Jeb_ has plans!

[YourMacManDan]

The current Minecraft plan is to add more people to the team and add a proper modding api," Jens "Jeb" Bergensten told me over e-mail. I contacted Jeb last week to hear what would be happening now that Minecraft's lead creator, Notch, handed over the reins on the project to Bergensten, his long-time collaborator on the game. Notch is focusing on new projects at the team's studio, Mojang."The biggest advantage of a mod api is that players will be able to run mods without modifying the game's binaries," Jeb added. "Currently it's quite a hassle to run mods."

The new Minecraft team will "also work on making the vanilla server suitable for bigger servers."

Before that new team is in place, however, Jeb says he'll work on fixing bugs, tweaking performance and adding content, such as allowing users to write books and notes in the game. That feature was teased by Notch back in April. Jeb said he was looking into it today.

Some companies release a game and leave it be. Others release it and then charge a subscription to finance further developments and allow gamers access to evolutions of the game. For the time being, however, it seems that Notch's company, Mojang, will be improving Minecraft piece by piece just as a way to keep the game enjoyable for the people who already bought it, at no extra cost.

[via Kotaku]

 

[_Leprince]

Less Notch code!

Less bugs!!

 

[Kn0wn1]

Good post. Good news.

 

[michaelavena]

Ive actually wanted books for a while. Its easier to keep records that are stored on the server rather than a text filed stored locally on my own computer.

 

[Kn0wn1]

Ive actually wanted books for a while. Its easier to keep records that are stored on the server rather than a text filed stored locally on my own computer.

And you need minecraft for that? lol. Google documents anyone? Or openoffice.org?

 

[michaelavena]

And you need minecraft for that? lol. Google documents anyone? Or openoffice.org?

But that requires more work AND effort...

 

[YourMacManDan]

And you need minecraft for that? lol. Google documents anyone? Or openoffice.org?

I think it would be cool to create random chests in the survival world with books with fake logs... Scavenger Hunts anyone?

 

[AssaultCommand]

There are enough logs in game as is. If you're running out, plant some saplings.

 

[Jeff1741]

There are enough logs in game as is. If you're running out, plant some saplings.

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not...

 

[YourMacManDan]

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not...

On the same boat as you are.