Minecraft: Java Edition

| Main Game

Genres:

Simulator

Adventure

Themes:

Fantasy

Survival

Sandbox

Kids

Open world

Perspective:

First person

Third person

Virtual Reality

Game modes:

Single player

Multiplayer

Co-operative

Split screen

Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Released on:

18/11/2011

Platforms:

Linux

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Mac

Language Support

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Involved Companies:

Mojang Studios

Developer

Publisher

Summary

Minecraft focuses on allowing the player to explore, interact with, and modify a dynamically generated map made of one-cubic-meter-sized blocks. In addition to blocks, the environment features plants, mobs, and items. Some activities in the game include mining for ore, fighting hostile mobs, and crafting new blocks and tools by gathering various resources found in the game. The game's open-ended model allows players to create structures, creations, and artwork on various multiplayer servers or their single-player maps. Other features include redstone circuits for logic computations and remote actions, minecarts and tracks, and a mysterious underworld called the Nether. A designated but completely optional goal of the game is to travel to a dimension called the End, and defeat the ender dragon.

History

Minecraft: Java Edition (previously known as Minecraft) is the original version of Minecraft, developed by Mojang Studios for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Notch began development on May 10, 2009, publicly releasing Minecraft on May 17, 2009. The full release of the game was on November 18, 2011, at MINECON 2011.