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{{Infobox video game
{{Infobox video game
| image     = Brickcraft RKD 2.png
| image         = RKD new world holding red slope.png
| alt       = A virtual world showing rolling green hills made of LEGO bricks. A number of random LEGO structures have been built by the player.
| alt           = A virtual world showing rolling green hills made of LEGO bricks. The game interface shows five different shapes of LEGO bricks, each with ten thousand in the player's inventory.
| caption   = Screenshot of the original prototype version
| caption       = Screenshot of the June 2012 prototype build
| developer = [[Wikipedia:Mojang|Mojang]]
| developer     = [[Wikipedia:Mojang|Mojang]]
| series     = ''[[Wikipedia:Minecraft (franchise)|Minecraft]]''
| publisher    =
| engine     = [[Wikipedia:LWJGL|LWJGL]]<ref name="LWJGL credit"/>
| series       = ''[[Wikipedia:Minecraft (franchise)|Minecraft]]''
| platforms =  
| engine       = [[Wikipedia:LWJGL|LWJGL]]<ref name="LWJGL credit"/>
| released   = Cancelled
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| genre     = [[Wikipedia:Sandbox game|Sandbox]]
| released     = Cancelled
| modes     =  
| genre         = [[Wikipedia:Sandbox game|Sandbox]]
| director   =  
| modes         = [[Wikipedia:Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Wikipedia:Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
| producer   = Daniel Kaplan
| arcade system =  
| designer   = [[Wikipedia:Markus Persson|Markus Persson]]
| director     =  
| programmer = Måns Olson
| producer     = Daniel Kaplan
| artist     =  
| designer     = [[Wikipedia:Markus Persson|Markus Persson]]
| programmer   =  
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'''''Brickcraft''''' is a cancelled [[Wikipedia:Sandbox game|sandbox game]] developed by [[Wikipedia:Mojang|Mojang]].
'''''Brickcraft''''' is a cancelled sandbox game developed by [[Wikipedia:Mojang|Mojang]].


== History ==
== Gameplay ==
In 2011, as the full version of ''Minecraft'' was approaching its November release date, Persson attempted to reach out to the LEGO Group to propose a game project. Persson had been partially inspired by his childhood LEGO toys when designing ''Minecraft'', and he had a lifelong dream of working with the LEGO Group. Persson and one of his employees at Mojang, Daniel Kaplan, met with someone who was able to get the two of them in contact with management at the LEGO Group. The two attempted to pitch a ''Minecraft''-like LEGO game to the company, but were initially met with skepticism regarding how long ''Minecraft'''s popularity would last. Persson and Kaplan were eventually able to meet with LEGO employee Daniel Mathiasen and discuss the influence LEGO had had on ''Minecraft'' and their desire for the two companies to work together.{{R|Bits N Bricks 01|pp=9–10}}
[[File:RKD house and creeper statue.png|thumb|left|alt=My world :)|An example world in ''Brickcraft'' with several player-built LEGO models]]


The LEGO Group ultimately approved of the project, which was codenamed ''Brickcraft'' there; Persson dubbed it "Project Rex Kwon Do",{{R|Bits N Bricks 01|p=10}} named after a line from the 2004 film ''[[Wikipedia:Napoleon Dynamite|Napoleon Dynamite]]''.{{R|Bits N Bricks 01|p=5}} Work on the project began on 5 September 2011.<ref name="notch 110905"/> The initial concept was to simply add a LEGO brick aesthetic to the gameplay and game design of ''Minecraft''. Rather than using simple cubes like ''Minecraft'', however, the developers wanted ''Brickcraft'' to feature a variety of LEGO elements of different shapes, giving the player more resources to build with at the expense of making the game more complex.{{R|Bits N Bricks 01|p=12}}
Now that we have a leaked build, we can describe gameplay here.


