Minecraft: Story Mode

Minecraft: Story Mode is an episodic point-and-click narrative-driven graphic adventure based on the sandbox game Minecraft, released in October 2015 across multiple platforms with a Windows (Microsoft Store) release on December 16, 2015, a Wii U release on January 21, 2016, an tvOS release on August 24, 2016, and a Nintendo Switch release on August 22, 2017. The game was developed by Mojang Studios, the developer of Minecraft, in collaboration with Telltale Games. 
In June 2018, and Telltale signed a partnership agreement, and the first season of the game Minecraft: Story Mode was announced to be released on Netflix on November 7, 2018. Due to unknown reasons, the release date was pushed to November 27, 2018. That day, the first three episodes of the series were released and the last two episodes were released on December 5, 2018. Story Mode was removed from Netflix on December 5, 2022.Source can be found here.
Music for the game was composed by Anadel, an atmospheric folk band based in California.Anadel's official Facebook page The game follows the episodic format that Telltale has used for its previous titles, where player choices and actions have significant effects on later story elements.
A sequel, , was released on July 11, 2017, featuring new storylines and characters.
On May 31, 2019, it was announced that Minecraft: Story Mode would no longer be supported following the closure of Telltale Games. The servers for Story Mode were discontinued on June 25, 2019, meaning that the episodes are no longer downloadable. Despite being discontinued, the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions are playable on the and respectively via backward compatibility.Minecraft: Story Mode - Episode 1: The Order of the Stone | Xbox
== Gameplay ==
== Synopsis ==
Jesse and his / her group of friends revere the legendary Order of the Stone; four adventurers who slayed an ender dragon. The Order are the very best at what they do: Warrior, Redstone Engineer, Griefer, and Architect. While at EnderCon, Jesse and his / her friends discover that something is wrong... something dreadful. Terror is unleashed, and they must set out on a journey to find The Order of the Stone if they are to save their world from oblivion.
== Plot ==
== Voice cast ==
=== Jesse and Friends ===
* as Jesse (male), a huge fan of everything going on in Minecraft, as well as the main character
* as Jesse (female)
* as Reuben, Jesse's pet pig who is smart and funny.
* as Axel, who is fiercely loyal to his friends but can appear to act impulsively.Minecraft: Story Mode MINECON 2015 Panel
* as Petra, who is tough, shrewd, and very protective of her friends.
* as Olivia, who is assertive and smart but lacks patience. 
* as Lukas, a member of the Ocelots who later befriends Jesse and his / her group.
=== Order of the Stone members ===
* as Gabriel the Warrior, a powerful fighter who appears at EnderCon
* as Ellegaard the Redstone Engineer, someone who is very smart but whose whereabouts are slightly hazy
* as Magnus the Rogue, an impressive griefer who appreciates the "art" of griefing and who is also hard to find
* as Soren the Architect, a mysterious person who is the hardest to find and whose whereabouts have not been known for a while
* as Ivor, a former member of the Order who distrusted Soren after the command block incident and who has vowed to demolish the world of Minecraft
=== Old Builder members ===
* as Isa, the Founder of Sky City.
* as Cassie Rose, the person who reveals herself as the White Pumpkin.
* as Harper, the creator of PAMA.
* as Hadrian, the leader of the Old Builders.
* as Mevia, the Enforcer.
* as Otto, a person who prefers to make sure rules are followed.
=== Other characters ===
* as the narrator, Siggie, and the fanboy
* as Maya, Ivy, and the fangirl
* as Gill, a member of the Ocelots, later known as the Blaze Rods.
* as Aiden, Otis, Schoolboy, TNT Dustin, and Griefer #2
*Jason Topolski as Reuben (the usher), Disco Mickey, Griefer #5, and PAMA.
*Erin Yvette as the announcer of the EnderCon building competition, Mabel, Farmer Gloria, and Griefer #1
*Lydia Winters as herself
*Owen JonesCredited as Owen Hill as himself
*Ursula Taherian as Nohr, a griefer of Boom Town.
