MineCraft

  • The birth of a legend

    The birth of a legend
    When Markus Persson was born
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    MineCraft

    A story about the creation of Minecraft.
  • The Beginning of an artist

    The Beginning of an artist
    This is when Markus started getting into coding when his father brought home a commodore 128 at age 7.
  • Creation of His First Game

    Creation of His First Game
    Programmed his first game at age 8. It was cowboys vs Indians test-based adventure game.
  • Markus first job

    Markus first job
    In 2005 Markus got his first job at king.com as a programmer and quit in 2009 when he started working for Jalbum.
  • Mojang Company Creation

    Mojang Company Creation
    Carl Mennah, Markus Persson founded Mojang head office where they worked on Minecraft and other games such as scrolls.
  • Alpha version of MineCraft

    Alpha version of MineCraft
    Markus developed the alpha versions of Minecraft
  • Beta

    Beta
    The beta versions of Minecraft were released to the public
  • 1st 1million

    1st 1million
    Mojang had officially sold 1 million copies of Minecraft
  • 5 Million

    5 Million
    At this time Markus sold over 5 million copies of Minecraft
  • Going once Going twice SOLD!

    Going once Going twice SOLD!
    At this point in Markus's life, he sold Mojang to Microsoft for 2,5 billion dollars