Minecraft is a sandbox video game developed by Mojang Studios, first made public in 2009 and fully released in 2011, where players explore and build in a world made of blocks. Footstep sounds change with the surface a player walks on, so grass has its own soft crunch distinct from stone, wood, or sand. As gameplay videos and streams grew on YouTube and Twitch, individual game sounds were clipped and shared on soundboards, letting creators reuse familiar audio without recording it themselves. The grass step remains popular because it is instantly recognisable to players and quietly sets a scene.