CaptainJester
JGO Neuromancer  Posts: 1138 Medals: 8
Make it work; make it better.
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2010-09-23 07:56:54 » |
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http://texyt.com/minecraft+persson+notch+indie+game+success+00127I especially like this line: Many of those who tried the game, which has been dubbed 'Minecrack' for its addictive quality, obviously liked it so much that they purchased it as soon as the servers came back online on Wednesday.
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Gudradain
Sr. Member Posts: 371 Medals: 8
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2010-09-23 11:28:02 » |
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Wow, doing 1/4 million per day. It's crazy.
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OverKill
Sr. Member Posts: 337
Java games rock!
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2010-09-24 03:19:23 » |
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Yep, there was also an article on golem.de yesterday.
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Games published by our own members! Go get 'em! 
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Nate
JGO Neuromancer Posts: 1063 Medals: 30
mooooo
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2010-09-24 03:49:55 » |
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It's all I can do to set my jealousy aside.  I think it is absolutely fantastic what he is accomplishing. It's a huge inspiration for me. My criteria for success is such a small fraction of what Markus shows is possible. I'm going to start a new routine: wake up, check Minecraft sales, punch myself in the face a couple times, and CODE. No OSS, no forums, no Super Street Fighter IV, no masturbation. I have a few weeks now with minimal "real" work distractions, I plan to get something released! |
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zammbi
JGO Strike Force Posts: 963 Medals: 9
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2010-09-24 04:19:04 » |
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It's a huge inspiration for me. And me. I'm going to start a new routine: wake up, check Minecraft sales, punch myself in the face a couple times, and CODE. No OSS, no forums, no Super Street Fighter IV, no masturbation. I have a few weeks now with minimal "real" work distractions, I plan to get something released! Haha, yeah I'm trying that too... |
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CyanPrime
JGO Ninja Posts: 683 Medals: 7
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2010-09-24 04:27:29 » |
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It's all I can do to set my jealousy aside. I think everyone on these forums is at least a little jealous. Marcus is a really great coder though. |
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princec
« League of Dukes » JGO Kernel  Posts: 8089 Medals: 95
Eh? Who? What? ... Me?
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2010-09-24 05:04:16 » |
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Wretched game! Lost 4 hours of my life to it last night. Back to work! Cas  |
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zammbi
JGO Strike Force Posts: 963 Medals: 9
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2010-09-24 05:24:13 » |
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I think everyone on these forums is at least a little jealous. Marcus is a really great coder though.
Who wouldn't? A great game, plenty of money, respected by many and geeky woman changing you. One day I would like a piece of that dream! hehe... |
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CyanPrime
JGO Ninja Posts: 683 Medals: 7
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2010-09-24 10:44:13 » |
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The best thing about it is that Markus is doing this with java, so we all benefit from it cause people will see that you can make games better than flash.
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princec
« League of Dukes » JGO Kernel Posts: 8089 Medals: 95
Eh? Who? What? ... Me?
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2010-09-24 11:28:08 » |
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Nobody cares if it's Java or Flash. Cas |
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Games published by our own members! Go get 'em! 
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h3ckboy
JGO Kernel Posts: 1645 Medals: 4
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2010-09-24 12:37:46 » |
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but what it does do is increase the number of jvm's (I think  ) |
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delt0r
Sr. Member Posts: 412 Medals: 12
Computers can do that?
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2010-09-26 11:18:21 » |
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And more to the point, nobody (users) should care if its flash/java or even html5/js. It should just (more or less) work.
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I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.--Albert Einstein
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OverKill
Sr. Member Posts: 337
Java games rock!
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2010-09-27 03:38:10 » |
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o/c we are envious. At least a little.
I'm just happy it happened to Markus, he deserves it!
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ido
Jr. Member Posts: 95
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2010-09-28 08:00:53 » |
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No OSS, no forums, no Super Street Fighter IV, no masturbation.
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steveyO
Sr. Member Posts: 310 Medals: 4
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2010-09-28 08:28:10 » |
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Yeah, That's a little extreme. Personally I'll stick to my below par game and enjoy myself a bit more :-)
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gouessej
JGO Kernel Posts: 3560 Medals: 30
TUER
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2010-09-28 09:13:48 » |
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I think everyone on these forums is at least a little jealous. Marcus is a really great coder though.
Marcus has done something great, Minecraft is a success (and I like his other games too) but I'm neither jealous nor envious because we have different objectives. |
Julien Gouesse
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fruitmaze
Full Member Posts: 156 Medals: 3
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2010-09-28 10:42:39 » |
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Wow!
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gouessej
JGO Kernel Posts: 3560 Medals: 30
TUER
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2010-10-01 07:14:42 » |
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Wow!
What is wrong? I respect his point of view, he has his own objectives. |
Julien Gouesse
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Eli Delventhal
« League of Dukes » JGO Kernel Posts: 3574 Medals: 44
Game Engineer
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2010-10-03 14:43:25 » |
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What is wrong? I respect his point of view, he has his own objectives.
I'm pretty sure fruitmaze was responding to the post, not you, hence him not quoting your message... |
See my work:OTC Software<br /> Currently Working On:Secret project... I edit JGO in production, because I simply don't waste time writing bugs
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nonnus29
JGO Ninja Posts: 687
Giving Java a second chance after ludumdare fiasco
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2010-10-16 21:54:06 » |
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I love that this has happened to Markus, no one deserves success more than him. He's always been very open and supportive. Some one made an iPhone port of Miners4k and sold it via the app store, with Markus blessing. And we all know he's a brilliant developer, I still think that hexagon logic gate thingy was the most brilliant thing ever.
One of my favorite things has been to check the Minecraft stats page and watch the number of purchases climb ever higher. Minecraft is hugely successfully. All the gamers at my day job are playing it, and can't believe they're loving a 'pc game' (they're console gamers mostly).
Plus this is the first HUGE Java game, we all have Markus to thank for that.
Go Markus! Woohoo!!
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h3ckboy
JGO Kernel Posts: 1645 Medals: 4
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2010-10-17 07:19:33 » |
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Plus this is the first HUGE Java game, we all have Markus to thank for that.
we cant forget runescape |
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