Minecraft 历史

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你听说过《我的世界》吗？

Have you ever heard of Minecraft?

如果听说过，你有没有好奇过它是怎么来的？

If so, have you ever wondered how it came to be?

一款电子游戏是怎么做出来的？它又是怎么从第一个玩家发展到全球数百万玩家的？

How is a video game made, and how does it grow from its first player to millions of players all over the world?

仔细听，今天你就知道了。

Listen closely, because today you're going to find out.

《我的世界》的故事要从1979年瑞典斯德哥尔摩说起，那年一个叫马库斯·佩尔松的男孩出生了。

The story of Minecraft goes back to the year 1979 in Stockholm, Sweden, when a boy named Markus Persson was born.

马库斯小时候，他爸爸有一台早期的电脑，叫康懋达128。

Growing up, Markus' father had one of the early computers called a Commodore 128.

马库斯七岁的时候就学会了怎么给电脑编程。

Markus first learned how to program the computer when he was just seven years old.

编程就是通过输入指令，让电脑完成特定任务。

Programming is when you type instructions into a computer to make it do something.

马库斯八岁的时候就做出了自己的第一个简易电子游戏。

Markus created his first basic video game when he was eight years old.

长大后，他去一家公司做互联网游戏的编程工作。

When he got older, he worked for a company programming video games for the Internet.

那家公司叫King。

This company was called King.

晚上他喜欢自己捣鼓一些游戏。

In the evenings, Markus enjoyed creating his own games.

后来他把这些游戏分享给朋友和网上的其他人。

Eventually, he shared them with friends and other people online.

玩过《Infaminer》《矮人要塞》和《地城守护者》之后，他萌生了做一个方块风格、带角色扮演元素的游戏的想法。

After playing games like Infaminer, Dwarf Fortress, and Dungeon Keeper, he had the idea to create a game with a blocky visual style and RPG elements.

RPG就是角色扮演游戏，通常意味着你能在游戏里找到装备，慢慢提升角色的能力。

RPG means role playing game, and usually means you can find loot in the game and build up your character over time.

他用Java语言编写了这个新游戏，并给它取名叫《我的世界》。

He programmed this new game in a language called Java and decided to call it Minecraft.

2009年5月，马库斯发布了Minecraft的第一个版本，并在YouTube上分享了游戏视频。

In May 2009, Markus released the first version of Minecraft and shared a video of it on YouTube.

他把游戏放到网上，人们玩了之后给他提了很多改进建议。

He made it available online, and people played it and gave him ideas about how to make it better.

这种互动叫协作，是提升任何创作的好方法。

This is called collaboration and a great way to improve anything you create.

在Minecraft里，玩家探索一个由方块构成的三维世界，开采矿石和其他资源，然后用挖到的材料制作工具，建造房屋或地形。

In Minecraft, players explored a three d blocky world, mined ore and other elements, and used the materials they mined to craft tools and build buildings or earthworks.

Minecraft和其他游戏不同的一点是，它鼓励玩家发挥想象力，自由创造。

One reason Minecraft was different from other games is it allowed players to use their imagination and be creative.

就像乐高积木一样，玩家可以用这些方块把脑海中的想法变成现实。

Similar to a toy like Lego, using Minecraft, players could use the blocks to bring their imaginations to life.

一年后，马库斯发布了Minecraft的下一个版本。

A year later, Markus released the next version of Minecraft.

这个版本加入了新物品、新方块、新生物，还有全新的生存模式。

This version had new items, new blocks, new mobs and a new survival mode.

那时候他还在为别人公司工作，但后来他辞职了，全心全意投入到优化《我的世界》中。

At the time, he was still working for someone else's company, but eventually he left that job, so he could focus all his time and effort on making Minecraft better.

他创办了自己的游戏公司，招募了其他程序员和商务人员来推动公司发展，并把公司命名为Mojang。

He started his own video game company, hired other programmers and business people to help the company grow, and named it Mojong.

