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What are the building blocks of a great game?

Tue, 21 May, 2019 - 21:00

Ronan Jennings

What are the building blocks of a great game? Markus Persson might have asked himself that question over 10 years ago, when he sat down to create Minecraft.

The answer turned out to be simple: the building blocks themselves.

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