Notch Unveils His New Game

[Kahani]

The computer in the game is a fully functioning emulated 16 bit CPU that can be used to... play games on while waiting for a large mining operation to finish

Or you could just press Alt+Tab.

 

[rapidoud]

Sounds like Dwarf Fortress IN SPACE!

 

[Denamic]

Wait, so we're getting specs... for the computer... in the game?

 

[EightGaugeHippo]

2 ways I can see this going..

First way, it will actually teach the player coding in a fun and rewarding way thus allowing people with no prior coding knowledge play and enjoy.

or people new to coding will find smashing down a brick wall with a breadstick less challenging.

 

[DeadlyYellow]

I enjoyed Minecraft, but at the end of the day, it's just a lego set.

Notch may very well be getting ahead of himself.

Cough.

Frankly, I have my sights set more on Starbound than anything Notch is working on.

 

[Squidbulb]

Name- Interest -1
"monthly subscription fee"I interest-10
"fully functional 16-bit CPU" - interest -1000
Because nothing says fun like spreadsheets

 

[Limecake]

Dwarf Fortress has lots of the architecture builds of Minecraft scale, it just lacks the graphical options to show it off... and those structures cant be hand placed, you need to direct and control a army of dwarves to construct it.
Set up a camp, mine out the materials needed , build the workshops to make tools to craft other stuff, ensure supplies of food and booze ( very critical item ) , see to defences and military capacity ( including traps , siege defence equipment, training ), landscape the surroundings and often need to use or divert local water sources ... issalongagame .

I remember that game! It's by far the most complicated thing I've ever seen. But the graphics are a major turn-off for your average gamer. Also, the learning curve for DF is insane. The game is ludicrously complex and just figuring out how to start is difficult.

But yeah there are some pretty cool structures in that game. I also believe we had a "Let's Play: Dwarf Fortress" A while back where the dwarves were named after people on the forums.

As for 0x10C I'm really excited for it, I love space games and I'm excited to see what people do with this computer (also I'm going to have to learn to program a little better)

 

[cynicalsaint1]

Huh well as a programmer that looks like the number 268 represented in hex.
In computing prefixing a number with "0x" usually means that whatever follows is in hexadecimal.

So 0x10c could be read as 268 in decimal, not that that makes any more sense, but that's the first thing I think when I see it.

 

[cynicalsaint1]

Wait!
Figured it out (maybe)

Its actually read 0x10^c
Which if we assume is hex equals 16^12 which is 281,474,976,710,656.
You'll notice that this is (relatively) close to the year the game is set in: 281,474,976,712,644 AD.

So my guess is that it has something to do with the timeline.

EDIT for clarity:

"0x" means the following number is in hexadecimal representation
"10" in hex = 16 in decimal
"c" = appears to be an exponent; c in hex = 12 in decimal

 

[Urgh76]

This sounds a lovely light hearted adventure.

Twice. This is the second time I've seen you do this early on in a thread, and I've loved each time.

 

[CAPTCHA]

I've heard of games been rushed out the door, but when the player has to write the script themselves that going a bit to far /jk

OT: Sound a bit like Elite.

 

[NezumiiroKitsune]

2. If you can find me a MMO game that has a subscription fee of less then $10 dollars per month, you would have a point.

Order and Chaos Online $0.99
Graal Kingdoms - $4.00
Tibia Micro Edition - $5.00
Rise - $5.95
Neocron 2 - $7.00

That list isn't comprehensive, but there are some examples of MMO's with a monthly subscription below $10.

I think we should call it 16 to the 12.

 

[draythefingerless]

BTW NOTCH, WHY THE FUCK IS IT 16 BIT? WE HAVE 32 NAU, AND ITS MUCH EASIER. WHY YOU HAVE TO BE SUCH A NERDY PROGRAMMER? I HATE 16 BIT ASSEMBLY!(ihateassemblyingeneralbutwhatever)

Because the game is set using 1988 technology, and I wonder how long it is, until someone builds 0x10^c in 0x10^c. Hell we've already had minecraft in minecraft.

i think he pulled the date to justify the use of 16 bit, not the other way around.

 

[letfireraindown]

Interesting... But irritatingly reminding me that I have a computer architecture project that I have to get done.

 

[letfireraindown]

0x10c

The mathematician in me is intrigued just by the title alone. Though it still reduces down to just plain '0' it is still really really big zero!

It's the hexidecimal number that translates to 268 in decimal.

um... Further, in all the graphics, and very little of the text, it's shown as 0x10^c, suggesting that it's hex ten (0x10) raised to the twelfth (0xc = 12 decimal) which places it as 16^12

which is roughly 2 peta bytes, or more likely that year they gave minus 1988. I didn't bother doing the actual math.

 

[Woodsey]

Pretty sure its meant to be Zero Existence, everyone.

 

[Racecarlock]

Do it, you magnificent son of a *****!

 

[Jowe]

If my basic grade mathematical knowledge is correct 0x10^c (on the icon next to c is superscript, so "power of" as in 4^2 = 4x4 = 16)

x10^X is a convention for denoting large numbers in small. So 1 Trillion would be written as 1x10^12 and the ^12 means the '12' is supposed to be in superscript.

0'000'000'000... recurring, with the number of zeroes equal the "Speed of light" which is approximately 300'000'000 meters/sec or 1 billion feet per second. But in a sense, C is kind of symbolic for a "really big finite number" that is also the fastest speed in the universe.

So in other words, the title is: many MANY zeroes.

To give you an idea of how many zeroes, see this block of zeroes:


0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000...

Now repeat that block 600'000 times, so if that block of zeroes is just over an inch high on your screen, then in total the column of zeroes would be over TEN MILES HIGH! Yet it is still a value of zero. Just a 03 is the same as 3.

And all that is the long form equivalent of the title:

0x10c

The mathematician in me is intrigued just by the title alone. Though it still reduces down to just plain '0' it is still really really big zero!

Hate to burst your bubble but its hex for the amount of time they were in cryo for :/

 

[theheroofaction]

I'm gonna call this right now, within a week of this games release, there will be a starship made entirely out of a single engine and 30 tons of duct tape.

 

[DracoSuave]

0x10c

The mathematician in me is intrigued just by the title alone. Though it still reduces down to just plain '0' it is still really really big zero!

It's the hexidecimal number that translates to 268 in decimal.

um... Further, in all the graphics, and very little of the text, it's shown as 0x10^c, suggesting that it's hex ten (0x10) raised to the twelfth (0xc = 12 decimal) which places it as 16^12

which is roughly 2 peta bytes, or more likely that year they gave minus 1988. I didn't bother doing the actual math.

That totally make a lot more sense.