到那时，已经有数百万人购买并玩起了《我的世界》，无论是独自玩还是和朋友一起。

By this time, millions of people had bought Minecraft and were playing it on their own and with friends.

玩家特别喜欢《我的世界》带来的自由感——可以探索丰富多样的世界，利用其中的元素表达自我、发挥创意。

Players loved the freedom Minecraft gave them to explore the interesting and diverse worlds and use the elements within it to express themselves and be creative.

在生存模式里，玩家白天制作工具、建造庇护所，好在夜晚抵挡僵尸的袭击。

In survival mode, players crafted items and built shelters during the day so they could protect themselves from zombie attacks at night.

接下来的几年里，马库斯和Mojang不断改进《我的世界》。

Over the next few years, Markus and Mojang continued to make Minecraft better.

他们修复了软件里的漏洞——也就是程序出错的地方，还加入了新物品和新元素，让游戏更有趣、更吸引人。

They fixed bugs in the software a bug is a problem in the software and added new items and new elements that made Minecraft more fun and interesting.

到2014年，Mojang已经卖出了超过一亿七千万份《我的世界》，成为有史以来最畅销的电脑游戏之一。

By the year 2014, Mojang had sold over 17,000,000 copies of Minecraft, and it had become one of the best selling computer games of all time.

同年，微软以25亿美元收购了《我的世界》和Mojang公司，这不仅让微软拥有了这款游戏，还获得了其知识产权，意味着他们可以基于《我的世界》这个品牌推出任何新产品。

The same year Microsoft bought Minecraft and Mojang for $2,500,000,000 This gave Microsoft not only the game, but ownership over the intellectual property, which means they could sell or make anything using the Minecraft name.

微软继续优化《我的世界》，还推出了Xbox和PlayStation版本，以及适用于安卓、iPhone和iPad等移动设备的掌上版。

Microsoft continued to improve on Minecraft, and also made versions for the Xbox and PlayStation, and a Pocket Edition for mobile devices like Android and iPhones and tablets such as the iPad.

《我的世界》受欢迎的另一个原因是，它允许玩家自行修改游戏内容。

Another reason Minecraft has become popular is that it allows its players to modify or mod the game.

也就是说，如果你有想法要添加新武器、角色皮肤，或者新的方块和游戏元素，只要花时间学习编程，就能在游戏里实现你想要的任何东西。

This means if you have the idea for a new weapon, or skin for your character, or a new type of block or element in the game if you take the time to learn the coding skills, you can create whatever you want in the game.

这催生了成千上万种由玩家自制并分享给其他玩家的独家模组。

This has led to thousands and thousands of unique mods that players create and make available to other players.

很多人都是通过《我的世界》第一次接触到编程的。

Minecraft is the way many people first learned how to write code.

他们因为想修改游戏，就开始看书或上网查资料，通过写代码一步步学会了怎么操作。

They were interested in modding Minecraft, so they read books or online articles and figured out how to do it by writing computer code.

对于有兴趣的孩子来说，网上有很多优秀的网站专门教他们如何编程或制作《我的世界》模组。

For any kids who are interested, there are many great websites out there that teach kids how to code or mod Minecraft.

这些年来，我的世界玩家群体已经遍布全球。

Over the years, the Minecraft community has spread across the world.

截至目前，玩家总数大约有一亿两千六百万。

To date, there are around 126,000,000 users.

有些玩家通过YouTube分享游戏视频而走红，如今我的世界已经是YouTube上观看次数最多的电子游戏。

Some players have become famous sharing their gameplay on YouTube, and to date Minecraft is the most watched video game on YouTube.

其中最受欢迎的几位YouTuber包括Stampy、PrestonPlays、The Atlantic Craft和PopularMMOs。

A few of the most popular YouTubers are Stampy, PrestonPlays, The Atlantic Craft, and PopularMMOs.

但别以为当个YouTuber是件轻松的事。

But don't be deceived that this job is an easy one.

