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Notch Coding Minicraft!

simme337 · 269.4K views · 2011-12-19 · 18:32

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Overview

Footage of Notch (Markus Persson) live-coding his Minicraft game in Java during a Ludum Dare 48-hour game jam. It shows a working game developer building a complete small game from scratch.

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HN points to it as an example of Notch's famous live-coding sessions, which drew many early Minecraft fans.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2012–2022

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thebigshane · 2012-02 · Recommendation

Watching `notch` live-code is also very popular. [1]: [LINK] Making Metagun [2]: [VIDEO] Making MiniCraft [3]: [LINK]

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deaddodo · 2022-03 · Reference

If you watch some of Notch’s old game jam live streams; this is exactly how he used his Java environment and is probably why he was so invested in it. You can see some examples here when he just tests logic changes: [VIDEO] (Though, he restarts often since he’s editing preloaded assets also)

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PeterStuer · 2019-11 · Reference

As I recall Minecraft's snowball started with geek dads watching Notch live coding and buying the game for their kids. [VIDEO]

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