<s>
Crown	B-Application
and	I-Application
Council	I-Application
is	O
a	O
turn-based	O
strategy	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Mojang	O
employee	O
Henrik	O
Pettersson	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
both	O
announced	O
and	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
surprise	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
on	O
April	O
22	O
,	O
2016	O
and	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pettersson	O
described	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
"	O
experimental	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
while	O
Mojang	O
remains	O
"	O
a	O
Minecraft	B-Application
company	O
doing	O
Minecraft	B-Application
things	O
"	O
and	O
that	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
prototyping	O
happens	O
within	O
the	O
Minecraft	B-Application
environment	O
,	O
developers	O
have	O
some	O
time	O
set	O
aside	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
their	O
own	O
ideas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
hobby	O
project	O
,	O
Crown	B-Application
and	I-Application
Council	I-Application
was	O
not	O
originally	O
intended	O
for	O
public	O
release	O
;	O
Pettersson	O
,	O
an	O
artist	O
who	O
joined	O
Mojang	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
Scrolls	B-Application
in	O
2011	O
,	O
used	O
the	O
relatively	O
simple	O
project	O
to	O
learn	O
to	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pettersson	O
credits	O
Minecraft	B-Application
Pocket	O
Edition	O
programmer	O
Aron	O
Nieminen	O
as	O
his	O
programming	O
mentor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Mojang	O
that	O
is	O
released	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
although	O
Mojang	O
published	O
Oxeye	B-Application
Game	I-Application
Studio	I-Application
's	O
Cobalt	B-Application
on	O
Steam	B-Application
in	O
February	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Steam	B-Application
release	O
was	O
originally	O
suggested	O
by	O
Mojang	O
producer	O
Daniel	O
Kaplan	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
opportunity	O
was	O
used	O
to	O
learn	O
the	O
process	O
,	O
which	O
Pettersson	O
describes	O
as	O
"	O
surprisingly	O
straightforward	O
"	O
,	O
noting	O
that	O
Mojang	O
parent	O
company	O
Microsoft	O
had	O
no	O
issues	O
with	O
licensing	O
and	O
trademarking	O
Crown	B-Application
and	I-Application
Council	I-Application
for	O
release	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
update	O
also	O
added	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
versions	O
.	O
</s>
