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mojang.com is the company blog at mojang.com, writing about games. Since 2008, 56 different Hacker News readers have linked it 62 times, most often “Let's talk server monetisation”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (29) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Mojang's blog for Minecraft release and update notes, security advisories, company announcements such as the Microsoft acquisition and server monetisation, and Notch's older game pages.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 29 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- /notch/4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2010-08-24
- Let's talk server monetisation3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2014-06-12
- Project Malmo uses Minecraft to make AI smarter2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-07-08
- Left 4k Dead - Survival Zombie Game in 4k of Java.2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2008-12-23
- Yes, we’re being bought by Microsoft2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-09-15
- Minecraft is coming to Raspberry Pi2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-11-24
- /2012/07/houston-we-have-a-problem/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-07-15
- Mojang and UN presents: Block by Block2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-09-05
What Hacker News says?
Minecraft snapshot 15w14a – The Love and Hugs Update https://mojang.com/2015/04/minecraft-snapshot-15w14a-the-lov... "We’ve thought long and hard about this, but we finally feel happy to announce that we are now changing the general direction of the game Minecraft. Starting from the next update we will be focusing on the things that make life worth living, promoting healthy relationships with the environment and its…
Comment linking /2015/04/minecraft-snapshot-15w14a-the-love-and-hugs-update/
on “List of April Fools' Day Announcements”Submitted Yes, we’re being bought by Microsoft as a story · 941 points
HN discussionWell, that's certainly true when we're talking about the underlying 3D graphics libraries, IO, etc. But it seems like there's still a lot more to the rest of it, and that it shouldn't fit in 500 lines of code. This one really gets me as well: http://www.mojang.com/notch/j4k/l4kd/
Comment linking /notch/j4k/l4kd/
on “Simple Minecraft Clone in 580 lines of Python”Submitted Minecraft developer streaming live while coding as a story · 110 points
HN discussionSource code: http://www.mojang.com/compo/metagun/metagun-source.zip (linked from http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-18/?action=preview... ) I compiled (yucky) with (after unzip + mkdir build ): javac -cp build src/com/mojang/metagun/{entity,level,screen,}/*.java -d build/ cp {src,build}/com/mojang/metagun/screen/exposition.txt jar -cf app.jar -C build . -C res . You need some html to run an applet; App.html j…
Comment linking /compo/metagun/metagun-source.zip
on “Time lapse screencap video of a games programmer”Submitted Minecraft augmented reality app announced for iOS as a story · 72 points
HN discussionIf you're like me and still have no idea who "Notch" is.. http://www.mojang.com/notch/
Comment linking /notch/
on “Time lapse screencap video of a games programmer”Submitted Minecraft: Pi Edition is available for download as a story · 69 points
HN discussionCan anyone discern what tools he was using? I know the IDE was Eclipse. And Paint.net for the artowrk. He had something really cool for the sound effects, but I couldn't tell what it was. It's a fun little game with some neat ideas: http://www.mojang.com/compo/metagun/
Comment linking /compo/metagun/
on “Time lapse screencap video of a games programmer”Submitted Humble Bundle 60h Coding challenge for charity as a story · 15 points
HN discussionThey brought on the Bukkit team years ago to develop the API but that never came about. https://mojang.com/2012/02/minecraft-team-strengthened/
Comment linking /2012/02/minecraft-team-strengthened/
on “Microsoft's forthcoming Minecraft Education Edition is written in C++”Submitted Let's talk server monetisation as a story · 12 points
HN discussionAmazing stuff. Honestly, when I saw this post I thought man I should have been a games programmer (and the desire to learn how to create games started to surface). Then, I went searching on Google and it seems that this guy has found his luck after working hard as a games programmer for around 10 years ( http://www.mojang.com/notch/ ). After reading this, I smiled & felt happy for the programmer and went back workin…
Comment linking /notch/
on “Minecraft creator banks $350k a day, turns down job offers from Valve and Bungie”Submitted It's finally coming - Minecraft 2.0 as a story · 7 points
HN discussionFollowing the link on that page to the "translated" version of the new EULA, their reasoning seems to still be "we don’t want our players to be exploited or to have a frustrating time unless they pay." [0] I find a lot of things wrong with this mentality, mostly in that it assumes that the servers that charge for gameplay have some kind of monopoly over the servers. If you don't want to pay for gameplay, just visit…
Comment linking /2014/06/lets-talk-server-monetisation/
on “Literally worse than EA”Submitted Project Malmo uses Minecraft to make AI smarter as a story · 6 points
HN discussionNice photo caption fail: "Minecraft is developed by Swedish company Mojang. Will future games be developed now that Microsoft is closing its borders?" In the light of: https://mojang.com/2014/09/yes-were-being-bought-by-microsof...
