Questa pagina ha lo scopo di ripercorrere tutta la storia relativa a Minecraft, alla Mojang ed ai suoi dipendenti, oltre che alla storia delle versioni, presente in maniera completa qua.
2009
- Aprile
- 29 - Infiniminer, un titolo della Zachtronics Industries, è il gioco a cui Notch si è ispirato per Minecraft.[1] Verrà regolarmente aggiornato e diventerà un gioco open-source meno di un mese più tardi.[2]
- Maggio - Compleanno di Minecraft
- 10 - Parte lo sviluppo di "Cave Game" (Java Pre 0.0.0)
- 13 - Java : primo video di "Cave Game", introdotti il piazzamento dei blocchi e i primi mob (Umani), creata la fisica del gioco (Pre 0.0.9a).
- 14 - Java : "Cave Game" rinominato in "Minecraft: Order of the Stone" (Pre 0.0.9a).[3]
- 17 - Prima uscita del gioco (Java 0.0.11a). Nome accorciato al semplice "Minecraft".[4]
- 21 - Gli account possono essere registrati.[5]
- 24 - Aperto un forum ufficiale dedicato a Minecraft.[6]
- Giugno
- 1 - Java : Primo test multigiocatore (0.0.15a). Notch inizia a lavorare a Jalbum.[7]
- 8 - Java : Introdotto il multigiocatore (0.0.16a).
- 14 - Java : Introdotte le skin personalizzabili (0.0.18a).
- Agosto
- 4 - Java : Introdotti i primi elementi della sopravvivenza (0.24).
- 18 - Java : Introduzione della salute (0.24).
- Ottobre
- Dicembre
- 22 - Dock diventa l'artista di Minecraft.[9]
- 23 - Minecraft Java passa alla fase di sviluppo Indev (Indev 0.31) (la quale richiede un account premium da €5,00 per potervi accedere), introduzione delle torce e dell'illuminazione dinamica.
2010
- Gennaio
- 13 - Java : Introduzione dell'acqua come blocco (Indev 0.31). Minecraft supera i 100.000 utenti registrati.[10]
- 21 - Minecraft può ora essere regalato a giocatori non-premium.[11]
- 29 - Java : Introduzione del sistema di fabbricazione (Indev 0.31).
- Febbraio
- 5 - Dock abbandona lo sviluppo di Minecraft.[12]
- 27 - Minecraft Java passa alla fase di sviluppo Infdev, introduzione delle mappe infinite.
- Giugno
- 1 - Notch torna a concentrarsi esclusivamente su Minecraft, dopo aver abbandonato il lavoro presso Jalbum da qualche settimana.
- 17 - Minecraft supera le 200.000 vendite.[13]
- 18 - Java : Rilasciato il Seecret Friday Update 1. Introdotto il sistema dei minecart.
- 25 - Java : Rilasciato il Seecret Friday Update 2. Introdotti i dungeons.
- 30 - Minecraft Java passa alla fase di sviluppo Alpha (Alpha 1.0.0), prezzo del gioco innalzato da €5,00 a €10,00, è ora possibile giocare su un client window.
- Luglio
- 3 - Java : Seecret Friday Update 3 (Alpha 1.0.1) released. Redstone introduced.
- 9 - Java : Seecret Friday Update 4 (Alpha 1.0.4) released. Winter Mode introduced.
- 16 - Java : Seecret Friday Update 5 (Alpha 1.0.6) released. Boats and Large Trees introduced.
- 22 - First over-the-internet test of Survival Mode Multiplayer.[14]
- 23 - Java : Seecret Friday Update 6 (Alpha 1.0.11) released. Bricks and Slimes introduced.
- 30 - Java : Seecret Friday Update 7 (Alpha 1.0.14) released. Chickens and Music Discs introduced.
- Agosto
- 4 - First release of Survival Multiplayer (Java Alpha 1.0.15).
- 20 - Java : Seecret Friday Update 8 (Alpha 1.0.17) released. Fences introduced.
- 30 - Notch, JahKob and Carl Manneh get on an employment trip to Washington D.C. offered by VALVe Corporation.[15]
- 31 - Minecraftcon, a spontaneous gathering of over 50 fans after a call by Notch, is held in Bellevue, Washington.[16]
- Settembre
- 2 - Notch, JahKob and Carl Manneh return from the trip in the U.S.
- 10 - Java : Seecret Friday Update 9 (Alpha 1.1.0) released.
- 18 - Java : Seecret Saturday Update 10 (Alpha 1.1.1) released. Sneaking introduced. Minecraft technically becomes free-to-play for the weekend, due to the Login server not working correctly.
