
And its gonna be a massive time consumer..not sure if thats my affair.
ehm you don't see regular gamers writing mods for skyrim either
I can imagine that after some days/weeks the first custom UI or even new operating systems/applications for your ships computer show up, made by people that have a good understanding of assembler
ehm you don't see regular gamers writing mods for skyrim either
I can imagine that after some days/weeks the first custom UI or even new operating systems/applications for your ships computer show up, made by people that have a good understanding of assembler
Guess my assembler classes are gonna be useful for something after all xD
Not sure yet what to think of this. Guess it kinda depends on what monthly fee we're talking about here.
It is described as a testbed for the DCPU emulation that will eventually appear in the "game".
This is not a runnable game, just merely a .jar with bits of code and some rough screencaps. It's good for snooping around and seeing Notch's messy source code.
However, this is the "GAME" that the fat greedy neckbeard already wants you to pay monthly for.
Enjoy.
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
Minecraft creator Markus Persson AKA Notch has been working dutifully on his first post-Minecraft project,a space/sci fi game called 0X10^c. 0×10^c concerns the adventures of space travelers from 1988 who spend a tad longer in hibernation than intended. “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.” It promises single player and mutiplayer, hard sci fi (with “lots of engineering”), and other features ranging from funny to serious suggesting we’re getting a 3D version of the old text adventure based on the Hitchiker’s Guide To The Galaxy.
Anyway, Notch has finally released some early test footage from the game to YouTube. And here it is, focused, as he says, on “Physics, bobbing, and guns”.
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
1000 codes for the full version of 0x10c - register at account.mojang.com (you can migrate your existing minecraft account there, too). A lot of them have already been used, so be quick.
@ stormwolf: register, click on my account. there you'll find a link to redeem keys. but it's futile now.. i've copy and pasted my fingers to a pulp and all of them are taken already.
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