Persson created a prototype in [[Wikipedia:Java (programming language)|Java]] over the course of a week.<ref name="notch 110912"/>{{R|Bits N Bricks 01|pp=1, 12}}
''Brickcraft'' was planned to be a sandbox game like ''Minecraft''.
It was finished on 12 September following a twelve hour work session.<ref name="notch 110912"/>
Approved on 5 December.<ref name="notch 111205"/>


Mojang hired two new programmers for the project,{{R|Bits N Bricks 01|p=12}} including Måns Olson,<ref name="MansOlson"/> who later directed Mojang's 2020 game ''[[Wikipedia:Minecraft Dungeons|Minecraft Dungeons]]'', as one of the main designers.<ref name="Kappische 240516a"/><ref name="Kappische 240516b"/> Daniel Kaplan was made the game's producer.
In the leaked build, the player can place five different LEGO bricks: 1×1 1×2, 2×2, 2×4, and 1×2 slopes. The playsr starts off with ten thousand of each type. The colours can be cycled through and chosen before placing. Breaking a brick increases its amount in the inventory; the brick's colour is ignored.


== Later ==
== Development ==
[[File:Brickcraft RKD secret.jpeg|thumb|Weird]]
<ref name="Stanton"/>


For unknown reasons, Persson told ''[[Wikipedia:Joystiq|Joystiq]]'' that the project was going to be a [[Wikipedia:First-person shooter|first-person shooter]].<ref name="Conditt"/>
In 2011, several months before the full version of ''Minecraft'' released in November, Persson attempted to reach out to the LEGO Group to propose a game project. Persson had been partially inspired by his childhood LEGO toys when designing ''Minecraft'', and he had a lifelong dream of working with the company. Persson and one of his employees at Mojang, Daniel Kaplan, met with someone who was able to get the two of them in contact with the management at the LEGO Group. The two attempted to pitch a ''Minecraft''-like LEGO game to the company, but were initially met with scepticism regarding
{{R|Bits N Bricks 01|p=9}}


<ref name="Game Informer: FPS">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/07/26/minecraft-creator-notch-cancels-fps-project.aspx |title=Minecraft Creator Notch Cancels FPS Project |first=Matt |last=Helgeson |date=26 July 2012 |magazine=[[Wikipedia:Game Informer|Game Informer]] |access-date=17 January 2019 |archive-date=19 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119121220/https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/07/26/minecraft-creator-notch-cancels-fps-project.aspx |url-status=dead}}</ref>
Mojang hired two new programmers for the project,{{R|Bits N Bricks 01|p=12}} including Måns Olson,<ref name="MansOlson" group="tweet"/> who had been one of ''Minecraft''{{'s}} first testers and later directed Mojang's 2020 game ''[[Wikipedia:Minecraft Dungeons|Minecraft Dungeons]]'', as one of the main designers.<ref name="LWJGL IRC 2009-05-14"/><ref name="LWJGL IRC 2009-05-17"/><ref name="Kappische 2024-05-16a" group="tweet"/><ref name="Kappische 2024-05-16b" group="tweet"/> Daniel Kaplan was made the game's producer.


<ref name="GameZone: FPS">{{cite web |url=https://www.gamezone.com/news/minecraft-dev-mojang-cans-fps-project/ |title=Minecraft dev Mojang cans FPS project |first=Stephanie |last=Carmichael |date=27 July 2012 |website=GameZone |access-date=17 January 2019 |archive-date=19 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119121305/https://www.gamezone.com/news/minecraft-dev-mojang-cans-fps-project/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
 
 
<ref name="notch 2011-09-05" group="tweet"/><ref name="notch 2011-09-12" group="tweet"/><ref name="notch 2011-12-05" group="tweet"/>
 
 
== Post-cancellation ==
 
For unknown reasons, Persson told [[Wikipedia:video gaming|video gaming]] [[Wikipedia:Blog|blog]] ''[[Wikipedia:Joystiq|Joystiq]]'' that the project was going to be a [[Wikipedia:First-person shooter|first-person shooter]].<ref name="Conditt 2012"/>
 
On 24 June 2025, the ''Minecraft'' preservation website Omniarchive released a build of ''Brickcraft''.<ref name="Omniarchive"/>
Kaplan had kept the build on his laptop for over thirteen years.<ref name="Kappische 2025-06-28" group="tweet"/>
Persson confirmed he had no backups of any earlier versions of the game.<ref name="notch 2025-06-28" group="tweet"/>
 
== Gallery ==
Temporary image dump
 
<gallery>
Brickcraft RKD 1.png | <!--A virtual world showing rolling green hills made of LEGO bricks. A number of random LEGO structures have been built by the player.-->An earlier version of ''Brickcraft'' without slope bricks or [[Wikipedia:Distance fog|distance fog]]
Brickcraft RKD 2.png | The earlier version
Brickcraft RKD 3.png | The earlier version
Brickcraft RKD secret.jpeg | The seecret
</gallery>


== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist|refs=
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="Bits N Bricks 01">{{cite web |url=https://www.lego.com/cdn/cs/set/assets/bltf87fd15a8f67c6fd/bits_n_bricks_s01e01_minecraft_feature_and_transcript.pdf |title=Episode 1 – Minecraft |last1=Crecente |first1=Brian |last2=Vincent |first2=Ethan |others=Participants: Daniel Mathiasen, Daniel Kaplan, Danny Bergmann, Paal Smith-Meyer, and Ronny Scherer |date=December 8, 2020 |work=[[Bits N' Bricks]] |type=Podcast |publisher=[[The LEGO Group]] |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240701071017/https://www.lego.com/cdn/cs/set/assets/bltf87fd15a8f67c6fd/bits_n_bricks_s01e01_minecraft_feature_and_transcript.pdf |archive-date=July 1, 2024 |url-status=live }} [https://youtube.com/watch?v=7ENzmEWIetc Audio version] via YouTube.</ref>
<ref name="Bits N Bricks 01">{{cite web |url=https://www.lego.com/cdn/cs/set/assets/bltf87fd15a8f67c6fd/bits_n_bricks_s01e01_minecraft_feature_and_transcript.pdf |title=Episode 1 – Minecraft |last1=Crecente |first1=Brian |last2=Vincent |first2=Ethan |others=Participants: Daniel Mathiasen, Daniel Kaplan, Danny Bergmann, Paal Smith-Meyer, and Ronny Scherer |date=December 8, 2020 |work=[[Bits N' Bricks]] |type=Podcast |publisher=[[The LEGO Group]] |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240701071017/https://www.lego.com/cdn/cs/set/assets/bltf87fd15a8f67c6fd/bits_n_bricks_s01e01_minecraft_feature_and_transcript.pdf |archive-date=July 1, 2024 |url-status=live }} [https://youtube.com/watch?v=7ENzmEWIetc Audio version] via YouTube.</ref>
<ref name="Conditt 2012">{{cite web |url=http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/26/canceled-mojang-project-was-a-first-person-shooter/ |title=Canceled Mojang project was a first-person shooter |first=Jessica |last=Conditt |date=July 26, 2012 |website=[[Wikipedia:Joystiq|Joystiq]] |publisher=[[Wikipedia:AOL Inc.|AOL Inc]] |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20120728085043/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/26/canceled-mojang-project-was-a-first-person-shooter/ |archive-date=28 July 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>


<ref name="LWJGL credit">{{cite web |url=http://www.minecraft.net/game/credits |title=Credits |website=Minecraft.net |publisher=Mojang |year=2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923135713/http://www.minecraft.net/game/credits |archive-date=23 September 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="LWJGL credit">{{cite web |url=http://www.minecraft.net/game/credits |title=Credits |website=Minecraft.net |publisher=Mojang |year=2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923135713/http://www.minecraft.net/game/credits |archive-date=23 September 2011}}</ref>


<ref name="Conditt">{{cite web |url=http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/26/canceled-mojang-project-was-a-first-person-shooter/ |title=Canceled Mojang project was a first-person shooter |first=Jessica |last=Conditt |date=July 26, 2012 |website=[[Wikipedia:Joystiq|Joystiq]] |publisher=[[Wikipedia:AOL Inc.|AOL Inc]] |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20120728085043/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/26/canceled-mojang-project-was-a-first-person-shooter/ |archive-date=28 July 2012}}</ref>
<ref name="LWJGL IRC 2009-05-14">{{cite web |title=lwjgl IRC logs |date=14 May 2009 |type=[[Wikipedia:IRC|IRC]] [[Wikipedia:Chat log|chat logs]] |url=http://echelog.com/logs/browse/lwjgl/1242252000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208190917/http://echelog.com/logs/browse/lwjgl/1242252000 |archive-date=8 February 2014 |via=Echelog}}
<pre style="font-size:80%; margin:0; padding:0 1em; border:none;">
[14:10:05] <Dragonene> Notch: what sort of game *is it*?
[...]
[14:11:07] <Notch> the current concept is a cross over between Dwarft Fortress and Infiniminer
[14:11:15] <Dragonene> Notch: I haven't played either :)
[14:11:16] <Notch> I'll try to get a VERY EARLY alpha out this weekend. =)</pre></ref>
 
