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Cave game
Back in 2009, Marcus Persson, aka Notch, a coder from Sweden, released a game originally called “Cave Game -
survival update
2009 also saw the beginning of survival mode-; a mode where users had to mine their resources in order to survive attacks which resulted in a game that appealed to the masses. The Nether (a hell-like region of the game) and The End (a series of islands) were also added. It was on one of the islands where the boss of the game lived and once defeated the credits roll, however, the players could continue developing their world. -
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Mincraft development
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Mincraft beta
The beta stage of the game officially began in 2010. A time that saw Notch quit his day job in order to add new features and fix bugs to the game full time. By this point, publisher Mojang was interested in the project and helped with the funding of the development. Some thought the Beta stage would never finish due to the constant updates and tweaks; however, the full version was released the following year and achieved great success. -
Mincraft Mobile
Pocket Edition was launched in 2011 which was the mobile version of Minecraft, allowing users to play the game on the go. Although the game was similar to the PC version, some amendments had to be revised in order for players to be able to use their touchscreen as a controller. -
Xbox Mincraft
As Minecraft became compatible with Microsoft, it made sense that the game would start to be available on Microsoft products. In 2012 Minecraft was launched on the Xbox, and the Xbox one, bringing the game to a whole new range of gamers. -
pscraft
The exclusivity clause that Microsoft held ended, meaning that the game could now be developed for PlayStation. Being available on PC, Mobile, PlayStation, and Xbox meant Minecraft was officially massive. -
Goodbye Mojang
It was in 2014 when the original creators of the game walked away and onto new projects, selling Mojang to Microsoft for a whopping $2.5 billion in November of that year. Now the full owners, Microsoft continued the rapid development of the game. -
Hey Minecraft its story time!
Developed and published by Telltale Games, Minecraft: Story Mode launched. This interactive comedy-drama point and click graphic adventure was split across 2 seasons and several episodes. Players were able to collect items, solve problems, and decide on what to do next. The decisions they made would not only affect them in the current episode but also subsequent episodes. Unfortunately, Telltale games went out of business in November 2018. -
Today we learn about ... BLOCKS!
Minecraft Education edition arrived in 2016 and is now being used in schools around the world. This version focuses more of exploring and building rather than the combat elements and can be used to successfully teach a range of subjects from History and Geography to Science and Maths. The game teaches children a myriad of skills, especially problem-solving.
2016 was also the year that total sales for Minecraft across the various platforms hit 100 million users! -
Its time for a Block Party!
The beauty of Minecraft is that it is forever changing. It has always been a simple-looking game but that is the joy of Minecraft and one of the reasons players are still wanting to play a decade later. These iconic, basic graphics mean changes can be made must faster and cheaper than a game with high-quality, modern graphics.
