Markus "Notch" Persson (Markus Persson) shared his plans about his next game in an interview with PC Gamer .
As planned Persson, his next project will be a space simulator with open world (the so-called sandbox). The main sources of inspiration developer called classic game similar genre Elite, which was released in 1984 on a variety of gaming systems. "I want to make Elite, just right." Later in his microblog Twitter Persson reformulated last statement: "I want to make the right Elite, which has not been made after the first part."The author also wants to continue to play stylistically and visually reminiscent of the TV series "Firefly" .
Unannounced project will be developed on similar to Minecraft scheme. "My goal - to make the game in the same way as I did Minecraft", - said game designer. Nevertheless, the space simulator is one of the projects that considering Persson. Full development process has not started yet.
Markus Persson - Swedish game designer, founder of the studio Mojang Specifications, which gained popularity after the release of the alpha version of the game Minecraft in May 2009. In early 2012, the Markus Persson has ceased to be the chief designer of Minecraft and focused on other projects. Currently he is working on a role-playing gameMiniTale. In March 2012, the game's creator Marcus Persson was awarded the "Special Award" for his contribution to the development of the gaming industry at the award ceremony BAFTA Video Games Awards 2012.
