BETA
Chapter 1
The birth of the block
Chapter 2
Redstone and virtual engineering
Chapter 3
Building beyond the screen
Chapter 4
The global playground
Ch 1 · The birth of the block
fadedastronaut Stack milestone blocks to discover how Minecraft went from a bedroom hobby to the boardroom.
pablo__7464 The First Blocks
Just grass and stone, Build a world of our own, See how far we've grown.
pablo__7464 The iconic green Creeper was created by accident when a coding error swapped a pig's height and length.
pablo__7464 Minecraft uses procedural generation and Perlin noise to create virtually infinite, unique worlds from a single seed code.
BETA
pablo__7464 Place digital blocks to discover how voxels became the foundation of Minecraft.
Fun Fact
Minecraft's size: The game's code is so efficient that the original alpha release was under 300 kilobytes, smaller than a single high-quality photo.
Glossary
block (noun)
A solid piece of hard material, such as stone or wood, usually with flat surfaces. In May 2009, Markus Persson coded the earliest prototype using simple cobblestone and grass cubes.
A solid piece of hard material, such as stone or wood, usually with flat surfaces. In May 2009, Markus Persson coded the earliest prototype using simple cobblestone and grass cubes.
Quiz
Which basic resource must Minecraft players mine first to craft torches and keep monsters from spawning?
Quiz
Which indie game directly inspired Minecraft's block-building and mining mechanics?
Quiz
In what year did Microsoft acquire Mojang and the Minecraft franchise for $2.5 billion?
pablo__7464 Swedish developer Markus Persson created the global gaming phenomenon Minecraft.
Quiz
The iconic, explosive Creeper was created by accident while attempting to code which animal in Minecraft?
Quiz
What mathematical algorithm does Minecraft use to generate its smooth, natural-looking terrain?