Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
4.
Log in if you haven't already, and you'll see the
Buy Now
button has changed to
Download Now
. Click it to move to the actual download screen shown in
Figure
FIGURE 1.2
The download page provides links to the Minecraft download for your cur-
rent platform. Click
Show all platforms
if you don't see the correct version.
These days, application and game files tend to run to hundreds of megabytes, if not giga-
bytes in size, so you may be surprised at the relatively small size of the Minecraft down-
load. It's actually just a few hundred kilobytes for Mac and Windows, and even less for
Linux. That's because you aren't really downloading the game, just a utility called Mine-
craft Launcher. The launcher takes care of checking for updates, downloading the main
Minecraft application files, and checking your account credentials. You'll always use the
launcher to access the actual game.
