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7->''"Let's go to a place where everything is made of blocks, and the only limit is your imagination. Let's go wherever you want to go. Climb the tallest mountains, venture down to the darkest caves. Build whatever you want; day or night, rain or shine, because this is the most significant sandbox you'll ever set foot in. Build a majestic castle, invent a new machine, or take a ride on a roller coaster. Play with friends, build your little community. Protect yourself with the strongest armor that you can craft, and fight off the danger of the night. No one can tell you what you can or can not do. With no rules to follow, this adventure is up to you."''
8-->-- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmB9b5njVbA Official Minecraft Trailer]]
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10''[[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/ Minecraft]]'' is a block-based [[WideOpenSandbox sandbox]] [[SurvivalSandbox survival]] game. The game drops players into a wide-open [[ProceduralGeneration procedurally generated world]] where everything is made of blocks that the players can break down and place elsewhere, rearranging things as they see fit. The game is noted for its creative appeal, and is often described as "Digital [[BuiltWithLego Lego]]".[[note]]Incidentally, LEGO [[http://www.brickset.com/news/article/?ID=1982 currently offers ''Minecraft''-themed sets by popular demand.]][[/note]] ''Massively'' popular, the game was originally released on PC by developer Creator/{{Mojang}}, but has since moved to every major video game console and mobile platform.
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12In ''Minecraft'', nearly everything in the game is made up of similarly-sized cubes. From dirt to rock, to tree trunks. The "world" of ''Minecraft'' is nigh-infinite and constantly generates new and unique landscapes as the player explores. Players can scale blocky mountains, swim across bodies of water, or explore any one of the many caves winding through the ground underneath them. The world is bound by unbreakable "bedrock" at the bottom and a height limit at the top where players can no longer place blocks. There are also two alternate realms players can travel to: the "Nether", a hell-like dimension, and "The End", a barren land where a terrible dragon awaits.
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14The three main modes in ''Minecraft'' are '''Creative''', '''Survival''', and '''Hardcore'''.
15* In Creative, the players can destroy and place blocks with a single click. They can use any block in the game, cannot die[[note]]Barring using the "/kill" command or, on Java, falling below Y=-128 in the void[[/note]], and can fly. For the most part, it's focused solely on building, and can be used to easily make very large structures or pixel art. Monsters and animals still spawn in the game world, but are passive and will not attack the player.
16* On the other hand, Survival forces the players to manually collect the blocks they want to use and gives them a health bar and the possibility of death. It also introduces crafting and [[WizardNeedsFoodBadly hunger systems]], and monsters will be aggressive and attempt to kill players. The players are forced to scrounge for supplies, building up a base to protect themselves from monsters while also mining deep underground for valuable materials. Players must craft various equipment to help them survive, such as pickaxes to make mining blocks quicker, or swords and armor to help fend off the monsters that come each night.
17* Hardcore mode is almost identical to Survival except for the fact that [[HarderThanHard the difficulty is locked on hard]], and if you die, [[FinalDeathMode you'll respawn in Spectator Mode, which cannot interact with the world]].
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19The game can be played in single-player or multiplayer. Multiplayer servers feature shared persistent worlds, allowing multiple players to either collaborate on grand projects or compete against each other. The game also features a very active mod community and has launched many popular Website/YouTube LetsPlay channels, shows and personalities, such as the LetsPlay/{{Yogscast}}, Creator/AchievementHunter's ''[[LetsPlay/AchievementHunterMinecraftSeries Let's Play Minecraft]]'', WebVideo/{{Stampylongnose}}, ''Minecraft'' channels from ''Little Kelly'' (and her sister, ''Little Carly''), an upcoming Minecraft channel from ''Oceane Marie'' and LetsPlay/SkyDoesMinecraft.
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21''Minecraft'' is notable in that it follows an MMO-style support model despite being largely single-player and receives updates from time to time. The game also began as an indie game and was created by Swedish programmer Markus "Notch" Persson as a SpiritualAdaptation of a [[FreewareGames freeware]] game from Creator/ZachtronicsIndustries called ''Infiniminer''. First released in 2009, ''Minecraft'' started very basic and only had the equivalent of Creative mode. Various other modes, such as Survival Test, Indev, and Infdev were slowly added in and refined/renamed, as well as many of the now-standard features (like the day/night cycle). In the summer of 2010, it was updated to [[UsefulNotes/BetaTest Alpha]] status and moved to Beta status later that year. Despite the game being "officially" released in 2011, many new features have continued to be added. As previously mentioned, in 2014, Microsoft bought Mojang (and thus ''Minecraft'') but assured fans they planned to continue the game's ongoing development, which they have by releasing usually one to two updates per year. As of 2023, the game is on version 1.20.4.
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23The soundtrack is by composers Music/{{C418}}, Lena Raine, Kumi Tanioka, and Aaron Cherof. The GameModIndex has a ''Minecraft'' section which has pages for various mods and maps. The unofficial wiki can be found [[https://minecraft.wiki/ here,]] which is an extremely valuable tool, though each recent update has decreased the need to rely on it by providing in-game hints regarding all major features.
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25Minecraft is one of the most well-known WideOpenSandbox games, and is often cited as the TropeCodifier for the modern SurvivalSandbox game, combining a vast and procedurally generated world with a simple but robust crafting, building and combat system. With over 238 million copies sold, it is the number one best-selling game ''of all time'', surpassing the previous record-holder ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}''. The game's popularity is so high and its fanbase so large that [[Creator/XboxGameStudios Microsoft]] bought ''Minecraft'' for over two billion dollars in 2014. Part of the game's success can be credited to its deep and open-ended gameplay that encourages creativity and exploration: there is no fixed or structured storyline or narrative, and players are given utter freedom to decide how they want to interact with the world, as well as make their adventures within the game.
