Minecraft: Java Edition
Nov 18, 2011
- Simulator
- Adventure
Platforms: Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)
IGDB community rating 8.5IGDB2,081 votes
Overview
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.
Story
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 early builds of Minecraft on May 17, 2009. The full release of the game was on November 18, 2011, at MINECON 2011.
- Developed by
- Mojang Studios
- Published by
- Mojang Studios
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Facts
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
- Player perspectives
- First person, Third person, Virtual Reality
- Themes
- Fantasy, Survival, Sandbox, Kids, Open world
- Franchise
- Minecraft
- Series
- Minecraft
- Game engines
- Lightweight Java Game Library, Java
- Release dates
- Linux: Jun 30, 2010
- Mac: Jun 30, 2010
- PC (Microsoft Windows): Jun 30, 2010
