World selection menu

The menu screen is comprised of the main menu as well as other menus displayed when Minecraft is paused. The menu screen is the interface for you to change options such as language and texture pack, as well as create a new world or join a multiplayer server. Upon the opening of the game's menu, the game's logo will appear with a splash caption beneath it. The game's menu can be accessed anytime in-game by pressing the by default.

By default, there are 7 buttons in the title screen menu: Singleplayer, Multiplayer, Texture Packs, Options, Quit Game and the language button. In the background, there is a constantly moving, blurred image of a Minecraft world with distinguishable features. It is believed that the map shown changes frequently. At some texture packs, the background image changes. (For an example: A Creeper.)

History
Originally the main menu displayed a repeating pattern of the dirt block texture (texture packs could however use a different texture). In Beta 1.8 (Adventure Update) Mojang completely reinvented the title screen adding an animated background, a version tag in the bottom left corner and new options in the option menu.

In 1.1 the language select button was added.