As the name of the game would hint at, mining is a core gameplay feature of Minecraft. Players mine for valuable ores and other underground structures containing precious loot in the title.

In Minecraft, you will mine a lot of areas to ... forcing you to pick up a pickaxe and shovel and start mining. However, mining for hours means that you will require loads of tools as well.

In 2009 he began developing a block-based mining game, originally called Cave Game. He worked on the game for two years and on 18 November 2011 the full version of Minecraft was officially released.