那些取得成功的YouTuber，都花了无数个小时打磨自己的内容和表现方式。

YouTubers who have gone far have spent countless hours perfecting their craft and presentation.

制作视频分享给粉丝，需要投入大量时间和专注力。

Preparing videos to share with their fans takes many hours of focus and dedication.

由于玩家群体如此庞大，我的世界爱好者现在每年都会聚在一起，参加一个叫Minecon的大会。

With such a huge community, Minecrafters now meet once a year for a Minecraft convention called Minecon.

在Minecon大会上，玩家们会聚在世界各地的不同大型会展中心，一起玩Minecraft、见YouTube达人、做cosplay，深入了解他们最爱的创意游戏。

At Minecon, they meet at a huge convention center in different cities around the world and come together to play Minecraft, meet YouTubers, make costumes, and learn more about their favorite creative video game.

第一届Minecon于2011年11月在拉斯维加斯的曼达勒湾酒店举办。

The first Minecon was held in November 2011 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas.

最近几年，Minecon Live通过网络直播，让全球玩家都能在线参与，一起感受乐趣。

More recently, Minecon Live is streamed online, so players all over the world can tune in to join into the fun too.

很多玩家会组队合作，共同打造庞大的游戏世界和创作作品。

Often, Minecrafters join together and work on huge worlds and creations.

我们在网上看到过成百上千栋建筑构成的城市、巨大的航天飞机、《指环王》里的城堡，还有一艘西班牙大帆船。

Looking on the internet, we found cities with hundreds of buildings, a gigantic space shuttle, castles from Lord of the Rings, and a Spanish galleon.

想想看，要规划并投入这么多心血去建造这些作品，真是令人惊叹。

The planning and dedication to create these structures is pretty amazing if you think about it.

随着人气飙升，Minecraft早已不止是一款游戏了。

And with its popularity, Minecraft has become more than just a video game.

现在它有了电影、多套丛书、周边玩具、T恤、手办，还有各种收藏品，让粉丝们能通过多种方式体验和享受他们最爱的游戏世界。

Now it has movies, several book series, toys, t shirts, action figures, and all types of collectibles to give its fans plenty of other mediums to experience and enjoy their favorite gaming world.

《我的世界》被认为是过去二十年最重要的游戏之一，2010年还入选了游戏名人堂。

Minecraft is considered one of the most important games of the last twenty years, and in 2010, it was inducted into the Video Game Hall of Fame.

了解一样东西是怎么诞生的，其实挺有意思的，对吧？

It's pretty interesting to learn how things come to be, right?

我们平时看到某些东西，或者玩《我的世界》这类游戏时，

Often we see something or play the game in case of Minecraft.

往往看到或玩了就习以为常了。

Often we see things or play them in the case of Minecraft and just take them for granted.

但它的原创者，还有成千上万的程序员、设计师和玩家，都投入了无数时间，才让《我的世界》变成今天的样子。

But the original creator and thousands of programmers and designers and fans have put in countless hours into making games like Minecraft into what they are now.

你有没有过什么点子，是在脑子里想象出来的游戏或者其他创作？

Have you ever had the idea for a video game or other creation you've dreamed up in your imagination?

如果有，那就往前走一步，拿支笔和纸把想法记下来吧。

If so, take the next steps and use a pencil and paper to write down your ideas.

编个故事，再画几幅图，想象一下它会是什么样子。

Create a story and draw a few pictures of what it might look like.

如果你对编程感兴趣，现在有很多适合孩子的优质工具，比如Scratch、Codecademy、code.org，我们特别喜欢的一个是Codecid。

If you're interested in coding, there are plenty of great tools out there for kids like Scratch, Codecademy, code.org, and Codecid is one of our favorites.

感谢收听这期关于Minecraft的节目，下周别忘了继续关注哦。

Thanks for listening to this episode about Minecraft, and be sure to tune in next week.