The enormous popularity of Minecraft made that LEGO He will be interested in his universe and his attractive Sandbox concept. More than a decade ago, the toy company negotiated with MOJANG To create a title similar to Minecraftbut with the iconic Lego pieces. That was how it was born Brickcrafttitle that in the end was canceled and did not see the light.
Preservation enthusiasts have just made an incredible discovery, as they found and shared a prototype of Brickcraft. To be more precise, it is a playable version of the project that supposedly compiled shortly before its cancellation. The interesting thing is that it is already available and any interested party can try it.
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Playable version of Brickcraft It comes to light in more than a decade of its cancellation
Brickcraft It was a Mojang game that sought to move the creative experience of Minecraft to the universe of Lego. The idea was to generate a procedural world completely built with Lego pieceswith biomes inspired by different thematic sets of the brand.
Unlike cubic blocks of Minecrafthere the players would build with Lego blocks in different shapes and sizes, in a totally customizable environment. The idea was to have up to 5 types of pieces that could be rotated and combined in a range of 39 colors of the official LEGO catalog.
The development of Brickcraft It began in September 2011 and was canceled in July 2012. It became a kind of Lost Media, because for years it became impossible to find project material. By surprise, the situation changed this week, as a prototype of the peculiar game was found and published.
According to the details, the playable version is on June 28, 2012, approximately 1 month before the announcement of its cancellation. Omniarchivecommunity site dedicated to preserving everything related to Minecraftshared the material. It is possible to download this playable compilation from its site.
The enthusiasts of Minecraft They are very excited about this finding, as it is part of the history of the popular Mojang and Xbox game. Unfortunately, Brickcraft He stayed in a concept test and will never come true officially.
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Why was Mojang and Lego game canceled?
According to the details that are known about the development of BrickcraftIt was Mojang who approached Lego to present the concept of the game. After analyzing its potential and seeing the good acceptance of MinecraftLego approved the project. However, things were very complicated very soon due to differences between companies.
Fuentes claim that Mojang had a spirit of freedom that facilitated him to enhance his ingenuity, but this contrasted with LEGO restrictive policies. The study presented several ideas to design the world and the pieces of the game; However, Lego did not agree with several of them, because at all times he sought to take care of the image of his products.
Daniel Kaplan, creative of Mojang, revealed that Markus “Notch” Personcreator of Minecraft And then developer head, he got fed up with LEGO’s demands. Therefore, he decided to cancel the project. Now, after 13 years of being lost, players can know a part of Brickcraft.
“I don’t remember all the details, but it was in our office. And I think Notch simply said we would end the project. In the end, I think Markus simply fed up with all the rules that did not fit his vision and ours about how we want to make games. It was simply a very different way of seeing things.”
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