The menu screen is comprised of the main menu as well as other menus displayed when Minecraft is paused. The menu screen is the interface that allows players to change options such as the game language and texture pack active, as well as create a new world or join a multiplayer server. Upon the opening of the game's menu, the game's logo will appear with a splash caption beneath it. The game's menu can be accessed anytime in-game by pausing the game, with the Esc by default.
By default, there are 6 buttons in the title screen menu: Singleplayer, Multiplayer, Texture Packs, Options, Quit Game and the Language button. In the background, there is a constantly moving, blurred image of a Minecraft world with distinguishable features. The map shown can be edited with the use of a texture pack.
[edit] Minceraft
There is a one in 10,000 chance that the title screen will display "Minceraft" instead of "Minecraft". Notch made it as a small secret, and enjoyed that he was the only one who knew of its existence. After stating a secret was in Minecraft undiscovered, the internet went wild, trying to find it. Soon after, Notch wrote an article called "a post-mortem of Minceraft".
In crash logs, a reference to Minceraft may appear as a joke, stating "You should try our sister game, Minceraft!".
[edit] Main menu buttons
Main menu of
Minecraft with random
splash text.
| Option |
Description |
| Singleplayer |
Choose a world to play, or make one. |
| Multiplayer |
Opens the multiplayer join screen. |
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Allows you to set the game language. |
| Options |
The "Options" button opens up a window where the player can change keyboard bindings, mouse, audio, and video options, and multiplayer options. |
| Quit Game |
This button closes the game. |
The singleplayer menu screen is a menu screen that appears when you click singleplayer. It is where you can create or delete or recreate your worlds. If you already made a world you could select it in there. Many people who started minecraft up go in this menu screen right away. The singleplayer menu screen consists of these options: New World, Delete world, Recreate world and play world.
[edit] History
| Classic |
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Originally the main menu displayed a pattern of the dirt block texture (texture packs could however use a different texture). |
| Beta |
| 1.8 |
Completely revamped the title screen adding an animated background, a version tag in the bottom left corner and new options in the option menu. |
| Official release |
| 1.1 |
Added language select button. |
| 12w37a |
Added "Re-Create" option to the World selection menu. |
| 13w03a |
The "Texture Packs" button has been moved to the "Options..." screen. |
| 13w09a |
The "Minecraft Realms" button is moved to the main screen, taking the spot of the "Texture Packs" button. |
[edit] Gallery
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The menu screen in early Alpha.
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The menu screen in Beta 1.7.3.
