Chain World
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| Chain World | |
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| Developer | Jason Rohrer |
| Platform | Windows PC |
| Release | 2011 |
| Mode | Single-player |
Chain World is a video game designed by Jason Rohrer, and built on the game Minecraft. Chain World won the 2011 Game Design Challenge. The challenge was named GDC: The Game Design Challenge: Bigger Than Jesus with the goal to create a game that could become a religion.[1]
Only one known copy of the game exists on a customized USB flash drive. The game was designed to be played by only one player at a time who would alter the game world. Future players were to be chosen by the current USB drive holder. After his GDC presentation, Rohrer passed the game on, apparently at random, to audience member Jia Ji. Jia Ji created controversy by selling the game on eBay for charity, and imposing his own set of rules about who could play Chain World after the auction winner.[2]
The current location of the flash drive is unknown, though in June 2012, Positional Super Ko, believed to be the winner of Jia Ji's auction, tweeted that they still had the drive,[3] however in February 2016, Positional Super Ko tweeted again, stating that they had given the drive to somebody, though it's unknown who.[4]
The game was originally created using Minecraft Beta 1.8 version, using Chain World as the seed. The USB stick itself was given a custom treatment by Rohrer to create the appearance of an ancient artifact. Due to it only being available on said USB stick and one of the game's rules forbidding conversation about the game's contents, little is known about it.