* as Griefer #3
*Michael Gambino as Calvin and Griefer #4
*A.J. Riebli III as the announcer of the Death Bowl
* as Reginald, the loyal Captain of the Guard
* as Milo, the leader of the Build Club.
* as Stampy Cat
*Stacy Hinojosa as stacyplays
* as DanTDM
*Elizabeth Dwyer as LDShadowLady
* as CaptainSparklez
* as TorqueDawg
* as the White Pumpkin (voice)
* as Em
* as Nell and Clutch
*John Sanders as Facemeat, one of the Gladiators
* as Slab, one of the Gladiators
=== Additional voices === 
*Ashley Albert
*Will Beckman
*Katrina Carras
*Shelly Shenoy
*Arthur von Nagel
== Development ==
The idea for Minecraft: Story Mode came around the end of 2012 when Telltale was engaged in work for Tales from the Borderlands, an episodic series based on the Borderlands series. The idea of developing stories around other established video game franchises led the team to brainstorm the idea for a Minecraft-related game, given that the game was essentially a "blank canvas" for storytelling, according to Job Stauffer, and would create an interesting challenge. Telltale began negotiations with Mojang Studios at GDC 2013, and began work on the title shortly thereafter. Stauffer noted that Microsoft's acquisition of Mojang Studios was not a factor in the game's development, as their interaction with Mojang Studios began well before Microsoft's offers. 
Telltale opted to create a new main character of Jesse for Minecraft: Story Mode instead of using the default "Steve" and "Alex" characters from Minecraft, feeling that they did not want to attempt to rewrite how players already saw these characters in the game. Other primary characters in the game are loosely designed around archetypes of common player-characters for Minecraft, such as those who engage in building, fighting, or griefing other players. The game does not attempt to provide any background for some concepts in Minecraft, such as the creepers, to avoid the various fan interpretations of such elements, though they will be elements of the game's story.
Stauffer stated that the game's story was intended to be family-friendly, similar to The Goonies or Ghostbusters; their intended content would be equivalent to a PG-13 or PEGI-12 rating. A number of the voice actors are alumni of such films of the 1980s such as Corey Feldman who starred in The Goonies, and the game includes various references to these types of films. Stauffer reflected that while Telltale's more recent games like The Walking Dead were more mature stories, their original adventure games like Sam & Max and Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People were written as family-friendly, and that they consider their approach to Story Mode as "part of our DNA". The story was written to be accessible both to existing players of Minecraft – both novice and advanced players – and to new audiences outside of the game.
Minecraft: Story Mode was formally announced in December 2014 as a collaboration project between Mojang Studios and Telltale Games; the announcement was presented as an interactive adventure game named "Info Quest II". Its first trailer was released during the MINECON convention in early July 2015. Telltale confirmed that they would release the game for the Wii U, representing the first time a Minecraft game has been released on a Nintendo platform.
On August 24, 2015, Winters posted on Twitter (now X) that she had completed voiceover work for the game but didn't specify whether she voiced a character or did some narration for the game. 
On August 28, 2015, it was announced that the player will be able to choose the appearance of the main character, Jesse.
On October 7, 2015, Anadel, an atmospheric folk band based in , announced that they had composed the music for the game.
== Episodes ==
The game is separated into five episodes, released in intervals between 2 weeks and 3 months.
No.	Title 	Directed by 	Written by 	Original release
1 	"The Order of the Stone" 	Dennis Lenart and Graham Ross 	Michael Choung and 	October 13, 2015
2 	"Assembly Required" 	Jason Latino 	Joshua Rubin, Eric Stirpe and Tim Williams 	October 27, 2015
3 	"The Last Place You Look" 	Jonathan Stauder 	Michael Choung, Laura Jacqmin, Eric Stirpe and Tim Williams	November 24, 2015
4 	"A Block and a Hard Place"	Graham Ross and Rebekah Gamin-Arcovitch	Brad Kane and Laura Jacqmin 	December 17, 2015
5 	"Order Up!" 	Jonathan Stauder 	Eric Stirpe and Tim Williams 	March 29, 2016
=== Supplemental episodes ===
On March 22, 2016, Telltale Games announced that three episodes will be available throughout 2016 as downloadable content. These episodes will not be available under the season pass and as such must be purchased separately. In order to download these episodes, one must have at least one episode from the main series.
