You’re free to explore those games if you want to get a sense of Minecraft’s video game ancestry, but what’s really important is what those games are. His work was heavily influenced by earlier videogames such as Dungeon Keeper (a late 1990s resource and dungeon management game), Dwarf Fortress (a procedurally-generated open world-building game released in 2006), and Infiniminer (a small indie game that foreshadowed Minecraft with block-based sandbox gameplay). He began creating the game in his spare time while working as a game developer for Jalbum and eventually founded Mojang, once Minecraft proved popular enough to be his full time job. Minecraft is the brainchild of Swedish videogame programmer and designer Markus “Notch” Persson. Despite its huge number of copies sold and players registered, it isn’t immediately apparent to many people exactly what the appeal of Minecraft is and how the game has managed to suck in everyone from elementary school kids to retirees. What Is Minecraft?īefore we get into installing and playing the game, let’s take a long look at what exactly Minecraft even is, where it came from, and what makes it so popular (as of early 2014, the game has had over 100 million players worldwide). We’ll thus begin with a look at the history of Minecraft and what exactly the game even is. If you’ve watched your friends or kids play and scratched your head at what exactly the appeal is (or maybe you’re already convinced and excited to go) we’ll highlight what makes Minecraft so downright addictive to so many.įor most people, it’s important to understand what exactly this hugely popular game is and why others become so enamored with it before they’ll take it for a spin. After that, we’ll have daily lessons focused on optimizing the game, learning about all the cool terrain and creatures, and more advanced aspects of gameplay like setting up a local multiplayer game, customizing your in-game appearance, and playing online. Today we’re going to dig into installing and setting up Minecraft to get you playing and enjoying the game as quickly as possible. This includes creating custom maps, building in-game devices and structures, as well as thriving in the difficult Survival Mode. It can feel confusing but don’t worry, we’ve laid out a series of lessons that will take you from not knowing a single thing about the game to advanced gameplay.

Exploring Minecraft Multiplayer Serversĭespite its simple appearance there is a whole lot going on in Minecraft.

Setting Up Local Multiplayer and Custom Player Skins.

I’m a Farmer, You’re a Farmer, We are Farmers All.

Advanced Mining and the Magic of Enchanting.

Your First Mine, Armor, and Further Exploration.

Surviving Your First Night In Survival Mode.

Improving Minecraft Performance on Old and New Computers.

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