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{{Infobox video game | {{Infobox video game | ||
| developer = [[Wikipedia:Mojang|Mojang]] | | image = Brickcraft RKD 2.png | ||
| | | alt = A virtual world showing rolling green hills made of LEGO bricks. A number of random LEGO structures have been built by the player. | ||
| caption = Screenshot of the original prototype version | |||
| released = Cancelled | | developer = [[Wikipedia:Mojang|Mojang]] | ||
| genre = [[Wikipedia:Sandbox game|Sandbox]] | | series = ''[[Wikipedia:Minecraft (franchise)|Minecraft]]'' | ||
| modes = | | engine = [[Wikipedia:LWJGL|LWJGL]]<ref name="LWJGL credit"/> | ||
| director = | | platforms = | ||
| producer = Daniel Kaplan | | released = Cancelled | ||
| designer = [[Wikipedia:Markus Persson|Markus Persson]] | | genre = [[Wikipedia:Sandbox game|Sandbox]] | ||
| modes = | |||
| director = | |||
| producer = Daniel Kaplan | |||
| designer = [[Wikipedia:Markus Persson|Markus Persson]] | |||
| programmer = Måns Olson | |||
| artist = | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Brickcraft''''' is a | |||
'''''Brickcraft''''' is a cancelled [[Wikipedia:Sandbox game|sandbox game]] developed by [[Wikipedia:Mojang|Mojang]]. | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
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 his childhood LEGO toys when designing ''Minecraft'', and he had a lifelong dream of working with the LEGO Group. Persson and one of his employees at Mojang, 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 how long ''Minecraft'''s popularity would last. Persson and Kaplan were eventually able to meet with LEGO employee Daniel Mathiasen and discuss the influence LEGO had had on ''Minecraft'' and their desire for the two companies to work together.{{R|Bits N Bricks 01|pp=9–10}} | |||
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The LEGO Group ultimately approved of the project, which was codenamed ''Brickcraft'' there; Persson dubbed it "Project Rex Kwon Do",{{R|Bits N Bricks 01|p=10}} named after a line from the 2004 film ''[[Wikipedia:Napoleon Dynamite|Napoleon Dynamite]]''.{{R|Bits N Bricks 01|p=5}} Work on the project began on 5 September 2011.<ref name="notch 110905"/> The initial concept was to simply add a LEGO brick aesthetic to the gameplay and game design of ''Minecraft''. Rather than using simple cubes like ''Minecraft'', however, the developers wanted ''Brickcraft'' to feature a variety of LEGO elements of different shapes, giving the player more resources to build with at the expense of making the game more complex.{{R|Bits N Bricks 01|p=12}} | |||
Persson created a prototype in [[Wikipedia:Java (programming language)|Java]] over the course of a week.<ref name="notch 110912"/>{{R|Bits N Bricks 01|pp=1, 12}} | |||
It was finished on 12 September following a twelve hour work session.<ref name="notch 110912"/> | |||
Approved on 5 December.<ref name="notch 111205"/> | |||
Mojang hired two new programmers for the project,{{R|Bits N Bricks 01|p=12}} including Måns Olson,<ref name="MansOlson"/> who later directed Mojang's 2020 game ''[[Wikipedia:Minecraft Dungeons|Minecraft Dungeons]]'', as one of the main designers.<ref name="Kappische 240516a"/><ref name="Kappische 240516b"/> Daniel Kaplan was made the game's producer. | |||
== Later == | |||
[[File:Brickcraft RKD secret.jpeg|thumb|Weird]] | |||
<ref name="Stanton"/> | |||
For unknown reasons, Persson told ''[[Wikipedia:Joystiq|Joystiq]]'' that the project was going to be a [[Wikipedia:First-person shooter|first-person shooter]].<ref name="Conditt"/> | |||
<ref name="Game Informer: FPS">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/07/26/minecraft-creator-notch-cancels-fps-project.aspx |title=Minecraft Creator Notch Cancels FPS Project |first=Matt |last=Helgeson |date=26 July 2012 |magazine=[[Wikipedia:Game Informer|Game Informer]] |access-date=17 January 2019 |archive-date=19 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119121220/https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/07/26/minecraft-creator-notch-cancels-fps-project.aspx |url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
<ref name="GameZone: FPS">{{cite web |url=https://www.gamezone.com/news/minecraft-dev-mojang-cans-fps-project/ |title=Minecraft dev Mojang cans FPS project |first=Stephanie |last=Carmichael |date=27 July 2012 |website=GameZone |access-date=17 January 2019 |archive-date=19 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119121305/https://www.gamezone.com/news/minecraft-dev-mojang-cans-fps-project/ |url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
