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Minceraft, A Submit Mortem

 We've tried adding secrets to the game earlier than. Small issues, like obscure crafting recipes or bizarre conduct, and every part at all times will get figured out instantly. Regardless of how obscure we make a new function, it is totally documented within hours of a new launch. This is superior, and an incredible example of how dedicated some Minecraft gamers are, but it surely also means we can't really cover anything good in the sport even if we tried. So some time ago, I did some deliberately obscure code within the title display to modify two letters round, making it say Minceraft (previous operating gag, there's even a minceraft mockup t shirt design we did) instead of Minecraft on every 10000th recreation launch or so, and no one found it! I was so comfortable about that, I finally knew something about the sport the gamers didn't know. Flash forward to this GDC a number of days in the past, I am doing an interview with Chris Hecker, and he asks me if there's anything no one has present in the game, and that i say sure. I should've mentioned no, however I stated yes. Then I start getting emails and tweets about it, folks start getting excited, and understanding how minor the secret is, I strive to inform individuals it is a really minor secret. That seems to gas the flames. A reporter from a well known gaming site needs to run an article on it, and that i inform him to not. Getting people hyped up about an intentional typo isn't really a very good method to spend everybody's time. There's a number of cool stuff to study from this, though. I'm bonnie and you are One is that it Is possible to hide stuff in plain sight, however as soon as folks go in search of it, they are going to find it. Another factor is that folks seem to need to get excited over issues, even in case you inform them it is nothing major. I'm impressed and relieved you discovered it. I won't comment on it outside of this subreddit.

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