<s>
0x10c	B-Operating_System
(	O
pronounced	O
"	O
ten	B-Operating_System
to	I-Operating_System
the	I-Operating_System
c	I-Operating_System
"	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
unfinished	O
sandbox	O
science	O
fiction	O
video	O
game	O
previously	O
under	O
development	O
by	O
Mojang	O
AB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
AD	O
281,474,976,712,644	O
after	O
people	O
start	O
waking	O
up	O
from	O
"	O
deep	O
sleep	O
"	O
caused	O
by	O
a	O
bug	O
in	O
deep	O
sleep	O
cells	O
that	O
were	O
released	O
in	O
1988	O
.	O
is	O
a	O
prefix	O
in	O
many	O
high-level	B-Language
languages	I-Language
used	O
to	O
indicate	O
a	O
hexadecimal	O
literal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
0x10c	B-Operating_System
featured	O
a	O
working	O
emulated	O
16-bit	O
processor	O
inside	O
the	O
game	O
called	O
the	O
DCPU-16	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
accessed	O
through	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
monitors	O
located	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2011	O
,	O
Markus	O
Persson	O
announced	O
that	O
he	O
was	O
going	O
to	O
be	O
stepping	O
down	O
as	O
the	O
lead	O
developer	O
of	O
Minecraft	B-Application
,	O
and	O
that	O
he	O
would	O
be	O
working	O
on	O
another	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
days	O
later	O
in	O
an	O
interview	O
with	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
magazine	O
,	O
Persson	O
announced	O
that	O
he	O
was	O
working	O
on	O
a	O
space-themed	O
game	O
that	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
television	O
show	O
Firefly	O
and	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
Elite	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
details	O
of	O
this	O
game	O
were	O
released	O
in	O
an	O
April	O
Fool	O
's	O
parody	O
website	O
called	O
"	O
Mars	O
Effect	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
play	O
on	O
Mass	B-Application
Effect	I-Application
and	O
alluding	O
to	O
the	O
lawsuit	O
by	O
Bethesda	O
Softworks	O
over	O
trademark	O
infringement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
immediately	O
obvious	O
how	O
to	O
pronounce	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
name	O
and	O
a	O
large	O
variety	O
of	O
suggestions	O
were	O
proposed	O
,	O
Persson	O
has	O
said	O
that	O
he	O
pronounces	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
ten	B-Operating_System
to	I-Operating_System
the	I-Operating_System
see	I-Operating_System
,	O
"	O
but	O
that	O
"	O
people	O
can	O
pronounce	O
it	O
however	O
they	O
want	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
13	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
video	O
gameplay	O
of	O
0x10c	B-Operating_System
was	O
released	O
by	O
Persson	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
April	O
2013	O
interview	O
with	O
Polygon	O
,	O
Persson	O
stated	O
that	O
0x10c	B-Operating_System
development	O
was	O
hit	O
by	O
creative	O
road	O
block	O
and	O
would	O
be	O
put	O
on	O
hold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
13	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Persson	O
confirmed	O
in	O
a	O
live	O
stream	O
that	O
0x10c	B-Operating_System
was	O
indefinitely	O
shelved	O
,	O
adding	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
could	O
potentially	O
be	O
made	O
in	O
the	O
future	O
,	O
if	O
another	O
Mojang	O
employee	O
were	O
interested	O
in	O
continuing	O
its	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
's	O
influenced	O
by	O
bright	O
,	O
vivid	O
sci-fi	O
,	O
and	O
real-world	O
functional	O
spaceship	O
design	O
to	O
go	O
with	O
0x10c'''s	O
realistic	O
tone	O
,	O
"	O
said	O
Jonatan	O
Pöljö	O
,	O
artist	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
15	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
Daniel	O
Rosenfeld	O
(	O
C418	O
)	O
,	O
who	O
also	O
composed	O
the	O
music	O
for	O
Mojang	O
's	O
previous	O
game	O
,	O
Minecraft	B-Application
,	O
released	O
the	O
soundtrack	O
for	O
0x10c	B-Operating_System
on	O
his	O
Bandcamp	O
page	O
,	O
which	O
consists	O
of	O
two	O
tracks	O
,	O
"	O
0x10c	B-Operating_System
"	O
and	O
"	O
0	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pricing	O
0x10c	B-Operating_System
was	O
expected	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
first	O
Mojang	O
game	O
with	O
a	O
monthly	O
fee	O
for	O
online	O
play	O
in	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
(	O
but	O
no	O
recurring	O
fee	O
for	O
single	O
player	O
mode	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
revealed	O
that	O
the	O
pricing	O
would	O
be	O
similar	O
to	O
Minecraft''	O
,	O
with	O
alpha	O
costing	O
less	O
than	O
beta	O
,	O
and	O
beta	O
costing	O
less	O
than	O
the	O
full	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
