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|title=Pre-Classic/Cave Game
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|startver=[[Java Edition pre-Classic rd-131655|''Cave game tech test'']]<br>(May 13, 2009)
|currentver=[[Java Edition pre-Classic mc-161648|Java Edition Classic 0.0.1a]] (May 16, 2009)
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'''Pre-Classic'''(retroactively named '''0.0.1a''') is the name given to the prototype versions of ''Minecraft'' (what is now ''[[Java Edition]]'')  developed before [[Classic]]. It was the very first development phase of the game, lasting for less than a week; very early development of ''Minecraft'' started around May 10<ref>{{cite|url=http://www.minecraft.net/about.jsp|title=About the game|website=Minecraft|date=June  2009|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20090615065538/http://www.minecraft.net/about.jsp}}</ref> or May 11<ref name="11th">[https://archive.org/download/Rotab-Minecraft-IRC-logs Rotab's IRC logs] on Archive.org; #minecraft.20090525.log. May 25, 2009 (UTC+2). "''(10:40:09) <@Notch> heh, the game game tech test video is from the 13'th''"[...]"''(10:40:18) <@Notch> that was after two days of work, so I started the 11'th, probably''"</ref> and ended on May 16, 2009. The phase was originally named "''Cave Game''" until the game was changed to "''Minecraft: Order of the Stone''" then finally to "''Minecraft''".

In the files, the game was titled "rd", standing for RubyDung, until [[Java Edition pre-Classic mc-161607]], when it was renamed "mc", standing for Minecraft.

==History==
[[File:Human Mob.jpg|thumb|The Human mob.]]
{{See also|Java Edition version history#Pre-Classic}}
This phase began when [[Markus Persson]] (Notch) started working on a "Cave Game". He was influenced to create the game by ''[[Infiniminer]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Dwarf Fortress|Dwarf Fortress]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Dungeon Keeper|Dungeon Keeper]]'', as well as one of his previous games, ''[[RubyDung]]''.

[[File:CaveGame.png|thumb|The world of Pre-Classic Alpha (also known as Cave Game).]]
The textures used for [[Grass Block|grass]] and [[stone]] blocks (the latter texture eventually being reworked for [[cobblestone]]) were from ''RubyDung'', and internally, the game's class files referred to it as "RubyDung". Other blocks and items were then added, such as [[sapling]]s, [[dirt]], [[stone]], [[planks]], and more.

Little is known about this development phase, since it was never publicly released, and only Notch could test the versions. Some versions in this phase could previously be seen in videos on [https://youtube.com/Nizzotch Notch's YouTube channel], though most of the videos have been blocked in most countries for unknown reasons.

A [[Cave game tech test|tech test]] was released on May 10, 2009, and was shown in Notch's [{{ytl|F9t3FREAZ-k}} "Cave game tech test" video] ([{{ytl|ToEFJC1xjU8}} archive]).

Five pre-Classic versions are now available to the public through the [[launcher]], with the earliest being [[rd-132211]], originally developed on May 13, 2009.

==Features==

*[[Physics]]
*[[Stone]]
*[[Grass Block]]
*[[Human]] [[mobs]]
*[[Overworld#Generation|Level Generator]]
*[[Particles]]
*[[Dirt]]
*[[Oak Planks|Wooden Planks]]
*[[Cobblestone]]
* [[Sapling]]s
*[[Human]] Spawning: pressing ({{key|G}})
*The [[Void]]
*The ability to respawn somewhere else on the world by pressing ({{key|R}})
*Placing [[blocks]] by left-clicking
*Destroying blocks by right-clicking

== Versions ==
* [[Rd-131408|Java Edition pre-Classic rd-131408]] (lost)
* [[Rd-131641|Java Edition pre-Classic rd-131641]] (lost)
* [[Java Edition pre-Classic rd-131648]] (lost)
* [[Java Edition pre-Classic rd-131655]] (lost)
* [[Java Edition pre-Classic rd-132211]]
* [[Java Edition pre-Classic rd-132328]]
* [[Java Edition pre-Classic rd-20090515]] (lost)
* [[Java Edition pre-Classic rd-160052]]
* [[Java Edition pre-Classic rd-161348]] 
* [[Java Edition pre-Classic mc-161607]] (lost)
* [[Java Edition pre-Classic mc-161616]] (lost)
* [[Java Edition pre-Classic mc-161625]] (lost)
* [[Java Edition pre-Classic mc-161648]] (lost)

== Videos ==
=== YouTube ===
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==Trivia == 

*Breaking a block will not drop anything, because the ability to drop an item was not yet added.
*There are human mobs and it is from another one of Notch's games, ''[[Zombie Town]]''.
*When loading a pre-Classic version using the [[launcher]], instead of it being called "Minecraft" it is simply titled "Game".
* The name "Order of the Stone" was later reused in ''[[Minecraft: Story Mode]]'' as [[Minecraft Story Mode:Order of the Stone|a legendary group of adventurers]].
*The naming system in this phase was "''id''-''ddhhmm''", where "id" stands for the game's initials ("rd" for ''[[RubyDung]]'', an earlier project of Notch's, and "mc" for ''Minecraft'' in later, public versions of pre-Classic), ''dd'' was the day of the month, ''hh'' was the hour released, and ''mm'' was the minute released, so [[rd-132211]] was released on May '''13''' at '''22:11''' (10:11 pm). An exception to this system is [[Java Edition pre-Classic rd-20090515|rd-20090515]], which just uses the full date in the year-month-day format.
* The majority of all of pre-Classic versions that were made are now considered [[Missing Java Edition versions|lost]] as their downloads no longer exist.
* In the test, the ability to place [[blocks]] was not added yet.
* This is the only development stage to have all original builds lost.

==See also==
*[[Classic]]
*[[Indev]]
*[[Infdev]]
* [[Java Edition Alpha|Alpha]]
*[[Java Edition Beta|Beta]]
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==References==
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