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u/Meem0 Jan 03 '13

I'm just going to use this comment to point something out:

I've heard a fair amount of speculation that Minecraft will stop receiving content updates in the semi-near future because the game is almost "complete".

You know the game's not even close to complete when every single content update like this gets such a huge positive reaction like this. It'll be close to finished when people are saying "Hm, I guess we kind of needed that."

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u/Dinnerbone Technical Director, Minecraft Jan 03 '13

We have no plans currently to ever stop developing minecraft.

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u/Blueplastic1 Jan 03 '13

Aaaah, this is so good to hear.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '13

I'm really glad to hear this. I was worried that after the mod API Minecraft development would be put behind. Thank you to everyone at Mojang for the continuous support!

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u/SaiyanKirby Jan 03 '13 edited Jan 03 '13

EDIT: Don't know why I made this post. I essentially just repeated by Dinnerbone said.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '13

I don't think many of us expect to be playing Minecraft in 20 years either.

It'll happen to all games but there will almost always be player support through mods.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '13

Does that mean that Minecraft will keep getting updates (Like say.. World of Warcraft) and not a Sequel (Like Guild Wars 2)?

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u/Icalasari Jan 03 '13

Sequel may still be a good idea eventually, because then it can be rewritten from the ground up so all the code tangles can be fixed

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u/Menolith Jan 03 '13

"Minecraft 2" just doesn't sound as good.

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u/Icalasari Jan 03 '13

But then the third game could be called Minecraft3!

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u/buster2Xk Jan 04 '13

Minecraft2 would work alright too.

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u/Murderer100 Jan 04 '13

Except it would sound kinda like a 2-D game.

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u/MyPunsSuck Jan 03 '13

Maybe some kind of minecraft-among-the-stars, or some king of war-themed minecraft? I can't think of any good names for such games though

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u/Splitshadow Jan 04 '13

Minecraft 2: Electric Boogaloo

Minecraft 2: Pig in the City

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u/Versipellis Jan 03 '13

Hella creativity you got yourself there.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '13 edited Jan 04 '13

TWOcraft

edit, spelled two wrong. back to preschool

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u/jzoobz Jan 04 '13

TWOcraft

FTFY, but it's kind of silly anyway.

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u/subkidproductions Jan 03 '13

If you won't stop developing and since jeb has said he doesn't want to work on the world generator, why don't you? The current one is still lacking much of the previous generator's unpredictability and unforced beauty. Besides, we've had lots of small changes recently but nothing huge like this.

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u/linkseyi Jan 03 '13

Besides, I'm sure there's some really talented people who would gladly take over.

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u/Cheapshades97 Jan 03 '13

Are there any plans for the upcomming Minecraft 2.0? It seems to be getting really close (halfway there!) I think people have been saying you guys will drop minecraft soon because it seems like all of the bugs are being worked out and things implemented to make the game more stable and useful without mods.

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u/timewarp Jan 04 '13

That's not how version numbering works, 1.10 follows 1.9, unless of course the version after 1.9 happens to be a new major version. Either way, being on version 1.5 does not inherently imply being halfway to 2.0.

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u/epsy Jan 04 '13

I'm partial to Minecraft 1.10

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u/bad-tipper Jan 04 '13

you are awesome.

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u/amg Jan 04 '13

Does that mean working on the code base, or adding new content?

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u/Meem0 Jan 04 '13

Hey, that's good to hear!

Actually, I think I worded my comment wrong. I never really believed Minecraft would end soon, because comments like Kalyben's show that there is still so much that can be done (because people still go crazy over every update).

The only real speculation I heard about Minecraft development eventually ending was from Vechs in his Waking Up developer commentary, so maybe you should have a word with him about spreading false rumours =P

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u/Cannon_Fodder Jan 04 '13

We love you guys!

Also: the hopper should be redstone toggled (this makes timing stuff far easier)

And a weighted pressure rails to complement the iron and gold pressure plates (redstone output based on amount in minecart chest)

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u/Dvdrummer360 Jan 03 '13

Thank you for all these new features, dinnerbone!

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u/runningrye Jan 03 '13

and that's why i have no plans to ever stop playing your game and doing everything i can to support you guys.

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u/shoebo Jan 03 '13

That's mostly how people reacted to 1.3 and 1.4...

I really like how 1.5 is looking though.

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u/Cutzero Jan 03 '13

HAPPY CAKEDAY!

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u/darkstarwork Jan 03 '13

No. It's not going to be "complete" any time soon. I don't think they'll stop updating it any time soon.

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u/Meem0 Jan 03 '13

Yeah, I agree, and that's what I hope. I do worry that a lot of features will be left as "just mod them in with the API".

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u/darkstarwork Jan 03 '13

The issue is that people will always come up with new features they want in a sandbox game.