Minecraft Minecraft Minecraft is a 2011 sandbox video game created by Swedish game developer Markus Persson and later developed by Mojang. The game allows players to build with a variety of different blocks in a 3D procedurally generated world, requiring creativity from players. Other activities in the game include exploration, resource gathering, crafting, and combat. Multiple gameplay modes are available, including survival mode in which the player must acquire resources to build the world and maintain health, creative mode where players have unlimited resources to build with and the ability to fly, adventure mode where players can play custom maps created
Minecraft mods the Bukkit add-on to work on an official modding API, allowing mod developers easier access to the "Minecraft" game files. In May 2015, Mojang announced on social media that they were "still working" on this API, despite announcing it over three years ago. Concern arose following Microsoft's acquisition of Mojang in late 2014. Members of the modding community feared that "Minecraft"s new American owners would put an end to Mojang's established practice of giving free rein to mod developers. Despite the concerns, Microsoft has not announced any changes to Mojang's policies. In April 2015, Microsoft announced that it was adding