Re:The Staff Engineer's Path – Book Review
by jameshart on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @07:19PM
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> like it had existed in some form before
I mean, it had. It was called Infiniminer. Admittedly it had only really existed for about a month before, but it was obvious that that first person voxel modification mechanic was a format that could support some really cool games. It got Notch thinking, for sure.
> This is a very early test of an Infiniminer clone I'm working on. It will have more resource management and materials, if I ever get around to finishing it.
Ironically, he never did get around to finishing it.
I mean, it had. It was called Infiniminer. Admittedly it had only really existed for about a month before, but it was obvious that that first person voxel modification mechanic was a format that could support some really cool games. It got Notch thinking, for sure.
When Notch posted his first tech test video (archive version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMpv5kZ9-rE), he wrote:
> This is a very early test of an Infiniminer clone I'm working on. It will have more resource management and materials, if I ever get around to finishing it.
Ironically, he never did get around to finishing it.