Minecraft 101
MINECRAFT 101 Presented by Jessica Breitman, James Hartmann, James Hutter, and Lisa Zuena Wednesday, September 30th, 2015 - 9:30am Outline 1. Overview 2. Minecraft Platforms 3. Minecraft in Libraries 4. Q&A 5. Demo the game! What is Minecraft? According to the Official Minecraft Wiki, “Minecraft is a sandbox construction game created by Mojang AB founder Markus Persson...Gameplay involves players interacting with the game world by placing and breaking various types of blocks in a three-dimensional environment. In this environment, players can build creative structures, creations, and artwork on multiplayer servers and singleplayer worlds across multiple game modes.” A Brief History 2009 - Markus Persson (“Notch”) June 2011: the famous “Adventure develops the prototype for Update” is released, introducing more Minecraft advanced features and mobs Multiplayer mode and a “Survival October and November 2011: Minecraft Mode” (featuring monsters) are gets ported to Android and iOS mobile introduced devices July 29, 2010: a PC Gamer interview November 18, 2011: Minecraft is officially brings Minecraft more publicity released September 18, 2010: a Minecraft November 19, 2011: Jens Bergensten server crashes due to a massive (“Jeb”) takes over, and begins creating increase in signups the Minecraft we know and love today Popularity January 12, 2011 - Hit 1 million purchases, less than a month after entering its beta phase November 2011 - Minecraft beta surpassed 16 million registered users and 4 million purchases February 25, 2014 - Reached 100 million registered users October 10, 2014 - Sold 17 million PC copies, becoming the best-selling PC game of all time, and sold approximately 60 million copies total, making it one of the best-selling video games of all time Popularity ...basically, it sold a LOT of copies..
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