But no, Reforj is not Minecraft 2.
“Reclaim the future.
Reforj the world,” reads the Reforj social media account.
Garrett joined 4J earlier this year, working with the developer to bring Reforj to life.
“We’ve already had articles about 4J making Minecraft 2.
But that’s not what we’re trying to do,” Garrett continued.
“Despite all of us being huge fans of Minecraft, we don’t need to make another one.
It already exists.”
That’s something we revel in.
We still have a marketplace in Minecraft.
Reforj is being developed in Elements Engine, 4J’s own “proprietary voxel sandbox engine”.
“We started on the Elements Engine about five years ago,” said van der Kuyl.
“The obvious question is that Unity and Unreal have taken over the market, so why do this?
Well, we love creative sandbox gaming.
Of course we want nice graphics and shiny water.
But there were opportunities around using GPU acceleration for something different.
So we asked ourselves, could we build an engine that gave you persistent 60-frames-per-second in this kind-of game.
It may be a geeky thing to say, but for a player it would transform their experience.”
“It’s about… the world’s saves being really efficient.
It wouldn’t be possible if you’re loading data off a harddrive.
As for Minecraft, did you get a look at therecent live-action movie trailer?
It sure is the sight to behold!
