Minecraft of the alpha version of the game expanded. Persson continued to update the game with releases distributed to users automatically. These updates included new items, new blocks, new mobs, survival mode, and changes to the game's behavior (e.g. how water flows). To back the development of "Minecraft", Persson set up a video game company, Mojang, with the money earned from the game. On 11 December 2010, Persson announced that "Minecraft" was entering its beta testing phase on 20 December 2010. He further stated that bug fixes and all updates leading up to and including the release would still be free.
Minecraft mods (the Bedrock Edition), in the form of add-ons. Mods have influenced the main "Minecraft" game on three occasions. Mod developer Dr. Zhark added horses to the game through the "Mo' Creatures" mod. Later on he helped Mojang adapt horses for use in standard issue "Minecraft". Pistons were also originally a part of a mod too, but impressed "Minecraft"s creators so much that they added the feature to the main game. Mojang also admitted that they admired all of the work done on server side modding API Bukkit. In 2012, the Swedish company ended up hiring the lead developers of the