Developer plans to make the game a revival of the genre

Mar 24, 2012 14:31 GMT  ·  By

Markus Persson, aka Notch, has recently told fans that he was interested in creating a space based video game as his next project, and it seems that the indie developer already has a clear vision of what he plans to create.

Speaking to PC Gamer the developer said, “I want the space game that’s more like Firefly. I want to run around on my ship and have to put out a fire. Like, oh crap, the cooling system failed, I have to put out the fire here.”

He added, “The goal is to do it the same way I did Minecraft. Just basically have me work on it for a while, and then we’ll add people as needed, and try to charge as soon as possible, because it’s probably going to be open ended sandbox game as well, so it doesn’t need to be completed before people can play it.”

Development will start this summer, presumably after Mojang launches its Scrolls video game.