<ref name="LWJGL IRC 2009-05-17">{{cite web |title=lwjgl IRC logs |date=17 May 2009 |type=[[Wikipedia:IRC|IRC]] [[Wikipedia:Chat log|chat logs]] |url=http://echelog.com/logs/browse/lwjgl/1242511200 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208190923/http://echelog.com/logs/browse/lwjgl/1242511200 |archive-date=8 February 2014 |via=Echelog}}
<pre style="font-size:80%; margin:0; padding:0 1em; border:none;">
[13:10:22] <Dragonene> yep, that's tab closure for me
[13:10:27] <Dragonene> minecraft that is
[13:10:30] <Dragonene> or browser exit I guess.
[...]
[14:07:48] <Dragonene> Sorry to pull you into this discussion Notch_
[14:07:55] <Dragonene> I just want to be able to play it without it crashing on me :D</pre></ref>


<ref name="Stanton">{{cite web |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/the-lego-minecraft-videogame-brickcraft-that-was-greenlit-and-why-it-never-happened/ |title=A Lego Minecraft game called 'Brickcraft' was prototyped and greenlit – here's why it never happened |first=Rich |last=Stanton |date=9 December 2020 |access-date=27 December 2024 |website=[[Wikipedia:PC Gamer|PC Gamer]] |publisher=[[Wikipedia:Future US|Future US, Inc]] |location=[[Wikipedia:New York City|New York]] |archive-date=9 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209155302/https://www.pcgamer.com/the-lego-minecraft-videogame-brickcraft-that-was-greenlit-and-why-it-never-happened/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name="Omniarchive">{{cite web |url=https://omniarchive.uk/news/#brickcraft |title=Brickcraft |date=26 June 2025 |author=DEJVOSS |website=Omniarchive |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250809145303/https://omniarchive.uk/news/#brickcraft |archive-date=9 August 2025 |url-status=live |access-date=9 August 2025}}</ref>
}}


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=== Tweets ===
{{reflist|group=tweet|refs=
<ref name="Kappische 2024-05-16a">{{Cite tweet |last=Kaplan |first=Daniel |user=Kappische |number=1791170961166737883 |date=16 May 2024 |title=Dragonene who was one of the first testers of Minecraft in the world, would eventually become the game director of Minecraft Dungeons :D |archive-url=https://archive.is/EXIV7 |archive-date=21 October 2024 |access-date=13 November 2025}} Mirrored via [[Wikipedia:Nitter|X Cancelled]].</ref>


<ref name="Kappische 240516a">{{Cite tweet |last=Kaplan |first=Daniel |user=Kappische |number=1791170961166737883 |date=16 May 2024 |title=Dragonene who was one of the first testers of Minecraft in the world, would eventually become the game director of Minecraft Dungeons :Dt |archive-url=https://archive.is/EXIV7 |archive-date=2024-10-21 |via=[[Wikipedia:Nitter|X Cancelled]]}}</ref>
<ref name="Kappische 2024-05-16b">{{Cite tweet |last=Kaplan |first=Daniel |user=Kappische |number=1791172563000795419 |date=16 May 2024 |title=But he was hired for another project, one of the main designers/coders of a LEGO game, that never saw the light |archive-url=https://archive.is/eUW7S |archive-date=21 October 2024 |access-date=13 November 2025}} Mirrored via [[Wikipedia:Nitter|X Cancelled]].</ref>


<ref name="Kappische 240516b">{{Cite tweet |last=Kaplan |first=Daniel |user=Kappische |number=1791172563000795419 |date=16 May 2024 |title=But he was hired for another project, one of the main designers/coders of a LEGO game, that never saw the light |archive-url=https://archive.is/eUW7S |archive-date=2024-10-21 |via=[[Wikipedia:Nitter|X Cancelled]]}}</ref>
<ref name="Kappische 2025-06-28">{{Cite tweet |last=Kaplan |first=Daniel |user=Kappische |number=1938873623978148080 |date=28 June 2025 |title=I’ve had it on my laptop for over 13 years 😂 |archive-url=http://archive.today/3PXz0 |archive-date=9 August 2025 |access-date=9 August 2025}} Mirrored via [[Wikipedia:Nitter|Nitter]].</ref>


