Gamasutra, Notch interview, 23 March 2010

Cite as: Gamasutra, Notch interview, 23 March 2010
Original: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/27719/Interview_Markus_Notch_Persson_Talks_Making_Minecraft.php
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Accessed: 2026-10-26
Licence: © UBM; Wayback capture
Credit: Alex Handy's Q&A with Markus Persson, while Minecraft was in alpha. Persson describes the RubyDung prototype and its inspirations. Wikipedia's citation dates it 23 March 2010; the capture's page furniture says 9 May 2010, so the record gives the year only.
Notes: Supplies the RollerCoaster Tycoon half of the RubyDung idea ("Kinda like if DF and Rollercoaster Tycoon had a baby") and the general statement that Dwarf Fortress and roguelikes were "some of the biggest inspirations for the gameplay of Minecraft". It links to the 2009 origins post.

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Markus Persson wrote in 2009 that RubyDung, the prototype he worked on before Minecraft, was meant to be a base-building game inspired by Dwarf Fortress. In a 2010 interview he called Dwarf Fortress and roguelikes in general some of the biggest inspirations for Minecraft's gameplay.	`interview, on Dwarf Fortress`	Dev blog
In a 2010 interview Persson described the builder game he was working on when he came across Infiniminer as "a lightweight Dwarf Fortress", "kinda like if DF and Rollercoaster Tycoon had a baby".	`How did you come across Infiniminer?`	Interview