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The Game That Inspired Minecraft, But Never Made a Penny

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Before Minecraft, there was another game: Infiniminer. The first 500 people to use this link will get a 2 month free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: ...

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Did you know that Minecraft started as a self-described clone of a game called Infiniminer made by Zach Barth of Zachtronics? I sure didn’t.

This video presents an interesting angle on the history of Minecraft and also a case study in the value that can be unlocked by allowing player freedom away from the game designer’s authorial intent - and how strange it is to have a game you created get changed into the most successful game of all time.

Tags: Shared Link, Video, CREATOR: Zach Barth, GAME: Minecraft, GAME: Infiniminer, TOPIC: Authorial Intent

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