{{reflist|refs= | {{reflist|refs= | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="Bits N Bricks 01">{{cite web |url=https://www.lego.com/cdn/cs/set/assets/bltf87fd15a8f67c6fd/bits_n_bricks_s01e01_minecraft_feature_and_transcript.pdf |title=Episode 1 – Minecraft |last1=Crecente |first1=Brian |last2=Vincent |first2=Ethan |others=Participants: Daniel Mathiasen, Daniel Kaplan, Danny Bergmann, Paal Smith-Meyer, and Ronny Scherer |date=December 8, 2020 |work=[[Bits N' Bricks]] |type=Podcast |publisher=[[The LEGO Group]] |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240701071017/https://www.lego.com/cdn/cs/set/assets/bltf87fd15a8f67c6fd/bits_n_bricks_s01e01_minecraft_feature_and_transcript.pdf |archive-date=July 1, 2024 |url-status=live }} [https://youtube.com/watch?v=7ENzmEWIetc Audio version] via YouTube.</ref> | ||
<ref name="LWJGL credit">{{cite web |url=http://www.minecraft.net/game/credits |title=Credits |website=Minecraft.net |publisher=Mojang |year=2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923135713/http://www.minecraft.net/game/credits |archive-date=23 September 2011}}</ref> | |||
<ref name="Conditt">{{cite web |url=http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/26/canceled-mojang-project-was-a-first-person-shooter/ |title=Canceled Mojang project was a first-person shooter |first=Jessica |last=Conditt |date=July 26, 2012 |website=[[Wikipedia:Joystiq|Joystiq]] |publisher=[[Wikipedia:AOL Inc.|AOL Inc]] |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20120728085043/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/26/canceled-mojang-project-was-a-first-person-shooter/ |archive-date=28 July 2012}}</ref> | |||
<ref name="Stanton">{{cite web |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/the-lego-minecraft-videogame-brickcraft-that-was-greenlit-and-why-it-never-happened/ |title=A Lego Minecraft game called 'Brickcraft' was prototyped and greenlit – here's why it never happened |first=Rich |last=Stanton |date=9 December 2020 |access-date=27 December 2024 |website=[[Wikipedia:PC Gamer|PC Gamer]] |publisher=[[Wikipedia:Future US|Future US, Inc]] |location=[[Wikipedia:New York City|New York]] |archive-date=9 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209155302/https://www.pcgamer.com/the-lego-minecraft-videogame-brickcraft-that-was-greenlit-and-why-it-never-happened/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
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<ref name="Kappische 240516a">{{Cite tweet |last=Kaplan |first=Daniel |user=Kappische |number=1791170961166737883 |date=16 May 2024 |title=Dragonene who was one of the first testers of Minecraft in the world, would eventually become the game director of Minecraft Dungeons :Dt |archive-url=https://archive.is/EXIV7 |archive-date=2024-10-21 |via=[[Wikipedia:Nitter|X Cancelled]]}}</ref> | |||
<ref name="Kappische 240516b">{{Cite tweet |last=Kaplan |first=Daniel |user=Kappische |number=1791172563000795419 |date=16 May 2024 |title=But he was hired for another project, one of the main designers/coders of a LEGO game, that never saw the light |archive-url=https://archive.is/eUW7S |archive-date=2024-10-21 |via=[[Wikipedia:Nitter|X Cancelled]]}}</ref> | |||
<ref name="MansOlson">{{Cite tweet |last=Olson |first=Måns |user=MansOlson |number=455311312269373441 |date=13 April 2014 |title=I'm Dragonene.7498 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710132640/https://twitter.com/MansOlson/status/455311312269373441 |archive-date=2019-07-10}}</ref> | |||
<ref name="notch 110905">{{Cite tweet |last=Persson |first=Markus |user=notch |number=110597995900305408 |date=5 September 2011 |title=Secret project Rex Kwon Do begins today! It will involve caffeine and giggling. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331234037/https://twitter.com/notch/status/110597995900305408 |archive-date=2019-03-31}}</ref> | |||
<ref name="notch 110912">{{Cite tweet |last=Persson |first=Markus |user=notch |number=113325924191174656 |date=12 September 2011 |title=Had to spend today on Project Rex Kwon Do. 12 hours of work later, and the prototype is packaged and done. I will now wash my hands of this. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331234007/https://twitter.com/notch/status/113325924191174656 |archive-date=2019-03-31}}</ref> | |||
<ref name="notch 111205">{{Cite tweet |last=Persson |first=Markus |user=notch |number=143790590138650624 |date=5 December 2011 |title=In other news, looks like Project Rex Kwon Do got greenlit! :D :D :D :D |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331233225/https://twitter.com/notch/status/143790590138650624 |archive-date=2019-03-31}}</ref> | |||
