In the year 2000109, the world was in ruins. Nuclear War between the US and China had destroyed and distorted everything. There seemed to be no hope for humanity. The remaining people wandered aimlessly on the crumbling grounds, longing for their lives to end, but unable. Despite their agony, the mutation from the bombs had rendered them nearly immortal. They could'nt starve to death. They couldn't be dehydrated. They couldn't even fall to their deaths. And without predators to kill them, they were helpless.
The landscape was distorted and messed up as well. Grass became ableto survive without water or dirt, becoming 'cubes' of grass. Everything had turned into cubes, actually. The only cubes underneath the mutated grass were blocks of what looked like a dark colored cobblestone. Oil from bombs and vehicles that didn't evaporate and dissolve from the hot, invisible sun seeped into the cracks, hardening.
It was always day. No one could tell the time, without the sun or clocks. And they didn't really care. Even if it was winter, it was always hot outside. Due to the constant brightness and heat, many people seeked shelter and comfort in the holes in the ground, where the darkness and the cool cobblestone let them sleep and dream of past life.
However, some people were different. They had contracted a strange disease that caused them to go insane. They stayed on the surface, running and screaming as the light burned their skin. They never died...
Meanwhile, on a perfectly cubic floating island above the remains of Sweden, one family, the perssons, lived together. They played hide and seek or tag, or sang together. They were a very optimistic family who stayed underground and always thought positive. Because, it really could be worse. There could be no underground at all. They could be stuck up there with the grass cubes, boiling in the sun.
One of the children in the family, Markus Persson, loved to explore the underground. He always walked through the caves, hoping to find anything other than cobblestone. When he got back, he would tell everyone what he found, which was usually just more cobblestone. He was the smartest kid in the family, nothing really special other than that.
Nobody knew that one day, this little boy would change everything...