De mannen achter Minecraft komen met nieuwe game: Scrolls

Vandaag liet de man achter Minecraft, Markus ‘Notch’ Persson weten dat zijn bedrijf Mojang bezig is met een nieuw project: Scrolls.

Zoals te lezen is op de site, is de game Scrolls een smeltkroes van traditionele kaartspellen met strategische en op geluk baserende elementen. Door middel van de magische Scrolls kunnen spelers krachtige aanvallen over hun vijanden oproepen. Veel is verder niet bekend over Scrolls, maar de nadruk ligt in ieder geval op de magische gameplay.

Lead designer Jakob Porser van Mojang legt uit hoe hij en Persson op het idee voor de game kwamen en waar ze naartoe willen met hun visies:

“Five years ago, me and Markus “Notch” Persson started talking about a game we felt was missing in the gaming market. A game we desperately wanted to play, but was unable to as it had not yet been developed. The game we envisioned had elements from the collectible card game genre as well as from traditional board games. It would be a strategic game with a strong foundation in tactical game play but with a touch of random and chance guaranteeing a never ending stream of curve balls. You would control the outcome of battle by creating, modifying and refining your arsenal to overcome the obstacles in your path. The game would challenge you with ever changing content and let you explore the world and cleanse the lands of harm, one monster at the time. It would give you the opportunity to test yourself with your peers by battling other players using a long list of tournament templates ranging from friendly matches to ranked league matches. From quick, small sized tournaments to world championships!

Over these past five years, the list of elements we wanted to see in this game continued to grow to the point were we finally said, “OK. If we are going to have any chance of completing this game, we better get cracking!”. And so we did.”