Indie games are “independent video games”, created by individuals or small teams. They
are often developed without any funding or support from a games publisher. As a result
of their independent nature, indie games are often more innovative than other, more

mainstream games. According to Wikipedia, Minecraft was created by the Swedish
computer programmer Markus Persson, who is known by the gamer tag “Notch”. He
first demonstrated Minecraft as an early version in 2009, and the first official release of
the game took place in 2011. Notch founded a Swedish company called Mojang AB,
which continues to develop the Minecraft game on many computer platforms, including
PC, Mac, Raspberry Pi, Linux, iOS, Android, Xbox 360, Playstation and Wii.
You can find out more about the fascinating Minecraft story in a documentary
film called Minecraft: The Story of Mojang (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minecraft:_
The_Story_of_Mojang).