Don't Miss: The unlikely creative relationship behind Minecraft: Story Mode

Mojang and Telltale are quick to stress that Story Mode is not the official story of Minecraft.

“For the last year we’ve had a specific private Telltale Minecraft server,” says Job Stauffer, creative communications director at Telltale.

These community stories and the many other ways Minecraft players exhibit creativity in and out of the game were integral to the development of Story Mode.