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[Sirus]

Lighting looks kinda funky, but I guess it doesn't have to shoot for photo-realism.

@ Sowelu: The FPS is in the upper-left corner

[Sowelu]

Oh whoops.  I saw a four digit number and my brain didn't process it as such.  <3

Of course it also depends on what kind of card he's running on.  But I look forwards to hearing more about the FPS as time goes on.

[alway]

From twitter:

So here's the deal: the game will have no textures. Flat colored polygons with modern lighting, but no textures. None. (except a few)

oh, yes, you get to decide yourself how bright you want it. Put in more lights!

Seems the graphical style of the game will be lit, but untextured polygons.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Oh yes, no textures at all except a few. That tells me everything. Good going there Notch.

[Duke 2.0]

The problem is that in exchange for a subscription the player tends to expect a minimum level of support.  Minecraft's multiplayer is a buggy, unfinished product made playable through extensive modification.  If Notch running a central server for his game, he discards that crutch.  It's almost impossible to argue that Mojang has the level of finesse and quality assurance required to pull something like this off.

Based on one(1) data point

Nobody knows how well they can handle this. We'll just have to wait and see how much their quality increases when it's a coherent project.

I am digging the lack of textures, so long as we can still color the polygons.

[alway]

I am digging the lack of textures, so long as we can still color the polygons.

Yeah, you can. You may as well keep this open for details.
https://twitter.com/#!/notch

Also, the website just updated; he is currently working on the model editor now.

[Sirus]

How are you gonna have planetary surfaces and stuff without textures?

[Matz05]

Fractal/procedural 3D models?

[Sirus]

Fractal/procedural 3D models?

From space?

[Vattic]

Seems the graphical style of the game will be lit, but untextured polygons.

Like Starfox/Starwing on the SNES? Neat!

[Sowelu]

Seems the graphical style of the game will be lit, but untextured polygons.

Like Starfox/Starwing on the SNES? Neat!

When you put it like that, I'm all for it.

[Matz05]

That sounds like the kind of retroness this game is going for, and something that will let it run on cheaper graphics cards.

[Sirus]

That sounds like the kind of retroness this game is going for, and something that will let it run on cheaper graphics cards.

Dear Armok, I hope so.

[Chattox]

I am fizzing with excitement for this game, I just hope he goes through with it and makes it everything it has the potential to be.

[Tilla]

Notch specifically refers to Elite 2. Which I think would look AMAZING with some modern lighting and shading on it.