Minecraft

Minecraft is a sandbox game developed by Mojang. The game was developed in Java by creator Markus "Notch" Persson and has been ported to several platforms throughout its development lifecycle. Since the public early alpha release in 2009, the game has sold over 200 million copies making it one of the best selling video games of all time.

Installation
Minecraft can be installed using any number of available launchers. While some can be compiled from source, it is recommended to install the package using Portage as this ensures the correct Java builds are installed and maintained on your system.

Emerge
To install the Minecraft package using portage, execute:

Minecraft launcher errors
Errors with this package are uncommon, however the following have been noted:


 * A specific error throwing "Alarm" and "SaveToBuffer failed" several seconds after launching  has been noted and is solvable by setting the use flag   for.
 * In some instances when executing  the following output is produced:

This can be resolved by issuing the following options in conjunction with minecraft-launcher: