

In July, Minecraft was rewritten to use the Lightweight Java Gaming Library (LWJGL).

Version 0.0.11a was publicly released the day after the private release on May 17, 2009, and the game received mention on the day after.

The game was released as an "early private singleplayer alpha" on May 16, 2009. However, in 2015 it was reused in Minecraft: Story Mode. Shortly after that, it was shortened to " Minecraft" to prevent confusion with the webcomic. The game was given the name " Minecraft: Order of the Stone" – a reference to the webcomic Order of the Stick – the next day. He simply referred to it as a "cave game" in the first Minecraft video he uploaded on May 13, 2009. When he first started work on Minecraft, he hadn't come up with a name for it as he had planned for it to be a small project. Other influences include Dwarf Fortress, Dungeon Keeper, and Persson's own RubyDung project. Markus Persson created Minecraft after playing Infiniminer with other members of the TIGSource forums in 2009. Unlike Bedrock Edition, which is not available for computers without Windows 10, Java Edition supports a variety of operating systems including macOS, Linux, and Windows.ĭevelopment Main article: Java Edition Version History Creation and Pre-Classic Ī screenshot of Cave Game from the tech test video. Realms for Java Edition is a separate service from Realms Plus for Bedrock Edition. Java Edition's code is more easily modified than the other editions, and so it has by far the most robust scenes for mods and custom servers. Only the Java Edition has official software for players to host their own servers. The launcher allows for separate profiles, which is useful for mods, development versions, and old versions.

Along with the latest versions and latest snapshots, most past versions of Java Edition are available through the launcher, though some are lost and archived. Logging in with a Mojang account is required to play the game. The game was fully released on November 18, 2011, at MINECON 2011. Markus "Notch" Persson began development on May 10, 2009, publicly releasing the game on May 17, 2009. Minecraft: Java Edition (originally referred to as PC Edition and previously known as Minecraft) is the original platform of Minecraft, developed by Mojang Studios and available for Windows, MacOS, and Linux.
