Notch Says It “Basically Predicted Minecraft 2”

Minecraft Creator Markus Persson has said he “basically announced Minecraft 2” after polling his social media followers on what game they’d like to play next.

Two options were listed in the poll: a roguelike mixed with a tile-based first-person dungeon crawler, and a spiritual successor to Minecraft, which was called “Minecraft 2” in the polls. At the time this article was published, 81% chose Minecraft 2 after 282,968 votes.

An honest and legitimate request for feedback once and for all:

The new game I’m passionately working on will be a traditional roguelike (eg ADOM, nethack, etc) mixed with a tile-based first-person dungeon crawler (eg Legend of Grimrock (esp 2), Eye of the Beholder)

But…

— notch (@notch) January 1, 2025

In a subsequent the tweetNotch admitted that he “basically predicted Minecraft 2” and he insisted He was “100% serious” about the survey.

“I thought maybe people REALLY want me to make another game that’s very similar to the first one, and I love working on games again,” he continued.

“I don’t really care exactly which game I make first (or even if I make more), but I know I’m making one, so I’d totally be willing to give it an honest shot. The shape of a spiritual successor to Minecraft and put out a poll about it .

“My intentions are to be clear and honest, saying that spiritual successors are usually kind of…you know…cleaned up. Tragic The things I fear will be my next match will be anyway and I try to avoid them. So why not make what people want and are somehow willing to pay MORE money for.

“I intend to earn good spent (sic) money, but my god I’ve learned that I fail a lot. Winning is failing until you succeed.”

“Oh, and I also really value being a man of my word, so I plan to do the awesome work that the Mojang team is doing and the awesome work that Microsoft is doing successfully in a way that no one has ever tried to do Microsoft shit.

“And I respect them for doing that. It’s their job. And they, from what I understand, let the studio do things their way, and that seems very fair to me.”

Based on that, then, Notch is working on a spiritual successor to Minecraft a decade after selling Mojang to Microsoft for $2.5 billion. Mojang continues to work on the ever-popular Minecraft, of course, putting out multiple updates every year for every platform the sandbox game is available on. Minecraft is officially the best-selling video game of all time, having sold a whopping 300 million copies. Microsoft hasn’t indicated any plans to release a Minecraft 2, which isn’t surprising given how popular Minecraft is. Maybe that leaves the door open for Notch to fill a void from the original creator.

As Notch himself stated, it remains to be seen whether this ‘Minecraft 2’ will see the light of day. Since its sale to Microsoft, the Swedish developer has started and stopped several games, including the space sandbox game 0x10c (pronounced “Ten to the C”). However, in another tweet, Notch said that the chances of finishing the project are now higher than expected. it was because it has employees that it feels responsible for.

In later tweets, Notch answered questions from social media followers about Minecraft 2, stressing that he doesn’t want to use anything “too similar to stuff I’ve sold” in the new game. He also said that his Minecraft 2 would not be a story game, suggesting a new sandbox of sorts. “I would make a similar game (to Minecraft) based on what I think the audience that says they want that game can enjoy,” he explained. “Probably do early access to make sure we’re on track.”

I mean the best I have at the moment is Adventureland so no idea

— notch (@notch) January 3, 2025

Notch also followed say If Minecraft ever wanted to make an official Minecraft 2 and both parties could agree to terms, “I would be totally up for it.”

“I’d give it a lot more than I’d feel obligated to just to make it clear that I’m not doing it with bad intentions,” she continued, before adding: “But I’m going to be a work whore. Together.”

It seems unlikely that Microsoft would work with Notch removed his name from Minecraft’s opening credits The sale of Mojang followed several controversial statements he made in the years after.

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