No.	Title 	Directed by 	Written by 	Original release
6 	"A Portal to Mystery"	Sean Manning 	Eric Stirpe and Tim Williams 	June 7, 2016
7 	"Access Denied" 	Rebekah Gamin-Arcovitch and Jason Pyke	Luke McMullen and Eric Stirpe 	July 26, 2016
8 	"A Journey's End?" 	Vahram Antonian 	Eric Stirpe, Yale Hannon and Erica Harrell	September 13, 2016
== Trailers ==
; MINECON 2015 Trailer
; Episode 1 - The Order of the Stone Trailer 
; Episode 2 - Assembly Required Trailer 
; Episode 3 - The Last Place You Look Trailer
; Episode 4 - A Block and a Hard Place Trailer
; Episode 5 - Order Up! Trailer
; Episode 6 - A Portal to Mystery Trailer
; Episode 7 - Access Denied Trailer
; Episode 8 - A Journey's End? Trailer 
== Achievements ==
There are 32 achievements in Story Mode (33 on PlayStation), worth 1,000 Gamerscore on Xbox and Windows (Microsoft Store).
Icon	Achievement 	In-game description 	Actual requirements (If different) 	Gamerscore	Trophy (PS)
 	New Kid on the Block 	Complete Chapter 1 of Episode 1 	 	20G 	Bronze
 	Leveraging Resources 	Get creative at the crafting table	Make a lever at a crafting table. 	20G 	Gold
 	Some Assembly Required 	Complete Chapter 2 of Episode 1 	 	25G 	Bronze
 	To Catch a Thief 	Complete Chapter 3 of Episode 1 	 	30G 	Bronze
 	Out of the Frying Pan... 	Complete Chapter 4 of Episode 1 	 	30G 	Silver
 	Safety First 	Complete Chapter 5 of Episode 1 	 	35G 	Silver
 	The Calm Before the Storm 	Complete Chapter 6 of Episode 1 	 	40G 	Silver
 	Nether Say Die 	Complete Chapter 1 of Episode 2 	 	20G 	Bronze
 	Griefer Madness 	Acquire the Griefer 	Bring Magnus back to the temple. 	25G 	Bronze
 	Occam's Razor 	Acquire the Engineer 	Bring Ellegaard back to the temple.	30G 	Bronze
 	No Time to Lose 	Complete Chapter 4 of Episode 2 	 	35G 	Silver
 	In the Shadow of Giants 	Complete Chapter 5 of Episode 2 	 	40G 	Silver
 	Left Behind 	Complete Chapter 6 of Episode 2 	 	50G 	Gold
 	Back to the Grind 	Complete Chapter 1 of Episode 3 	 	20G 	Bronze
 	A World of Pure Imagination	Complete Chapter 2 of Episode 3 	 	20G 	Bronze
 	Pretender Man 	Complete Chapter 3 of Episode 3 	 	25G 	Bronze
 	When a Plan Comes Together 	Complete Chapter 4 of Episode 3 	 	30G 	Silver
 	Blockbuster 	Complete Chapter 5 of Episode 3 	 	30G 	Silver
 	Out With A Bang 	Complete Chapter 6 of Episode 3 	 	35G 	Silver
 	That's Some Pig 	Chew the fat with Reuben 	Have a conversation with Reuben. 	40G 	Gold
 	Dramatic Timing 	Complete Chapter 1 of Episode 4 	 	20G 	Bronze
 	In a Land Far Away 	Complete Chapter 2 of Episode 4 	 	25G 	Bronze
 	It Came From Outer Space 	Complete Chapter 3 of Episode 4 	 	30G 	Silver
 	The End of the Line 	Complete Chapter 4 of Episode 4 	 	35G 	Silver
 	From the Jaws of Defeat 	Complete Chapter 5 of Episode 4 	 	40G 	Silver
 	A New World Order 	Complete Chapter 6 of Episode 4 	 	50G 	Gold
 	Finders Keepers 	Complete Chapter 1 of Episode 5 	 	20G 	Bronze
 	Losers Weepers 	Complete Chapter 2 of Episode 5 	 	25G 	Bronze
 	Friends in High Places 	Complete Chapter 3 of Episode 5 	 	30G 	Bronze
 	Castles in the Sky 	Complete Chapter 4 of Episode 5 	 	35G 	Silver
 	Out of the Blue 	Complete Chapter 5 of Episode 5 	 	40G 	Silver
 	To Boldly Go... 	Complete Chapter 6 of Episode 5 	 	50G 	Gold
 	Chip Off the Old Block 	Earn all trophies 	 	 	Platinum
=== Supplemental achievements ===
There are eighteen achievements available as downloadable content, worth 375 Gamerscore on Xbox and Windows (Microsoft Store).
