0x10c

And the reasons you'll never have to play another game in your LIFE.

A game that has garnered a LOT of attention is 0x10c, a space game imagined and currently being developed by the incredibly successful Minecraft creator and millionaire, Markus Persson, or Notch as he is better known.

A fully fledged imaginative space RPG. 0x10c takes place in a parallel universe to our own where Notch says space travel has become increasingly popular and feasible, if only enough for those with copious amounts of cash. 

A bunch of techno mumbo jumbo about a deep sleep cell, big and little endian and a string of numbers like this: 0x0001 0000 0000 0000

It is now the year 281,474,976,712,644 AD. The first people have begun to emerge from deep sleep to find their universe in shambles. Red shift and massive black holes, oh my! 

Now if that didn't get your attention then hopefully this will. Programmable computers on your completely customizable ship that lets you do basically whatever you want.

Can I write up a program that turns all lights in the ship into a disco party? Have at 'er!

How about a radar? Sonar? Targeting system? 

The answer is yes.

Flavours

According to the picture above from Notch, we'll have three flavours of 0x10c. 

Singleplayer, which will be a one time fee like any other video game you buy. 

Multiplayer, which will be part of the game you buy for a one time fee. I'm not too sure on this but most sources indicate a LAN game and/or private server. How this will work I am unsure, as Notch has said all in-game ship computers will be emulated on a central server. What I believe will happen is save-states. Like private Minecraft servers, player save-states will be created with inventory, ship, on-board computer, etc all written into it.

Hyperplayer/Hyperverse, which in addition to buying the game will be a monthly fee. I have scoured Notch's IRC logs and I've come to the conclusion that he is undecided but will most likely implement a per generator (Engine, energy field, warp drive? The main source of energy for 

your ship.) monthly fee. So if your ship has two of these energy sources you will pay double, is what I'm assuming since larger ships would need more sources of energy or a larger one, no?

Monthly cost: Unknown. I read in IRC logs that Notch was pondering on this, but that it would most likely be under $10.

After the fan-made 0x10c Trailer break you get to read my ramblings about the DCPU-16, Assembly language, Alliances, and other tasty features of 0x10c.

DCPU-16 

I don't know shit! Too much Assembly and crazy technical specifications that make absolutely NO sense to me. If you want to understand this: DCPU-16 Specification learn assembly.

This is the boot screen for the (stock, I'm presuming) Nya Elektriska DCPU-16.

Nice, right? I love dat 8-bitness.

That's really all I have to say about that. It will be cool, no doubt, to have completely programmable computers in your ship but right now the task of learning Assembly is overwhelming. 

Next!

Assembly language? Nope.

Alliances, Corporations, Gangs, Armadas

0x10c was asking for it so hard. Everyone wants to make a cool group that's better than the rest. Usually a game that is unreleased and yet to have a release date will not gather that many people to create fully fledged groups.

Well, 0x10c did. 

With over SEVEN THOUSAND members and counting, a single forum, 0x10cforum.com has erupted into a thriving community for a still undeveloped game. There are already heated debates over territory, alliances, ships, you name it. 

Recently, a forum member by the name of jecowa created a graphical overview of current alliances/groups and what organizations are part of each one. So for a quick glance at current Alliances: 

A quick note, although Herobrine is comprised of a hundred members or more, it is a Singularity. Much like the Borg are one. Herobrine = Borg (Resistance is futile basically because his prime directive is to destroy anyone that refuses to join his singularity.) 

http://i.imgur.com/qOt6Y.png - (Original Size)

White = No Data

Green = Enemies of both Pirates and Herobrine

Red/Orange = Enemies of Herobrine

Light Blue = Enemies of Pirates

Yellow = Would prefer peace with Herobrine

Black Star Alliance comprises currently of 10 organizations, although I've recently found out that they're looking to merge the smaller ones into a single group under one name. The original organizations can continue to operate under their own name, but will be part of a larger group to simplify things and to maximize efficiency.

Independants include any independant organizations, groups, etc that do a myriad of tasks. My favourite is Freelance Runner, who will personally deliver cargo wherever you may need it. (For a fee, of course.) 

Concord Alliance is a group of organizations that center around the lawful part of play-style. I also believe some of them support systems of Government, where the Black Star Alliance opposes them.

And PRTA is some Battlefield 2 project reality gay orgy that nobody cares about because they all suck each other's dicks. (Actually have no clue what or who these people are and their name is too boring for me to wonder.)

Tasty Features

For all other questions about 0x10c or features that may or may not be in the game, look no further than 0x10cforum.com 

Go to the Discussion part of the forum and fill your boots. 

Best game ever? We'll see if Notch includes everything to make it just that.