So what was Notch planning in Minecraft?
 

Here is an old 2009 blog post from Notch about how he saw Minecraft going when it was still in early Alpha and well before it had Survival and Creative modes. Have a read. Do you think he achieved his aims?

http://notch.tumblr.com/post/1233430...n-for-survival

Sorontar

I would say he's gone far beyond what he first expected.