Notch added that it was a "scary move, but I feel strangely confident. I guess we've worked close enough for long enough for me to feel confident about it. He's exactly what Minecraft needs right now. He's a bit more mod friendly than I am, and we need to embrace mods more."
Jeb commented on the situation as well, stating that he wasn't "sure when the idea came up the first time (from Notch), but it has been a few months now. We all knew that Notch was going to work on other things after release, so it kind of seemed natural for me to 'take over'."
Jeb's next step is to work on the mod API for Minecraft, a long-awaited feature for players and modders alike. He had the following to say on the API:
He went on to add that a release for the new API would likely be seen no sooner than March.Quote fromUntil January I will be the only developer on Minecraft, so things will have to be slow initially. But my absolute main priority now is to create a mod API, because there is no way in hell I will be able to add as much content as the whole internet can do. The game needs an API, so end users can obtain the mods without hassle. I'm not going to do it all by myself though. We have a new programmer beginning in January, and we are talking to existing mod API teams, such as Bukkit, Minecraft Forge, and Minecraft Coder Pack.
Notch and Jeb have collaborated on Minecraft development for over a year, and Notch has expressed the utmost confidence in his collaborator's capabilities. You can contact Jeb via e-mail (at [email protected]), or on Twitter.
Jeb was originally hired as Mojang's back-end developer. Over time, Jeb became increasingly involved in the development of Minecraft, and is now responsible for many well-known parts of the game. Having worked on features such as wolves, pistons and map structures (villages, strongholds and nether fortresses), he now takes his vision of Minecraft's future foward as the official head developer of the game. Congratulations, Jeb!
You mean go on vacations
what you put in to game
just not working on minecraft as much.
Jeb is not going to ruin the game. I won't be surprised if he still consults Notch on features he wishes to remove/add. He isn't going to rampage and break Minecraft
One thing o point out NOTch.
F*** YEAH!
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We should be seeing a fair mix of building to adventure content now, and Jeb doesn't have an irrational hatred of mob traps and boats made out of wood instead of egg shells. This is the best thing to happen to minecraft since pistons.
And who got pistons into the game, eh? :-3
So many psychics on here man! A lot of "Jeb's going to do this, Jeb's going to do that" and "Minecraft sucks now" about a guy who Notch has faith in and has been present throughout the majority of the game's development. I doubt anybody really cares that you quit the game, you've paid and fail to realize that even if Jeb did something ridiculous like remove dragons somebody else would no doubt create a mod that reintroduces them. This is the community's game in the strongest sense of the word and if you're going to be a paranoid idiot, then good for you!
More like "Damnit, Jeb!"
I used to basically blame notch for everything, especially when my milk was off and I don't notice until halfway through and get sick...