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    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Minecraft 1.7 'adventure update' incoming.

    The indie sandbox dig 'em up is to get some actual goals with update 1.7, which developer Mojang is calling the "adventure update."
    Jun 13, 2011 6:00am PDT
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    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Minecraft 1.7 'adventure update' incoming.

    The indie sandbox dig 'em up is to get some actual goals with update 1.7, which developer Mojang is calling the "adventure update." : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      Perhaps the patch that makes Minecraft fun? : NullzeroThis person is cool!
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        i was having fun in it last year. you should try having fun harder. : harold.johnson
        • or being a dick less. : Arcath
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        HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THAT'S SO FUCKI... : uglysad
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          trying too hard for the burn : MamiyaOtaru
          • Burns have to fit in the preview line. If the burn gets cut off it loses most of it's pool of funny. : EbuThis person is cool!
          • I was going more for the mocking than the burn but yes, I agree. I did go a little much on the HAHAs. In ... : uglysad
        • One more HA in there and you'd have it. : Lucien Irenicus
      • you're doing it wrong : cptstern
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      Minecraft is a great engine...thing Can we have some writers and game designers on the case to use it to... : Chipwarrior
      • No doubt modders will do something like that. : ZekThis person is cool!
      • There are about 700 other Voxel engines out there. I don't think the Minecraft engine specifically is req... : snot3353This person is cool!
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        It would need a fun combat system though. Combat is not fun in it's current form. : razlebol
        • Yeah, I just turn off the baddies and focus on exploration and building. Mostly I just mine for diamond. : Jobos
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      I tried the game and didn't care for it because I need a reason to play a game (missions or goals). This... : amrbeanThis person is cool!
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        some times you gotta make your own goals, like building a 256 block tall wang : ClayThis person is cool!
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          Except the height is only 127 : TroZThis person is cool!
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            even if you start at the bedrock? : ClayThis person is cool!
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              from sea level 64 down and 64 up, minus the layer of bedrock : TroZThis person is cool!
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                everyone knows you build penis's horizontally : strandgeckThis person is cool!
                • Yes, then there is an infinite degree of... um... excitement... when everything is turned on it's side. ... : GwyndionThis person is cool!
        • If building a 256 block tall wang is wrong, then I don't wanna be right. : mrwolf710This person is cool!
      • Did you play with toys as a child? : uglysad
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        Your goal is to craft items. But to craft you need resources, so you need to hunt for them. Eventuall... : Jobos
        • This is it. The gameplay is kinda recursive. The more you do something, the more you wanna do more thi... : shurcoolThis person is cool!
      • I played with 2 mission: get to the bottommost layer of the level, and completely explore my neighbouring... : shurcoolThis person is cool!
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      PISTONS! simple machines here we come? seriously. all we need are levers, pulleys and wheels, and we coul... : OhSnapHighFive
      • Yes, _jon can finally have his moving penis island. : Vividvoid
    • So much potential for Minecraft. I played the game with a friend and my girlfriend a few weeks back and i... : Lord Skellington
    • android and iphone versions too. they'd have to be seriously different games to be playable on those pla... : dantasticThis person is cool!
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      I wish he would just work on making mods easier to install. : baron calamityThis person is cool!
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        " then we'll get the modding API out as soon as possible after 1.7 has been released," Persson explained.... : harold.johnson
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          He's said that the "modding API" is simply releasing the source code to modders. It's not clear how much ... : ZekThis person is cool!
          • i'd honestly prefer that, still *shrug* i'm patient, i can wait : harold.johnson
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        The only way that will happen is someone makes a modding api for him... Notch's solution to that is jus... : ShadowdaneThis person is cool!
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          I am not a programmer, so I could be off base here, but could that lead to the situation where 5 or 6 mod... : Haxim
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            yah hopefully we don't end up with that situation, but it wouldn't surprise me to end up with something l... : ShadowdaneThis person is cool!
            • Also, will this be the end of SMP since h4x0rs will be able to sniff the code? : excessusThis person is cool!
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            It seemed to me like the game will still be centralized, so I would think that everyone would just work o... : Vividvoid
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              Centralized how? He's just giving the source away to anyone that wants to make mods. : Haxim
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                Most likely the Buckit guys will just use the source to build their API and other modders will use that. ... : ZekThis person is cool!
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                  Without any kind of official direction, I'm still worried the mod community is going to fracture itself a... : Haxim
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                    But don't you think after a while the really good ones will shake out and get a big following? Sure ther... : GwyndionThis person is cool!
                    • It might work out that way, it also might not. It also might happen that nobody uses any API and who know... : Haxim
            • Notch isn't making an API though, he is just releasing the source : ShadowdaneThis person is cool!
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      I lost interest in this game as soon as I reached the limit to what I could create. I want to make a mas... : Jobos
      • My god man, you've seen what havoc updates can cause, rockets would cause Minecraft to DDoS you everytime... : Zuchu
      • Play the Multiplayer Creative servers--they don't have height limits. : Vividvoid
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      The big reason I play MeinKraft is to build shit, the monsters and combat is just an added twist so I hop... : Hemtroll
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        Creepers got you down? : Vividvoid
        • http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/224042_1542262896949_1846270669_946958_2415036_n.jpg : Arcath
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      So, is the game stable enough in SMP to be played with a friend, just like it was stable in offline mode ... : shurcoolThis person is cool!
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        Its been stable in SMP for months : ShadowdaneThis person is cool!
        • Sweet, thanks for letting me know. Now I can get back to playing it with a friend. : shurcoolThis person is cool!
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      dig 'em up I like that. :) : SilverSnakeThis person is cool!
      • Same here. GG. : SlamDunkThis person is cool!
    • We probably have everything done already by modders, and we have the modders API already done, too. All w... : excessusThis person is cool!
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      He's going to support mods by handing out the source code? Sounds like he's going to have the modding co... : yAakThis person is cool!
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        Well, yeah. But really, I'm ok with that. Why not? : Visceral MonkeyThis person is cool!
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          It just bothers me on principle. I want Notch to hire a coder or two to re-write the bloody thing from t... : yAakThis person is cool!
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            Yeah, but notch is fucking lazy and always on vacation, etc. He doesn't get shit done. The nutty modders... : Visceral MonkeyThis person is cool!
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              I know, thats why I want him to hire people. Just seems wrong to take advantage of the community like t... : yAakThis person is cool!
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                ridiculous. i paid $10 for minecraft and i got more hours out of it than plenty of $50 games. Notch has d... : retarded talking dinosaur
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                  I've gotten my monies worth! My post never brought that into question. I'm talking about the fact t... : yAakThis person is cool!
                  • I see it more as an offering to the community. You want more/different things? Here, build it yourself. S... : booyakaThis person is cool!
      • The community has already started doing that. Bukket or what ever it's called has fixed over 50 bugs sinc... : TheDaFox
    • An enigma. : Inarion