Brickcraft
| Brickcraft | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Mojang |
| Producer(s) | Daniel Kaplan |
| Designer(s) | Markus Persson |
| Platform(s) | Java (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux) |
| Release | Cancelled |
| Genre(s) | Sandbox |
Brickcraft is a cancelled sandbox game developed by Mojang. It was planned to be a LEGO version of Minecraft. A lot of dumb stuff happened during its development that hopefully made LEGO realise they were too tight with their brand image.
History
(earlier stuff)
In 2011, as the full version of Minecraft was approaching its November release date, Persson attempted to reach out to the LEGO Group to propose a game project. Persson had been partially inspired by childhood LEGO toys when designing Minecraft, and had a lifelong dream of working with the LEGO Group. Persson and one of his employees, Daniel Kaplan, met with someone who was able to get the two of them in contact with management at the LEGO Group. The two attempted to pitch a Minecraft-like LEGO game to the company, but were initially met with skepticism regarding Minecraft's popularity until they were able to talk with employee Daniel Mathiasen.[1]: 9–10 The LEGO Group ultimately approved of the project, which was codenamed Brickcraft there; Persson dubbed it "Project Rex Kwon Do",[1]: 10 named after a line from the 2004 film Napoleon Dynamite.[1]: 5
Persson started work on the project on 5 September 2011, and publicly announced it that day on Twitter.[2]
He started developing a prototype for it in Java[1]: 1 (which Minecraft was also programmed in),
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Crecente, Brian; Vincent, Ethan (December 8, 2020). "Episode 1 – Minecraft" (PDF). Bits N' Bricks (Podcast). Participants: Daniel Mathiasen, Daniel Kaplan, Danny Bergmann, Paal Smith-Meyer, and Ronny Scherer. The LEGO Group. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 1, 2024. Audio version via YouTube.
- ↑ Persson, Markus [@notch] (5 September 2011). "Secret project Rex Kwon Do begins today! It will involve caffeine and giggling" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2019-03-31 – via Twitter.
