Notch's next game is a ... space MMO?

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• Ivan Icrontic’s Loveable Bot

  Apr 2012

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• midga Member

  Apr 2012

  I think I just geeked in my pants...

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• Ilriyas Resident Mage Member, Supporter, Expo Attendee

  Apr 2012

  

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• BHHammy Member

  Apr 2012

  HOLY SHIT.
  
  Seeing what the folks in the Minecraft community can do with redstone ALONE is insane. I can't WAIT to see what happens with this.

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• midga Member

  Apr 2012

  SPEC IS OUT
  
  http://0x10c.com/doc/dcpu-16.txt

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• lmorchard Member, Writer

  Apr 2012

  SPEC IS OUT

  I think I just soiled my PJs.
  

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• drasnor Member, D&D Supernerd

  Apr 2012

  I am interested.
  
  Observations:
  * No negative numbers. May not be an issue depending on how the inputs and outputs are represented.
  * The entire address space is RAM so nothing is available for memory-mapped I/O. I have no idea how I/O is going to be handled.

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• ardichoke Buttes Supporter, Gaming Leader

  Apr 2012

  Meh... 16 big unsigned word, but you can always make it behave like a 15 bit signed word programatically.

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• drasnor Member, D&D Supernerd

  Apr 2012

  Meh... 16 big unsigned word, but you can always make it behave like a 15 bit signed word programatically.

  Agreed, but if sensor inputs and engine outputs are also unsigned, it may not be necessary.

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• Error-Null-Turnip Member

  Apr 2012

  How long until someone creates a compiler for this? I can't stand assembly. Really interested to see how this turns out!

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• drasnor Member, D&D Supernerd

  Apr 2012

  I think it's unlikely that we'll see a compiler for any modern language that's worth using. We might get some sort of C derivative language with no dynamic data structures and only basic functional abstraction features. It won't be much higher level than the assembly code it replaces, but may be easier for some people to use.

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• LazarusXero Member

  Apr 2012

  I absolutely can't wait for this game!!! Minecraft was one of the only reasons I broke out my digital logic textbooks from college again... this one will make me take on Assembler again as well... I love the fact that Notch can create a game that actually makes it an advantage to be able to understand subjects like programming and electrical design... but also his games enable others that don't understand those things to learn them just to open up other aspects of enjoyment in the game... Kudos to Notch for making learning fun!!

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• Lincoln Snapperhead Admin, Supporter, Expo Attendee

  Apr 2012

  https://github.com/dcpu16
  
  So far there are DCPU-16 implementations for C, Java, Ruby, Python, Rust, Haskell, F#, and Javascript.

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• drasnor Member, D&D Supernerd

  Apr 2012

  I went for the Python emulator.

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• drasnor Member, D&D Supernerd

  Apr 2012

  http://dcpu.com/highnerd/dcpu16.txt
  DCPU-16 grew signed math, interrupts, exception handling, and vestigal hardware interfacing.

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• midga Member

  Apr 2012

  sweet

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