<ref name="MansOlson">{{Cite tweet |last=Olson |first=Måns |user=MansOlson |number=455311312269373441 |date=13 April 2014 |title=I'm Dragonene.7498 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710132640/https://twitter.com/MansOlson/status/455311312269373441 |archive-date=2019-07-10}}</ref>
<ref name="MansOlson">{{Cite tweet |last=Olson |first=Måns |user=MansOlson |number=455311312269373441 |date=13 April 2014 |title=I'm Dragonene.7498 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710132640/https://twitter.com/MansOlson/status/455311312269373441 |archive-date=10 July 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>


<ref name="notch 110905">{{Cite tweet |last=Persson |first=Markus |user=notch |number=110597995900305408 |date=5 September 2011 |title=Secret project Rex Kwon Do begins today! It will involve caffeine and giggling. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331234037/https://twitter.com/notch/status/110597995900305408 |archive-date=2019-03-31}}</ref>
<ref name="notch 2011-09-05">{{Cite tweet |last=Persson |first=Markus |user=notch |number=110597995900305408 |date=5 September 2011 |title=Secret project Rex Kwon Do begins today! It will involve caffeine and giggling. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331234037/https://twitter.com/notch/status/110597995900305408 |archive-date=31 March 2019 |access-date=13 November 2025}}</ref>


<ref name="notch 110912">{{Cite tweet |last=Persson |first=Markus |user=notch |number=113325924191174656 |date=12 September 2011 |title=Had to spend today on Project Rex Kwon Do. 12 hours of work later, and the prototype is packaged and done. I will now wash my hands of this. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331234007/https://twitter.com/notch/status/113325924191174656 |archive-date=2019-03-31}}</ref>
<ref name="notch 2011-09-12">{{Cite tweet |last=Persson |first=Markus |user=notch |number=113325924191174656 |date=12 September 2011 |title=Had to spend today on Project Rex Kwon Do. 12 hours of work later, and the prototype is packaged and done. I will now wash my hands of this. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331234007/https://twitter.com/notch/status/113325924191174656 |archive-date=31 March 2019 |access-date=13 November 2025}}</ref>


<ref name="notch 111205">{{Cite tweet |last=Persson |first=Markus |user=notch |number=143790590138650624 |date=5 December 2011 |title=In other news, looks like Project Rex Kwon Do got greenlit! :D :D :D :D |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331233225/https://twitter.com/notch/status/143790590138650624 |archive-date=2019-03-31}}</ref>
<ref name="notch 2011-12-05">{{Cite tweet |last=Persson |first=Markus |user=notch |number=143790590138650624 |date=5 December 2011 |title=In other news, looks like Project Rex Kwon Do got greenlit! :D :D :D :D |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331233225/https://twitter.com/notch/status/143790590138650624 |archive-date=31 March 2019 |access-date=13 November 2025}}</ref>


<ref name="notch 2025-06-28">{{Cite tweet |last=Persson |first=Markus |user=notch |number=1939004346395697501 |date=28 June 2025 |title=You assume I do backups. You flatter me. |archive-url=http://archive.today/lTlLo |archive-date=9 August 2025 |access-date=9 August 2025}} Mirrored via [[Wikipedia:Nitter|Nitter]].</ref>
}}
}}
== External links ==
* ''[https://minecraft.wiki/w/Brickcraft Brickcraft]'' at ''Minecraft'' Wiki
* {{TCRF}}
* [https://hiddenpalace.org/Brickcraft_(Jun_28,_2012_prototype) ''Brickcraft'' (Jun 28, 2012 prototype)] at Hidden Palace
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Revision as of 01:00, 14 November 2025

Brickcraft
A virtual world showing rolling green hills made of LEGO bricks. The game interface shows five different shapes of LEGO bricks, each with ten thousand in the player's inventory.
Screenshot of the June 2012 prototype build
Developer(s)Mojang
Producer(s)Daniel Kaplan
Designer(s)Markus Persson
SeriesMinecraft
EngineLWJGL[1]
ReleaseCancelled
Genre(s)Sandbox
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Brickcraft is a cancelled sandbox game developed by Mojang.

