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Minecraft

Using an iron pickaxe, Steve, the default player skin, is shown racing across a grassy plain. A tame wolf is standing next to him. A pig, a chicken, a cow, a skeleton, a zombie, and a creeper may all be seen in the backdrop. The background is made up of rocks and mountains, while the sky is a clear blue. The Minecraft logo is present across the environment.

Box art for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition

Mojang Studios is a developer.

Mojang Studios[c] is the publisher.

Microsoft Game Studios

Entertainment Sony Interactive[e]

Markus Persson [f] is the designer.

Jeremy Bergensten

Artist(s)

Michael Toivonen

J. B. Oerstra

Ingrid Zetterstrand

Composer(s) C418[h]

Release 18 of the Minecraft Engine Lightweight Java Game Library for Windows, macOS, and Linux

In Minecraft, users can locate and extract raw materials, make tools and things, and construct buildings, earthworks, and rudimentary machinery in a blocky, randomly generated 3D world with nearly unlimited topography. Players can engage in cooperative or competitive play with or against other players in the same globe, depending on the game mode they have selected. There are several game modes, including a survival mode (where players must gather resources to construct in the world and keep themselves healthy) and a creative mode (where players have unlimited resources and access to flight). A large range of user-generated content is also available, adding additional game mechanics and opportunities. Examples include mods, servers, skins, texture packs, and custom maps.

Critical appreciation for Minecraft led to multiple prizes, and afterwards

Gameplay

A 3D sandbox game like Minecraft has no set objectives to complete, giving players a lot of choice in how they want to play. [18] However, there is an accomplishment system,[19] referred to as "trophies" on the PlayStation ports and "advancements" in the Java Edition of the game. [20] Although the third-person perspective is an option, the first-person perspective is the default for gameplay. [21] The game's environment is made out of crude 3D items, mostly fluids and cubes known as "blocks," that depict different types of substances like water, lava, mud, minerals, and tree trunks.

 The main gameplay mechanics involve moving and picking up these items. Players can move freely throughout the environment while these bricks are organised in a 3D grid. Blocks can be mined by players.Players must select one of five game modes and one of four difficulty levels, ranging from "Peaceful" to "Hard," when creating a new world. The player experiences more damage from mobs as the game's difficulty increases, in addition to additional level-specific consequences. 

For instance, the Hard difficulty causes players to starve to death if their hunger gauge is low, but the Peaceful difficulty stops hostile groups from appearing. [30] The game mode cannot be changed without using cheats, however the difficulty can be altered once it has been chosen.

Default character skins for Steve or Alex are chosen at random for new players[31], however the possibility to design one's own skins was introduced in 2010. [32] A variety of non-player characters known as mobs, including animals, villages, and dangerous entities, are encountered by players. [33] It is possible to hunt passive mobs, such cows, pigs, and chickens, for food and crafting supplies. They spawn throughout the day, but dangerous monsters like huge spiders, skeletons, and zombies do so at night or in dimly lit areas like caverns. [27] Without headgear, some hostile mobs, such as zombies, skeletons, and drowned (zombie-like creatures that live underwater), burn in the sun. [34] Other species that can only be found in Minecraft are the creeper, an explosive creature that sneaks up on the player, and the enderman.

Game modes

Continuity mode

Placing the necessary ingredients into the crafting grid, a 3x3 block of item slots hanging over the player's usual inventory, which is already full with other goods, in order to create a stone axe.

The stone axe's recipe, along with various other blocks and items in the player's inventory, are displayed in the crafting menu in the game Minecraft.

In order to create specific blocks and things in the survival mode, players must collect natural materials such as wood and stone from the surrounding area.

[27] Depending on the difficulty, enemies may spawn farther from the character in darker locations, necessitating the construction of a shelter at night. [27] Additionally, the mode contains a health metre that is reduced by mob attacks.

A limited number of items can be carried by players thanks to the game's inventory system. [50] Unless the game is changed to prevent it, items in the players' inventory are lost when they die. Then, players re-spawn at their original spawn position, which is by default where they started out in the game and can be changed by using a respawn anchor or sleeping in a bed[51]. If players can get to dropped things before they vanish or despawn after five minutes, they can be reclaimed [52]. Killing monsters and other players, mining, smelting ores, raising animals, and cooking meals are all ways that players can earn experience points. Then experience can be used to enchant gear, including tools, armour, and weapons. [30] In general, enchanted goods are more potent, endure longer, or have other unique properties.

Multiplayer

Multiplayer in Minecraft enables multiple players to interact and communicate with each other on a single world. It is available through direct game-to-game multiplayer, LAN play, local split screen (console-only), and servers (player-hosted and business-hosted).^[64] Players can run their own servers, use a hosting provider, or connect directly to another player's game via Xbox Live. Single-player worlds have local area network support, allowing players to join a world on locally interconnected computers without a server setup.^[65] Minecraft multiplayer servers are guided by server operators, who have access to server commands such as setting the time of day and teleporting players. Operators can also set up restrictions concerning which usernames or IP addresses are allowed or disallowed to enter the server.^[64] Multiplayer servers have a wide range of activities, with some servers having their own unique rules and customs. The largest and most popular server is Hypixel, which has been visited by over 14 million unique players.^[66][67] Player versus player combat (PvP) can be enabled to allow fighting between players.^[68] Many servers have custom plugins that allow actions that are not normally possible.

Multiple players can interact and communicate with one another on a single world thanks to multiplayer in Minecraft. It is accessible through LAN play, local split screen (console-only), direct game-to-game multiplayer, and servers (player-hosted and business-hosted). [64] Players can connect directly to another player's game via Xbox Live, create their own servers, or use a hosting service. Local area networks are supported in single-player worlds, enabling players to connect to a world on locally linked computers without the need for a server configuration. [65] Server operators, who have access to server commands like altering the time of day and teleporting people, control the multiplayer Minecraft servers. Operators can also impose limitations on which usernames or IP addresses are permitted or prohibited from accessing the server. [64] There are numerous options available on multiplayer servers.

Customization

The modding community is made up of admirers, users, and outside programmers. They have created a wide range of downloadable content for Minecraft, such as modifications, texture packs, and custom maps, using a variety of application programme interfaces that have developed over time. Modifications of the Minecraft code, called mods, add a variety of gameplay changes, ranging from new blocks, items, and mobs to entire arrays of mechanisms. [77] [78] The modding community is responsible for a substantial supply of mods from ones that enhance gameplay, such as minimaps,[79] waypoints, and durability counters,[80] to ones that add to the game elements from other video games and media. While a variety of mod frameworks were independently developed by reverse engineering the code, Mojang has also enhanced vanilla Minecraft with official

The Xbox 360 Edition allows downloadable content, which can be purchased through the Xbox Games Store and typically includes more character skins. [84] Later, in its twelfth title update, it added "mash-up packs," which mix texture packs with skin packs and changes to the game's sounds, music, and user interface. These packs later got support for texture packs. [85] On September 4, 2013, the first mash-up pack (and thus, the first texture pack) for the Xbox 360 Edition was made available. It was based on the Mass Effect video game series. [86] The Xbox 360 Edition, however, does not accept player-made mods or unique maps, in contrast to Java Edition. [87] Nintendo launched a cross-promotional resource bundle based on the Super Mario series for the Wii U Edition globally on