Icon	Achievement 	In-game description 	Gamerscore	Trophy (PS)
 	Invitation to Die For 	Complete Chapter 1 of Episode 6	10G 	Bronze
 	Mr. Sandman 	Complete Chapter 2 of Episode 6	15G 	Bronze
 	Killer Instincts 	Complete Chapter 3 of Episode 6	20G 	Bronze
 	The Science of Deduction 	Complete Chapter 4 of Episode 6	20G 	Silver
 	From the Ashes 	Complete Chapter 5 of Episode 6	30G 	Silver
 	Elementary, My Dear Jesse. 	Complete Chapter 6 of Episode 6	30G 	Gold
 	Fighting Words 	Complete Chapter 1 of Episode 7	10G 	Bronze
 	Mining for Trouble 	Complete Chapter 2 of Episode 7	15G 	Bronze
 	Trust Falling 	Complete Chapter 3 of Episode 7	20G 	Bronze
 	Ghost in the Machine 	Complete Chapter 4 of Episode 7	20G 	Silver
 	Breaking and Entering 	Complete Chapter 5 of Episode 7	30G 	Silver
 	Offline Mode 	Complete Chapter 6 of Episode 7	30G 	Gold
 	Let the Games Begin 	Complete Chapter 1 of Episode 8	10G 	Bronze
 	Playing for Keeps 	Complete Chapter 2 of Episode 8	15G 	Bronze
 	Challenge: Accepted 	Complete Chapter 3 of Episode 8	20G 	Bronze
 	The Most Dangerous Game 	Complete Chapter 4 of Episode 8	20G 	Silver
 	Gaming the System 	Complete Chapter 5 of Episode 8	30G 	Silver
 	To the Victor Go the Spoils	Complete Chapter 6 of Episode 8	30G 	Gold
== System requirements ==
According to this page:
=== Minimum (Steam) ===
Component 	 	
Minimum version 	Windows XP SP3 	OS X Lion (10.7)
Processor 	Intel Core2 Duo @ 2 GHz or equivalent 	Intel @ 2.3 GHz
Memory (RAM) 	3 GB or more 	4 GB or more
Storage space 	8 GB available space 	8 GB available space
Graphics drivers	AMD or NVIDIA card with 512 MB or more 	AMD or NVIDIA card with 512 MB or more
DirectX version 	11 or higher 	
Sound card 	DirectX 11 or later 	
Notes 	Not recommended for Intel integrated graphics drivers.	Not recommended for Intel integrated graphics, Mac mini, or early-generation MacBook models.
