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Book

The world of Minecraft : a visual history of the global phenomenon

Call Number

  • 794.85 M6641EV (CEN)

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Edition

First US edition.

Publication Information

New York : Random House Worlds, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2024]

Physical Description

223 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm

Summary

The World of Minecraft is the definitive account of the game's history, combining exclusive interviews from the Mojang studio and recollections from long-standing members of the gaming community. Read the stories behind mods like Feed The Beast, the growth of community-defining servers like Hypixel, and YouTube channels like The Yogscast, plus a personal account from Lydia Winters on the creation of Alex, the impact of Minecraft charity Block by Block, the origin of the phantom, and many more insights.

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

  • Foreword / by Jens "Jeb" Bergensten
  • Inspiration and release
  • The early evolution
  • Question of survival
  • The first Minecraft servers
  • The founding of the Minecraft Forum
  • Pioneering early access
  • The survival loop
  • Changing the yerrain
  • Remembering the Far Lands
  • Minecraft's paintings
  • Introducing Redstone
  • The business expands
  • A growing team
  • The Nether is released
  • Minecraft X YouTube
  • The Yogscast
  • Anarchy servers
  • Minecraft: pocket edition
  • Creative mode reborn
  • Taste for adventure
  • The making of Forge
  • Skyblock maps
  • Founding of Greenfield
  • After the end
  • From the press
  • Minecraft for teaching
  • MINECON hits the big time
  • Xbox 360 edition
  • Introducing the Dropper
  • Playing support
  • Stampy's lovely world
  • Adventure mode
  • Feed the beast
  • Introducing the survival games maps
  • Block by block
  • Command and creeper
  • Introducing Autcraft
  • Age of automation
  • Minigame servers
  • The music parody era
  • Biome Run
  • Speedrunning Minecraft
  • EULA crisis
  • The acquisition
  • Bountiful update
  • Working with Microsoft
  • Attack the block
  • Minecraft LEGO
  • Larsson's llamas
  • Minecraft education
  • Servers on updates
  • History hunters
  • Minecraft in China
  • Expanding brandings
  • Mob vote madness
  • Minecraft in the (real) world
  • Giving Minecraft a fresh look
  • Pixel perfect
  • Accessibility mods
  • Takes a village
  • Minecraft Earth
  • Minecraft's beloved bees
  • Minecraft dungeons
  • Survival multiplayer servers
  • The uncensored library
  • Caves & cliffs
  • Evolving Minecraft's music
  • The evolution of mobs
  • Minecraft legends
  • Tomorrowland
  • Minecraft collaborations
  • Minecraft memories
  • Afterword / by Agnes Larsson.

Subjects

Added Authors

Mojang AB (Firm)