Linea temporale degli eventi

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 gioco della Zachtronics Industries è il gioco a cui ha preso ispirazione Notch per Minecraft. It will be regularly updated and will become open-source less than a month later.

Maggio - Compleanno di Minecraft

• 10 - Development on "Cave Game" started (Java Pre 0.0.0)
• 13 - Java : First video of "Cave Game", Block placement, first Mobs (Humans), physics created (Pre 0.0.9a).
• 14 - Java : "Cave Game" renamed to "Minecraft: Order of the Stone" (Pre 0.0.9a).
• 17 - First release of the game (Java 0.0.11a). Game name shortened to simply "Minecraft".
• 21 - Accounts can now be registered.
• 24 - An official Minecraft Forum is opened.

Giugno

• 1 - Java : First Multiplayer test (0.0.15a). Notch starts his new job at Jalbum.
• 8 - Java : Multiplayer released (0.0.16a).
• 14 - Java : Custom Skins released (0.0.18a).

Agosto

• 4 - Java : First elements of Survival (0.24).
• 18 - Java : Introduction of Health (0.24).

Ottobre

• 9 - Passwords can now be changed.
• 20 - Beginning of SURVIVAL TEST (Java 0.26).

Dicembre

• 22 - Dock becomes the Minecraft Artist.
• 23 - Minecraft Java passes to Indev development stage (Indev 0.31) (which requires a 5.00 € Premium Account to be accessed), introduction of Torches and dynamic lighting.

2010

Gennaio

• 13 - Java : Introduction of finite Water (Indev 0.31). Minecraft passes 100,000 registered users.
• 21 - Minecraft can now be gifted to non-premium players.
• 29 - Java : Introduction of the Crafting system (Indev 0.31).

Febbraio

• 5 - Dock leaves Minecraft development.
• 27 - Minecraft Java passes to Infdev development stage, introduction of infinite maps.

Giugno

• 1 - Notch gets back to work 100% on Minecraft after a pause after having left his job at Jalbum a few weeks before.
• 17 - Minecraft passes 200,000 sales.
• 18 - Java : Seecret Friday Update 1 released. Minecart system introduced.
• 25 - Java : Seecret Friday Update 2 released. Dungeons introduced.
• 30 - Minecraft Java passes to Alpha development stage (Alpha 1.0.0), price raised from 5.00 € to 10.00 €, it is now possible to play on a 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.
• 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.
• 31 - Minecraftcon, a spontaneous gathering of over 50 fans after a call by Notch, is held in Bellevue, Washington.

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.

Ottobre

• 16 - Mojang AB is founded.
• 30 - Java : Alpha 1.2.0 "Halloween Update" released. Nether introduced.

Dicembre

• 1 - Jens "Jeb" Bergensten and Markus "Junkboy" Toivonen join the Mojang team.
• 16 - Gift system revised : the process now uses Gift Codes.
• 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.
• 12 - Minecraft passes 1 million sales.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

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".
• 14 - Marriage of Ez & Notch, an extra copy is offered to all people who purchase Minecraft on the 13th and 14th of Agosto.
• 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.
• 6 - Notch first evokes the possibility of Minecraft-themed LEGO sets as part of the LEGO CUUSOO project.
• 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.
• 24 - LEGO announces that the LEGO Minecraft project has passed the 10,000 required votes.

Febbraio

• 11 - PE : Alpha 0.2.0 released for Android.
• 15 - LEGO reveals the final design of the first LEGO Minecraft set.
• 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.

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.
• 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.