=== Recommended (Steam) ===
Component 	
Processor 	Intel Core2 Duo @ 2.3 GHz or equivalent
Memory (RAM) 	4 GB or more
Graphics drivers	AMD or NVIDIA card with 1024 MB or more
== Supported languages ==
According to the Steam page, the following languages are available in the game:
Languages 	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles
English 	 	 	
European French 	 	 	
German 	 	 	
European Spanish 	 	 	
Russian 	 	 	
Simplified Chinese 	 	 	
European Portuguese	 	 	
== Gallery ==
MCSMLogo.png|Minecraft: Story Modelogo
StoryModeCABoxArt.png|Minecraft: Story Mode -The Complete Adventure box art
StoryModeNetflixArt.png|Minecraft: Story Mode key art
StoryModeGooglePlayAppIcon.png|Minecraft: Story Mode Google Play app icon
StoryModeAppStoreAppIcon.png|Minecraft: Story ModeApple App Store app icon
MCSM Wii U icon.png|Minecraft: Story ModeWii U app icon
Jesse.png|Jesse
Netflix Jesse.png|Other versions of Jesse
StoryModeNetflixArt2.jpg|Minecraft: Story Mode key art
MCSMNLogo.png|Minecraft: Story Mode Netflix logo
Minecraft Story Mode Steam Screenshot 17.jpg|Screenshot from the Steam page.
Minecraft Story Mode Steam Screenshot 21.jpg|Screenshot from the Steam page.
Minecraft Story Mode Steam Screenshot 22.jpg|Screenshot from the Steam page.
Minecraft Story Mode Steam Screenshot 23.jpg|Screenshot from the Steam page.
; Episode 1 - The Order of the Stone
JesseZombieSM.png|Jesse fends off a zombie.
MobsSM.png|Zombies and creepers prepare to attack Jesse and Petra.
GabrielStorm.png|Gabriel the Warrior fends off the Wither Storm.
JesseJumpChickens.png|Jesse jumps over some chickens.
JessePetraSM.png|Jesse attempts to save Petra from the Storm's clutches.
GhastSM.png|A ghast attacks Jesse and their friends.
NetflixEpisode1.jpg|Jesse fighting a skeleton.
; Episode 2 - Assembly Required
NetflixEpisode2.jpg|Jesse and their friends in a forest.
; Episode 3 - The Last Place You Look
Dig SM.png|Jesse and his / her friends dig a hole to find Soren.
Fall SM.png|Jesse falls through the mob grinder.
Portal room SM.png|Jesse and their friends find an end portal.
Order of the Stone SM.png|The Order of the Stone happily reunite.
JesseBeamSM.png|Jesse is sucked in by the Storm's beam.
NetflixEpisode3.jpg|Endermen in the end.
; Episode 4 - A Block and a Hard Place
HorsesWitherStorm-SM.png|Jesse and their friends retreat from the Storm.
FarlandsJesseReuben-SM.png|Jesse and Reuben arrive at the Far Lands.
OrderOfTheStoneFlashback-SM.png|The Order of the Stone getting ready to kill the Ender Dragon.
NetflixEpisode4.jpg|Reuben.
; Episode 5 - Order Up!
GoOOTS SM.png|The new Order of the Stone arrive at the temple.
VineClimb SM.png|Jesse escapes from the temple.
BlazeRodRumble SM.png|The new Order of The Stone face off against the Blaze Rods.
SkyCity SM.png|Jesse, Petra, Lukas, and Ivor arrive at Sky City.
Blaze SM.png|Aiden defends himself by spawning a blaze.
NetflixEpisode5.jpg|Fight against a ghast.
; Episode 6 - A Portal to Mystery
TheBlueRoomSM.png|Jesse and various people are shocked at what they see.
CassieZombieSM.png|Cassie Rose and her pet cat, Winslow, attempt to fend off some zombies.
SpiderFightSM.png|Jesse, LDShadowLady and DanTDM fend off some spiders.
PumpkinPortraitSM.png|Jesse examines a room with a portrait of the White Pumpkin.
CaptainSparklezSM.png|CaptainSparklez in the portal hallway.
; Episode 7 - Access Denied
CorneredSM.png|Jesse and Harper are cornered by PAMA's "friends".
VRsm.png|Jesse uses a VR headset to control one of PAMA's "friends".
PAMAportalSM.png|PAMA's "friends" building an exit portal.
StandoffSM.png|Jesse fending off some zombies which are controlled by PAMA.
PAMAangrySM.png|Jesse and Lukas prepare to take down PAMA.
== See also ==
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*List of Minecraft: Story Mode builds
== Notes ==
== References ==
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