In Dwarf Fortress the player is tasked with helping a group of dwarf warriors build a fortress in bedrock. The idea for Minecraft began to take shape in his encounter with Dwarf Fortress. He combed the Internet in search of inspiration for his project the heavy labor-the coding-could begin only after he figured out what kind of game he wanted to create. Like when he was a child and would run home from school to his LEGOs, he now spent almost all his free time in front of his home computer.

Markus had downloaded it to try it out himself and watched, entranced by the simple text world drawn up in front of him.Ī couple of weeks had passed since Markus started working at Jalbum and his thoughts were circling full speed around the game he’d promised himself he’d work on. The game was called Dwarf Fortress and it had become a cult favorite in indie circles. For most people, the colorful numbers and letters that filled the computer screen would be completely baffling, but Markus felt right at home.

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