Gameplay

My world :)
An example world in Brickcraft with several player-built LEGO models

Now that we have a leaked build, we can describe gameplay here.

Brickcraft was planned to be a sandbox game like Minecraft.

In the leaked build, the player can place five different LEGO bricks: 1×1 1×2, 2×2, 2×4, and 1×2 slopes. The playsr starts off with ten thousand of each type. The colours can be cycled through and chosen before placing. Breaking a brick increases its amount in the inventory; the brick's colour is ignored.

Development

In 2011, several months before the full version of Minecraft released in November, Persson attempted to reach out to the LEGO Group to propose a game project. Persson had been partially inspired by his childhood LEGO toys when designing Minecraft, and he had a lifelong dream of working with the company. Persson and one of his employees at Mojang, Daniel Kaplan, met with someone who was able to get the two of them in contact with the management at the LEGO Group. The two attempted to pitch a Minecraft-like LEGO game to the company, but were initially met with scepticism regarding

[2]: 9 

Mojang hired two new programmers for the project,[2]: 12  including Måns Olson,[tweet 1] who had been one of Minecraft's first testers and later directed Mojang's 2020 game Minecraft Dungeons, as one of the main designers.[3][4][tweet 2][tweet 3] Daniel Kaplan was made the game's producer.


[tweet 4][tweet 5][tweet 6]


Post-cancellation

For unknown reasons, Persson told video gaming blog Joystiq that the project was going to be a first-person shooter.[5]

On 24 June 2025, the Minecraft preservation website Omniarchive released a build of Brickcraft.[6] Kaplan had kept the build on his laptop for over thirteen years.[tweet 7] Persson confirmed he had no backups of any earlier versions of the game.[tweet 8]

Temporary image dump

  • An earlier version of Brickcraft without slope bricks or distance fog
    An earlier version of Brickcraft without slope bricks or distance fog
  • The earlier version
    The earlier version
  • The earlier version
    The earlier version
  • The seecret
    The seecret

References

  1. ↑ "Credits". Minecraft.net. Mojang. 2011. Archived from the original on 23 September 2011.
  2. ↑ a b Crecente, Brian; Vincent, Ethan (December 8, 2020). "Episode 1 – Minecraft" (PDF). Bits N' Bricks (Podcast). Participants: Daniel Mathiasen, Daniel Kaplan, Danny Bergmann, Paal Smith-Meyer, and Ronny Scherer. The LEGO Group. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 1, 2024. Audio version via YouTube.
  3. ↑ "lwjgl IRC logs" (IRC chat logs). 14 May 2009. Archived from the original on 8 February 2014 – via Echelog. 
    [14:10:05] <Dragonene> Notch: what sort of game *is it*?
[...]
[14:11:07] <Notch> the current concept is a cross over between Dwarft Fortress and Infiniminer
[14:11:15] <Dragonene> Notch: I haven't played either :)
[14:11:16] <Notch> I'll try to get a VERY EARLY alpha out this weekend. =)
  4. ↑ "lwjgl IRC logs" (IRC chat logs). 17 May 2009. Archived from the original on 8 February 2014 – via Echelog. 
    [13:10:22] <Dragonene> yep, that's tab closure for me
[13:10:27] <Dragonene> minecraft that is
[13:10:30] <Dragonene> or browser exit I guess.
[...]
[14:07:48] <Dragonene> Sorry to pull you into this discussion Notch_
[14:07:55] <Dragonene> I just want to be able to play it without it crashing on me :D
  5. ↑ Conditt, Jessica (July 26, 2012). "Canceled Mojang project was a first-person shooter". Joystiq. AOL Inc. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012.
  6. ↑ DEJVOSS (26 June 2025). "Brickcraft". Omniarchive. Archived from the original on 9 August 2025. Retrieved 9 August 2025.

Tweets

  1. ↑ Olson, Måns [@MansOlson] (13 April 2014). "I'm Dragonene.7498" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 10 July 2019 – via Twitter.
  2. ↑ Kaplan, Daniel [@Kappische] (16 May 2024). "Dragonene who was one of the first testers of Minecraft in the world, would eventually become the game director of Minecraft Dungeons :D" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 21 October 2024. Retrieved 13 November 2025 – via Twitter. Mirrored via X Cancelled.
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