- 23 - Minecraft Classic is available again on Minecraft.net.[17]
- Ottobre
- 16 - Mojang AB is founded.[18]
- 30 - Java : Alpha 1.2.0 "Halloween Update" released. Nether introduced.
- Dicembre
- 1 - Jens "Jeb" Bergensten and Markus "Junkboy" Toivonen join the Mojang team.[19]
- 16 - Gift system revised : the process now uses Gift Codes.[20]
- 20 - Minecraft Java passes to Beta development stage (Beta 1.0), price raised from 10.00 € to 15.00 €.
- 22 - Java : Beta 1.1 released.
2011
- Gennaio
- 3 - Tobias Möllstam and Carl Manneh join the Mojang team.[21]
- 12 - Minecraft passes 1 million sales.[22]
- 13 - Java : Beta 1.2 released.
- Febbraio
- 21 - Java : Client/Launcher Update. Updates are now manually triggered.
- 22 - Java : Beta 1.3 released.
- Marzo
- 2 - Scrolls, Mojang's second game, is announced on The Word of Notch.[23]
- 4 - "Minecraft - Volume Alpha", the soundtrack of the game by C418, is released.
- 31 - Java : Beta 1.4 released.
- Aprile
- 19 - Java : Beta 1.5 released.
- Maggio
- 25 : Kappische reveals Minecraft Pocket Edition on Mojang's site.[24]
- 26 - Java : Beta 1.6 released.
- Giugno
- 1 - Minecraft Pocket Edition is first shown on a Youtube video
- 6 - Microsoft reveal Minecraft Xbox Edition at the E3 conference.
- 30 - Java : Beta 1.7 "Piston Update" released.
- Luglio
- 1 - Minecraft passes 10 million registered users.[25]
- 30 - Minecraft T-Shirts are made available on Battlefield Heroes for the 30-31 of Luglio week-end only as a form of "neighborly friendly cross-promotion" between DICE and Mojang.[26]
- Agosto
- 5 - Notch receives a 15-pages letter from Bethesda Softworks, threatening him with a lawsuit if he doesn't change the name "Scrolls" (which is too close to "The Elder Scrolls", according to Bethesda) for his next game. A little while before this, Notch had already been warned by Bethesda's lawyers about this problem, and had suggested a compromise in which he would never put any word before "Scrolls".[27]
- 14 - Marriage of Ez & Notch, an extra copy is offered to all people who purchase Minecraft on the 13th and 14th of Agosto.[28]
- 16 - Minecraft Pocket Edition Alpha 0.1.0 officially released (Android only).
- Settembre
- 14 - Java : Beta 1.8 "Adventure Update" released.
- Novembre
- 13 - Java : "Sound Update" released.
- 17 - PE : First iOS release (Alpha 0.1.2).
- 18 - MineCon 2011 is held at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, Nevada. Over 4,500 people from 24 countries attend to it. On the same day, Minecraft Java 1.0.0 is officially released, price is now 20.00 €.
- 24 - First Snapshot released (11w47a). This marks the beginning of weekly development versions.
- Dicembre
- 1 - Jeb becomes the lead developer on Minecraft.[29]
- 6 - Notch first evokes the possibility of Minecraft-themed LEGO sets as part of the LEGO CUUSOO project.[30]
- 28 - Jon Kågström is hired by Mojang.
2012
- Gennaio
- 12 - Java : 1.1 released.
- 18 - As part of the worldwide protest against SOPA, Mojang establish a blackout on all their sites for the entire day.[31]
- 24 - LEGO announces that the LEGO Minecraft project has passed the 10,000 required votes.[32]
- Febbraio
- 11 - PE : Alpha 0.2.0 released for Android.
- 15 - LEGO reveals the final design of the first LEGO Minecraft set.[33]
- 17 - PE : Alpha 0.2.0 released for iOS.
- 18 - "Catacomb Snatch", a game developed by Mojang in the span of a weekend as part of a charity project, is released.
- 28 - The Bukkit team (composed of Nathan "Dinnerbone" Adams, Warren "EvilSeph" Loo, Erik "Grum" Broes & Nathan "Tahg" Gilbert) officially joins Mojang in order to further develop the Minecraft server software and to aid with the creation of modding APIs.
- Marzo
- 1 - Java : 1.2 released.
- 12 - The "Elder Scrolls VS Scrolls" lawsuit has an outcome : Mojang can call their game "Scrolls", but no sequel using this name will be allowed.[34]
- Aprile
- 23 - PE : Alpha 0.3.0 released for iOS.
