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Development of Minecraft: Java Edition

The development of the 2011 sandbox game Minecraft spans over 16 years and multiple major updates. Originally started in May 2009 by Markus "Notch" Persson as a small personal project, the game quickly became popular on forums, prompting Persson to continue updating it. Over the course of its development, Minecraft's public beta amassed over 4 million…

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Pre-release (2009–2011)

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Development of Minecraft: Java Edition

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the fireball-shooting Ghasts.BetaMinecraft entered the Beta phase on 20 December 2010instance ofcomposed mainly of lava and populated with dangerous monsters0.80text
with Beta 1.0 introducing throwable eggsinstance ofcomposed mainly of lava and populated with dangerous monsters0.80text
leaf decayinstance ofcomposed mainly of lava and populated with dangerous monsters0.80text
the fireball-shooting Ghastsinstance ofcomposed mainly of lava and populated with dangerous monsters0.80text
the Wither bossinstance ofThe update added new mobs0.80text
Witchesinstance ofThe update added new mobs0.80text
in theme for Halloween of that yearinstance ofThe update added new mobs0.80text
savannasinstance ofadding 11 new biomes0.80text
mesasinstance ofadding 11 new biomes0.80text
extreme hillsinstance ofadding 11 new biomes0.80text
various forestsinstance ofadding 11 new biomes0.80text
along with terrain features such as packed iceinstance ofadding 11 new biomes0.80text

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