Minecraft set by the virtual computer within a "Minecraft" world. Microsoft and non-profit Code.org had teamed up to offer "Minecraft"-based games, puzzles, and tutorials aimed to help teach children how to program; by March 2018, Microsoft and Code.org reported that more than 85 million children have used their tutorials. In September 2014, the British Museum in London announced plans to recreate its building along with all exhibits in "Minecraft" in conjunction with members of the public. 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
Minecraft mods as Java is known to be. However, Mojang developer Tommaso Checchi reassured fans on Reddit that modding was "too important" to "Minecraft" for the Java-based versions to be discontinued. Mojang released version 1.9 of "Minecraft" for the PC in early 2016, and with this update the company promised that the creation and updating of mods would be significantly simplified. Previous updates have been known to break available mods, forcing creators to spend considerable time updating them. In April 2017, Mojang announced the upcoming creation of a so-called "Minecraft Marketplace", where players would be able to sell user-created content for the