I have nothing against Notch, Mojang, or Minecraft, but I have to mention Infiniminer, an earlier fpb(first person block) style game that I wish hadn't been cracked and then maliciously destroyed, and then abandoned by Zachary Barth.
>>>5. It's been covered but Notch has used the massive profits of Minecraft ... and really help out the developers who make it possible
Notch may have helped out some of the developers who made Minecraft possible, but I hadn't heard that he helped out the ONE developer who made Minecraft possible.
Agreed! I think most of us are sitting on those great shoulders as opposed to standing, but that's semantics for you.
To clarify, I think it speaks positively to Notch's character when he says that Infiniminer was the game he wanted to make, and also publishes the statement on his own website for all the web to see.
And I think it's great that he and others were inspired by Infiniminer, and added their own tweaks. I just wish the original inspiration was still around so everyone could see where it all came from.
It honestly surprises me that I haven't heard about Notch helping Zach out financially, since most people seem to think that Notch is a pretty nice and honorable person.
>>>5. It's been covered but Notch has used the massive profits of Minecraft ... and really help out the developers who make it possible
Notch may have helped out some of the developers who made Minecraft possible, but I hadn't heard that he helped out the ONE developer who made Minecraft possible.
Here are Notch's words for which developer made the game "Minecraft" possible. http://notch.tumblr.com/post/227922045/the-origins-of-minecr...
>>>But then I found Infiniminer. My god, I realized that that was the game I wanted to do.
Has Notch given some of his massive profits to Zachary Barth, the developer who made Minecraft possible? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zachary_Barth