INDEV: The Strange Story of Minecraft's Earliest Features
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Published 2021-07-03
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All Comments (21)
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19:08. Pyramids. This is where it all began. All that lore, all the theories. It all began here with the realization that there is more than meets the eye. There was someone here before you.
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If you listen to the first minute without any context or visuals it sounds like a creepypasta horror story.
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Always liked to think Steve was a wild Steve who gained self awareness and increased intelligence compared to the other Steve's who just frolic around aimlessly, hence why he's the only Steve left when u start a new game
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His dramatic over-exaggeration is so funny. This guy is great
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lol the Steve’s running around in the beginning are so funny looking
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God, I imagine Notch in the begining developing Minecraft as a small project, interacting with fans, and not being overwhelmed by stress. A completely different era
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The old brown spider model was so cute, they should add it back as a tameable mount or a friendly source of string.
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3:44 the 'dripstone' could be a revision of the spikes, it's very similar in the idea, sharp, pointy, and added in the same update as the amethyst, (very similar to one of his other ideas.)
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9:10 The revelation that Steve wasn't originally created for Minecraft is nuts. Imagine going back to 2009 when that video was the only evidence of his existence, and telling someone he would be in Smash in 11 years.
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“There are pigs, which drop brown mushrooms, which can restore health” Man, I love early Minecraft
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When Notch first added chests I built a double chest and filled it full of a bunch of random crap like dirt and sand and planks. Then I broke it thinking I could carry it around with me and all the items spilled out on the ground. I remember staring at the screen for a moment wondering what had just happened.
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Damn, looking at this really makes me think of how creative Notch is. Like, taking his perspective and not thinking that these features are already in Minecraft, most new things he came up with were amazing new additions. Makes me wonder how Minecraft would have turned out if he continued running it instead of selling it to Microsoft.
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9:55 him dramatically describing this video and HOW HORRIFYING it is, is unintentionally funny
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finally, someone who actually talks about notchs posts and glitches earlier in game. fun to know im not the only one who likes that kind of stuff.
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Bro, if you made a 2-hour documentary on Minecraft, I would watch the entire thing, repeatedly. Your delivery is immaculate.
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Somewhere in an alternate universe, Rana is the mascot of Minecraft instead of Steve and the art direction is completely different.
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I've actually never seen a video that dives this deep into the history of very early versions of minecraft. Sure we get a short cameo of indev or infdev during lore videos, but to dedicate an entire video to discussing a version and what led up to it is just amazing
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The first time I saw a pic of Rana was in a digital manga book written by Dock many years ago. Didn't know he was associated with Minecraft's development, but rana's design is so recognisable it just brought the memory of that book back. Really cool tbh !!
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fun fact after the concept for hell notch wanted to name what is now known as the nether as "The slip" I was literally following the development of the game after the introduction of world types.
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Steve flailing around was a special experience, I still remember this version and playing it on multiplayer
