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Ahem. There was this little indie game that sort of took over the world in 2010 and made its creator a billionaire…
by psyc 5y ago
Ahem. There was this little indie game that sort of took over the world in 2010 and made its creator a billionaire…
- a9h74j 5y agoI was picturing looking at a screen of solid rock. The indie game I assume added a lot beyond that.
- sudosysgen 5y agoMost of the time is indeed spent looking at rock, at least back then.
- psyc 5y agohttps://youtu.be/IwMSjcVFXbQ?t=238 https://youtu.be/IwMSjcVFXbQ?t=238 It adds more things than I will ever learn how to do. But you still spend loooooots of time looking at a screen of 16x16 gray textures that are suggestive of rock.
- a9h74j 5y agoOMG. I've always seen people doing surface navigation or at most surface digging in Minecraft. I never made the connection to possibly blasting away rocks while below surface.
- psyc 5y agoLoot gets better and rarer the deeper you go. It’s a basic slot machine. You spend 5 minutes on whack whack whack whack poof, and every once in a while … Diamond Jackpot!
- krisoft 5y agoThere is a reason it is called “mine” craft. “The name was a combination of the words mine, for mining ore in shafts, and craft, as in building or creating something.” Quote from here: https://www.wired.com/2013/11/minecraft-book/ https://www.wired.com/2013/11/minecraft-book/
- ethbr0 5y agoAhem. Allow me to introduce you to the most fun you can have with a single monitor and shared keyboard. https://dosgames.com/game/tunneler/ https://dosgames.com/game/tunneler/ Try it out with a physically proximal friend.
- _0ffh 5y agoHaving been part of a clique who spent a lot of times playing Tank Wars* I wonder how I could have missed this variant! * I even made a basic Tank Wars clone from scratch in one day because of a bet with one of the other guys.