}} | }} | ||
[[Category:Cancelled LEGO video games]] | [[Category:Cancelled LEGO video games]] | ||
[[Category:Cancelled Windows games]] | [[Category:Cancelled Windows games]] | ||
[[Category:Java platform games]] | |||
[[Category:Mojang games]] | [[Category:Mojang games]] | ||
[[Category:Sandbox games]] | [[Category:Sandbox games]] | ||
[[Category:Video games developed in Sweden]] | [[Category:Video games developed in Sweden]] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:28, 10 February 2025
| Brickcraft | |
|---|---|
 Screenshot of the original prototype version | |
| Developer(s) | Mojang |
| Producer(s) | Daniel Kaplan |
| Designer(s) | Markus Persson |
| Programmer(s) | Måns Olson |
| Series | Minecraft |
| Engine | LWJGL[1] |
| Release | Cancelled |
| Genre(s) | Sandbox |
Brickcraft is a cancelled sandbox game developed by Mojang.
History
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 his childhood LEGO toys when designing Minecraft, and he had a lifelong dream of working with the LEGO Group. Persson and one of his employees at Mojang, 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 how long Minecraft's popularity would last. Persson and Kaplan were eventually able to meet with LEGO employee Daniel Mathiasen and discuss the influence LEGO had had on Minecraft and their desire for the two companies to work together.[2]: 9–10
The LEGO Group ultimately approved of the project, which was codenamed Brickcraft there; Persson dubbed it "Project Rex Kwon Do",[2]: 10 named after a line from the 2004 film Napoleon Dynamite.[2]: 5 Work on the project began on 5 September 2011.[3] The initial concept was to simply add a LEGO brick aesthetic to the gameplay and game design of Minecraft. Rather than using simple cubes like Minecraft, however, the developers wanted Brickcraft to feature a variety of LEGO elements of different shapes, giving the player more resources to build with at the expense of making the game more complex.[2]: 12
Persson created a prototype in Java over the course of a week.[4][2]: 1, 12 It was finished on 12 September following a twelve hour work session.[4] Approved on 5 December.[5]
Mojang hired two new programmers for the project,[2]: 12 including Måns Olson,[6] who later directed Mojang's 2020 game Minecraft Dungeons, as one of the main designers.[7][8] Daniel Kaplan was made the game's producer.
Later
For unknown reasons, Persson told Joystiq that the project was going to be a first-person shooter.[10]
References
- ↑ "Credits". Minecraft.net. Mojang. 2011. Archived from the original on 23 September 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Persson, Markus [@notch] (12 September 2011). "Had to spend today on Project Rex Kwon Do. 12 hours of work later, and the prototype is packaged and done. I will now wash my hands of this" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2019-03-31 – via Twitter.
- ↑ Persson, Markus [@notch] (5 December 2011). "In other news, looks like Project Rex Kwon Do got greenlit! :D :D :D :D" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2019-03-31 – via Twitter.
- ↑ Olson, Måns [@MansOlson] (13 April 2014). "I'm Dragonene.7498" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2019-07-10 – via Twitter.
- ↑ Kaplan, Daniel [@Kappische] (16 May 2024). "Dragonene who was one of the first testers of Minecraft in the world, would eventually become the game director of Minecraft Dungeons :Dt" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2024-10-21 – via Twitter.
- ↑ Kaplan, Daniel [@Kappische] (16 May 2024). "But he was hired for another project, one of the main designers/coders of a LEGO game, that never saw the light" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2024-10-21 – via Twitter.
- ↑ Stanton, Rich (9 December 2020). "A Lego Minecraft game called 'Brickcraft' was prototyped and greenlit – here's why it never happened". PC Gamer. New York: Future US, Inc. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ↑ Conditt, Jessica (July 26, 2012). "Canceled Mojang project was a first-person shooter". Joystiq. AOL Inc. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012.
- ↑ Helgeson, Matt (26 July 2012). "Minecraft Creator Notch Cancels FPS Project". Game Informer. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- ↑ Carmichael, Stephanie (27 July 2012). "Minecraft dev Mojang cans FPS project". GameZone. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