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27[[folder:Spin-Off Games]]
28[[index]]
29!!!Video Games
30* ''VideoGame/{{Minicraft}}'': (2011) An 8-bit styled top-down game based on ''Minecraft'', made in 48 hours for a Ludum Dare competition.
31* ''VideoGame/MinecraftStoryMode'' (2015-2017): An episodic PointAndClickGame developed by Creator/TelltaleGames in cooperation with Mojang.[[note]]Due to the closure of Telltale Games in 2018, the game is currently {{Abandonware}}.[[/note]]
32* ''VideoGame/MinecraftEarth'' (2019-2021): A free-to-play AugmentedReality game for mobile devices. It was discontinued in June 2021 as a result of the UsefulNotes/Covid19Pandemic.
33* ''VideoGame/MinecraftDungeons'' (2020): A dungeon-crawler HackAndSlash game developed by Mojang and Creator/DoubleEleven.
34* ''VideoGame/MinecraftLegends'' (2023): An {{action|Game}}-{{strategy|Game}} game developed by Mojang and Blackbird Interacive.
35!!!TabletopGames
36* ''Minecraft Card Game'' (2015)
37* ''Minecraft: Builders And Biomes'' (2019)
38!!!Crossovers
39* ''Super VideoGame/MeatBoy'' (2010): Steve is an unlockable VersionExclusiveContent GuestFighter in the game's PC version.
40* ''VideoGame/RetroCityRampage'' (2012): The Player can enter a hidden Minecraft world, and Steve is an unlockable character.
41* ''VideoGame/JoeDanger 2: The Movie'' (2012): As VersionExclusiveContent for the PC and Vita versions of the game, Steve appears as a GuestFighter and the LevelEditor includes usable ''Minecraft'' environments.
42* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' (2018): Steve (with Alex, a zombie, and an Enderman as alternate skins) appears as a [[DownloadableContent DLC]] GuestFighter of the game's ''Fighters Pass Volume 2''.
43[[/folder]]
44[[folder:Other Media]]
45!!!Literature
46* ''Minecraft'': A series of novels published by Del Rey Publishing.
47** ''Minecraft: The Island'' (2017)
48** ''Minecraft: The Crash'' (2018)
49** ''Minecraft: The Lost Journals'' (2019)
50** ''Minecraft: The End'' (2019)
51** ''Minecraft: The Voyage'' (2020)
52** ''Minecraft: The Shipwreck'' (2020)
53** ''Minecraft: The Mountain'' (2021)
54** ''Minecraft: The Dragon'' (2021)
55** ''Minecraft: Mob Squad'' (2021)
56*** ''Minecraft: Mob Squad: Never Say Nether'' (2022)
57*** ''Minecraft: Mob Squad: Don't Fear the Creeper'' (2022)
58** ''Minecraft: The Haven Trials'' (2021)
59** ''Minecraft: Zombies!'' (2022)
60** ''Minecraft: Castle Redstone'' (2022)
61* ''Minecraft: Woodsword Chronicles'' (2019-2021): A series of children's books written by Nick Eliopulos and illustrated by Luke Flowers and Alan Batson.
62* ''Minecraft: Stonesword Saga'' (2021-)
63* ''Mobs of Minecraft'' (2022)
64!!!Comic Books
65* ''ComicBook/{{Minecraft}}'' (2019-): A GraphicNovel series published by Creator/DarkHorseComics about a kid called Tyler who grows closer to his buddies on ''Minecraft'' after he moves to a new town.%%the page may be created as ComicBook/MinecraftDarkHorse or ComicBook/MinecraftDarkHorseComics so that it has its own subpages
66* ''ComicBook/MinecraftStoriesFromTheOverworld'' (2019): An {{Anthology}} collection.
67* ''ComicBook/MinecraftWitherWithoutYou'' (2020-): A three-volume GraphicNovel series about twin monster hunters, Cahira and Orion.
68* ''ComicBook/MinecraftOpenWorld'' (2022-): New player Sarah joins up with veteran Hector to explore.
69!!!Film and Television
70* [[/index]]''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' (2010-2018): The 2018 episode "[[Recap/AdventureTimeS9E14DiamondsAndLemons Diamonds and Lemons]]" was a crossover special produced in collaboration with Mojang.[[index]]
71* Untitled ''Minecraft'' film: [[TheMovie A film based on the game]] is in the works and is set to be released by Creator/WarnerBros.
72[[/index]]
73[[/folder]]
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75See also ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'', a 2D title that is the most popular of several games with [[FollowTheLeader similar "blocky sandbox survival" themes]] to ''Minecraft''; and ''VideoGame/{{Hytale}}'', another such game developed by some of the creators of the Hypixel maps and minigames listed on the [[FanWorks/{{Minecraft}} Fan Works]] page. There's also a ''Minecraft''-inspired Youtube Red series called ''WebAnimation/KingsOfAtlantis''.
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77!!''Minecraft'' provides examples of:
78[[index]]
79* Minecraft/TropesAToF
80** [[AwesomeButImpractical/{{Minecraft}} Awesome, But Impractical]]
81** [[EldritchAbomination/{{Minecraft}} Eldritch Abomination]]
82* Minecraft/TropesGToL
83* Minecraft/TropesMToR
84* Minecraft/TropesSToZ
85[[/index]]
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88->''You died!''\
89''Score: 0''\
90''[[{{VideoGame/Minecraft}} Respawn]]''\

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