Moin, earlier (it must have been 2005-2008) I played a game. I do not remember so much (was still quite young), but what I know is this:
You were on an island and there was a jungle, you could climb trees, I'm always pretty fast (probably hungry) and if the character got injured, he made sounds like Steve when you died, the screen went up red as in Minecraft, I also remember that I put a lot of torches on the beach as if I were in creative mode and if I recall correctly, there were lions or something. The game was in first person perspective
I heard times Notch stole the idea of Minecraft from another game. Is that correct? Could it have been the game I played back then?
But I have to say that I was around 5-7 years old at the time and my memories could only play a trick on me.
Unlikely, Minecraft was released in 2009 and was not hungry or climbing on trees