Markus Persson, a.k.a. Notch, a.k.a. the father of the most popular sandbox video game of all time, Minecraft, continues working on his upcoming retro-style first-person roguelike, Levers and Chests – the game he chose over a potential “spiritual successor” to Minecraft, a project he was “100% serious” about, earlier this year – offering one more glimpse into the development process behind the title with a new batch of WIP screenshots.
Similar to the ones he shared earlier, the new shots offer a look at L&C’s voxelized game world, user interface, and a few structures – described as non-procedural but “made with procedural generation in mind” by Notch – along with several mobs, including a creepy Shelob-sized spider and an even creepier, ghost-like figure standing atop several tombstones.
Additionally, the developer gave us a behind-the-scenes look at Bitshift Entertainment’s work on the game’s rendering engine, showcasing some mesmerizing voxel fractals. As of now, the game appears to still be in pre-alpha, and as noted in our earlier coverage of Levers and Chests’ development, if its timeline mirrors that of Minecraft, it’s possible that early versions of L&C could be publicly released as soon as this year – assuming pre-alpha aligns with Minecraft’s Indev.
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