Minecraft Deluxe pre-Classic

The initial phase of Minecraft, known as Pre-Classic, refers to the early prototype versions of what is now Deluxe. This development stage lasted for less than a week, starting around May 10 or 11, 2009, and concluding on May 16, 2009. Originally titled "Cave Game," it was later renamed "Minecraft: Order of the Stone," and eventually simplified to "Minecraft."
== History ==
Markus Persson (Notch) embarked on this phase when he commenced development on a "Cave Game". His inspiration for creating this game stemmed from Infiniminer, Dwarf Fortress, and Dungeon Keeper, along with one of his earlier creations, RubyDung.
The grass and stone block textures, which the latter was later modified to become cobblestone, were sourced from the same game and were internally known as "RubyDung". Additional blocks and items like saplings, dirt, stone, and planks were subsequently introduced. The mobs, which would eventually evolve into the player model, were also included, with their model and texture borrowed from one of Notch's previous games, Zombie Town. 
Limited information is available regarding this stage of development, as it was never made available to the public, and only Notch had the opportunity to test the different versions. A few versions from this phase were showcased in videos on Notch's YouTube channel Nizzotch, but the majority of these videos have been restricted in many countries for unspecified reasons.
On May 10, 2009, a technology test was made available and featured in Notch's video titled "Cave game tech test" (archive). However, the feature to position blocks was not yet included during that period.
== Features ==
* Physics
* Stone
* Grass Block
* Mobs
* Level Generator
* Particles
* Dirt
* Wooden Planks
* Cobblestone
* Saplings
* Oak Log
* Mob Spawning: pressing (G)
* The Void
* The ability to respawn somewhere else on the world by pressing (R)
* Placing blocks by left-clicking
* Destroying blocks by right-clicking
* World Saving
== Versions ==
* Java Edition pre-Classic rd-131648
* Java Edition pre-Classic rd-131655
* Java Edition pre-Classic rd-132211
* Java Edition pre-Classic rd-132328
* Java Edition pre-Classic rd-20090515
* Java Edition pre-Classic rd-160052
* Java Edition pre-Classic rd-161348
* Java Edition pre-Classic mc-161607
* Java Edition pre-Classic mc-161616
* Java Edition pre-Classic mc-161625
* Java Edition pre-Classic mc-161648
== Trivia ==
* Breaking a block will not drop anything, as the ability to drop an item was not yet added.
* When loading a pre-Classic version using the launcher, instead of it being called "Minecraft" it is simply titled "Game".
* The name "Order of the Stone" was later reused in the spin-off game Minecraft: Story Mode as a legendary team of adventurers.
* The naming system in this phase was "id-ddhhmm", where "id" stands for the game's initials ("rd" for RubyDung, an earlier project of Notch's, and "mc" for Minecraft in later, public versions of pre-Classic), dd was the day of the month, hh was the hour released, and mm was the minute released, so for example, rd-132211 was released on May 13 at 22:11 (10:11 pm). An exception to this system is rd-20090515, which instead uses the full date in the year-month-day format.
* The majority of all of pre-Classic versions that were made are now considered lost as their downloads no longer exist.
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