- 24 - PE : Alpha 0.3.0 released for Android.
- Maggio
- 9 - Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition 1.0 officially released.
- Giugno
- 1 - "Micro World", il primo set LEGO di Minecraft viene rilasciato nel negozio online della lEGO.[35]
- 15 - XB : 1.1 rilasciata.
- Agosto
- 1 - Java : 1.3.1 rilasciata. (La 1.3 è stata saltata per motivi tecnici).
- 2 - Il MineCon 2012 è stato annunciato su un video promozionale a Disneyland Paris dal 24 al 25 Novembre.
- 15 - Notch e Ez divorziati.[36][37]
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Collegamenti
- ↑ Infiniminer released: http://thesiteformerlyknownas.zachtronicsindustries.com/?p=713
- ↑ Infiniminer is now open-source: http://thesiteformerlyknownas.zachtronicsindustries.com/?p=689
- ↑ "Minecraft : Order of the Stone": http://notch.tumblr.com/post/107676487/minecraft-order-of-the-stone
- ↑ Name shortened to "Minecraft": http://notch.tumblr.com/post/109140423/yeah-thats-the-logo-amazing-stuff
- ↑ Accounts introduced: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/110745397/you-can-register-your-accounts-now
- ↑ Official Minecraft Forum: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/112349891/theres-an-official-forum-now
- ↑ Notch's new job at Jalbum: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/113753678/turning-30-is-scary
- ↑ Password change allowed: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/208358495/password-changing-and-password-reset
- ↑ Dock becomes the Minecraft Artist: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/295397619/the-minecraft-artist-is-dock
- ↑ 100,000 registered Minecraft users: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/332073543/100-000-registered-users
- ↑ Minecraft can be gifted: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/345869954/as-per-demand-you-can-now-gift-the-game
- ↑ Dock is no longer involved with the project: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/372279446/dock-is-no-longer-involved-with-the-project
- ↑ 200,000 copies sold: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/709098848/20000-wow
- ↑ First over-the-internet test of SMP: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/846133399/first-over-the-internet-test-of-survival-mode
- ↑ 4-days trip in the US: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/977394407/lots-of-stuff-going-on-behind-the-scenes
- ↑ Minecraftcon in Bellevue: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/1008498266/how-about-a-somewhat-spontaneous-minecraftcon-2010-in
- ↑ Classic is back: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/1172759051/sound-music-and-classic
- ↑ Happy birthday Mojang: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/11518566613/happy-birthday-us
- ↑ Jeb and Junkboy join the team: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/2060360123/bug-update-4-and-were-six-people-in-the-office-now
- ↑ Introduction of Gift Codes: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/2337459192/websites-and-gift-codes
- ↑ Mollstam and Manneh join the team: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/2582321901/2011-here-we-go
- ↑ 1 million copies sold: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/2718210316/exclamation-mark
- ↑ Scrolls announced: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/3597302583/ah-i-forgot
- ↑ Pocket Edition revealed: http://www.mojang.com/2011/05/minecraft-pocket-edition/
- ↑ 10 million registered Minecraft users: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/7128013309/10m
- ↑ Minecraft T-Shirts on BF:Hereos: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/8253302905/you-can-get-minecraft-themed-t-shirts-in-bf-heroes-this
- ↑ 15-pages letter from Bethesda's lawyers: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/8519901309/bethesda-are-suing-us-heres-the-full-story
- ↑ Minecraft wedding weekend offer: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/8829997577/wedding-weekend
- ↑ Jeb becomes Minecraft lead developer: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/13633493969/och-med-dom-orden-sa-passar-jag-micken
- ↑ Notch first evokes LEGO Minecraft: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/13825100748/would-you-like-some-physical-lego-minecraft
- ↑ Mojang sites blackout against SOPA: http://twitter.com/notch/status/157865002177536001
- ↑ LEGO Minecraft passes LEGO review: http://legocuusoo.posterous.com/minecraft-lego-cuusoo-project-passes-lego-rev-54968
- ↑ LEGO Minecraft design revealed: http://legocuusoo.posterous.com/announcing-lego-minecraft-micro-world-the-thi
- ↑ Outcome of the Scrolls lawsuit: http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/12/mojang-cant-use-scrolls-in-any-sequels-to-scrolls-lawsuit/
- ↑ LEGO Minecraft sul LEGO store: http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Minecraft-21102
- ↑ Da oggi, sono single: notchtweet:235746965823033345
- ↑ Non voglio pubblicare dettagli pubblicamente: notchtweet:235761517084147712