


“In that first year, Markus and I would have an idea on Monday, then have it released by Friday, followed by bug fixing over the weekend. “I wouldn’t say the frequency of updates was intentional-it’s just the way it happened,” says Bergensten, who is now chief creative officer at Mojang. In the following years, you could barely blink without missing the addition of jungle temples, spectral arrows, polar bears, wandering traders, or marauding mobs of zombies. It was then that the impulse to tinker with the game’s format kicked up a gear. “We sometimes joke that if we knew in the beginning that it would take off like it has,” Bergensten says with a smile, “we would be even richer than we are.”Īt around the time of the Microsoft acquisition, Persson quit Mojang, leaving Bergensten to take the reins on Minecraft. Since then, it has become the world’s most popular video game, shifting a total of 200 million copies (as of last year), and attracting 126 million players a month. The following year, Microsoft acquired Minecraft and its developer Mojang for $2.5 billion. Yet, in 2013, Time magazine put Persson and Bergensten on its list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Upon marriage, the user's Tamagotchi will pass down 1/3 of their total points in each category to its offspring.Minecraft designer Jens Bergensten thinks of the game as a “literal sandbox.” (JENNIFER GRAYLOCK/GETTY IMAGES) While the Music Skill Points don't influence evolution, they instead influence whether the Tamagotchi will succeed in beginning their music career after school, and later on their performance ability, which in turn improves their Star Ranking and number of fans. Three games are available as soon as the baby is born, with each improving one of the three skills. The three skills are Tone, Rhythm, and Original.


Unlike the Skill Points on previous versions, they are represented by words instead of images. Music Skill Points is a variation of the Skill Point system featured on the Tamagotchi Music Star. Types of Skill Points Connection Version 4 and Entamaįor the Hanerutchi 2, there are Musical, Phys. On the V4.5, parents will pass down a portion of their final Skill Points to their offspring. Hatenatchi and Bikkuritchi do not start with any Skill Points due to being in special families. On the V4 and V4.5, a Tamagotchi will be offered a random array of jobs at one time (while there are no set minimum thresholds, success is more likely the more points the occupation's associated skill has and the closer to the base weight the Tamagotchi is), and games that focus on improving a specific skill are not available until becoming a teenager - the games unlocked at the baby and child stages will improve a random category every time they are played.Įach kind of Skill Point represents one of the three primary groups on the device, and on the Japanese releases, a baby will start out with 10 points in its group's respective category (for example, Mameotchi will start off with 10 Intellect points). The jobs offered on the Entama, Uratama and Hanerutchi 2 will belong to the category with the most points (with certain jobs requiring a minimum amount of points for a successful interview), and each of the three games raises a sole skill. On the Chou Jinsei Enjoi Tamagotchi Plus, the Ura Jinsei Enjoi Tamagotchi Plus, and the Hanerutchi 2, it will also determine the Tamagotchi's rank and salary increasing the job's necessary Skill Point increases these in turn. Each version has three possible skills, and which Skill Points the Tamagotchi has will determine which adult evolution it becomes, as well as what jobs are available to it once it graduates from school. Care Mistakes may cause a loss in Skill Points. Skill Points are points earned throughout the Tamagotchi's life through playing games, using items, eating certain foods, and attending school.