Comment linking /2014/09/yes-were-being-bought-by-microsoft/
on “Tim Sweeney: Microsoft wants to monopolise games development on PC”Submitted Minecraft meets hour of code as a story · 6 points
HN discussionThe original[1] was made by the Minecraft guy. Like most of his projects, the levels are randomly generated. The levels themselves end, but there is no end to the actual game. It just keeps generating new levels. [1]: http://www.mojang.com/notch/mario/
Comment linking /notch/mario/
on “Infinite Mario in HTML5”Submitted Announcing: Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Beta as a story · 6 points
HN discussionNot to mention 9. using their game as a platform for urban planning and development in poorer countries: http://www.mojang.com/2012/09/mojang-and-un-presents-block-b... It doesn't get a lot of mention which only really adds to the idea that they're doing this out of honest kindness rather than marketing.
Comment linking /2012/09/mojang-and-un-presents-block-by-block/
on “Mojang's Monster Profits”Submitted Minecraft 1.1 Update as a story · 5 points
HN discussionWow, it just almost seems impossible that an indie game can be that successful. It's unfortunate that it's such a rarity, I'm sure there are hundreds of great games out there that languish. If anyone wonders, the PC version is not the best seller (currently) for Mojang. The XBox version sells more than the PC version and the Pocket Edition (iOS, Android) sells more than both combined[1]. [1] http://www.mojang.com/20…
Comment linking /2013/01/christmas-stat-attack/
on “Mojang's Monster Profits”Submitted Mojangs Anti SOPA & PIPA Message as a story · 4 points
HN discussionI love this! When learning to program, I wrote a clone of a basic java game by Notch: Mine: http://codelucas.com/pages/island-overlord.html His: https://mojang.com/notch/ld12/breaking/ The code: Mine: https://github.com/codelucas/islandoverlord His: https://mojang.com/notch/ld12/breaking/BreakingTheTower.zip I also "cloned" a well known python article extraction library (goose) on Github with my own api & new functi…
Comment linking /notch/ld12/breaking/BreakingTheTower.zip
on “Imitate. We are imperfect mirrors”Submitted Let’s talk server monetisation – the follow-up Q+A as a story · 3 points
HN discussionWe recognized that problem pretty early on. Some of our favorite customers have been teachers using Minecraft in their classrooms and in cases like that having one person paying makes total sense. Working on it! We decided to launch with individual accounts first because that's what made most sense for us and our friends. Regarding Bukkit, we've been holding off support because of this: http://www.mojang.com/2012/02…
Comment linking /2012/02/minecraft-team-strengthened
on “Minefold (YC W12) Launches Affordable, On-Demand Platform For Game Hosting”Submitted Watch Minecraft develop over 800 days. It’s pretty as a story · 3 points
HN discussionIt's Xperia Play only for now: http://mojang.com/2011/08/16/say-hello-to-minecraft-pocket-e...
Comment linking /2011/08/16/say-hello-to-minecraft-pocket-edition/
on “Minecraft released for android.”Submitted Mojam 2013 Live 6pm CET as a story · 3 points
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