Notch had run a Twitter poll asking followers to weigh in on whether he should keep his in-development project's current direction, or put it on the shelf to make something more like Minecraft.

Minecraft creator "Notch" has "basically announced minecraft 2", surprising fans of the thirteen-year-old game.

Minecraft creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson ... first-person dungeon crawler” in the vein of NetHack and Eye of the Beholder. This game also “feels like Stardew Valley, but [with] more ...

Minecraft creator Markus Persson has said he “basically announced Minecraft 2” after polling his social media followers on what game they’d like him to make next.