{"id":695,"date":"2018-04-18T18:25:16","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T17:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/workingwithgold.org.uk\/?page_id=695"},"modified":"2024-09-09T09:39:02","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T08:39:02","slug":"minecraft","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/activities\/minecraft\/","title":{"rendered":"Minecraft my home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/wp-content\/uploads\/Working-with-Gold-Towers.jpg\" alt=\"Working with Gold Towers\" class=\"wp-image-801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/wp-content\/uploads\/Working-with-Gold-Towers.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/wp-content\/uploads\/Working-with-Gold-Towers-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/wp-content\/uploads\/Working-with-Gold-Towers-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/wp-content\/uploads\/Working-with-Gold-Towers-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Make giant sculptures in your neighbourhood<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pave the streets with gold<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Turn your home into a castle<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Subvert urban design: cover it with flowers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u2026 or simply\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dip your toe into Minecraft for the first time<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Minecraft my home&#8221; is a re-creation of St Loyes as a world in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0ahUKEwirmar-na7bAhWMDcAKHULpAF8QFggpMAA&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fminecraft.net%2F&amp;usg=AOvVaw3ZUJDG1fjVtB8McKhwxJWs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Minecraft game<\/a>. It lets you explore your neighbourhood in a new way, imagine new possibilities for it, get rid of the things you don&#8217;t like, and put in the things you do. You can experiment&#8230; ask what if? You can express your frustration with your workplace or school in safety! Or you can be subversive, and make small changes that question the status quo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, I think much of St Loyes has been designed with the car in mind, rather than people. So I&#8217;m interested in where people walk anyway &#8211; crossing a dual carriageway halfway between pedestrian crossings, or cutting a corner, or taking a shortcut through a hedge &#8211; and am laying red carpets for them. And there&#8217;s much more&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/warwick-road-wilderness\/\">Warwick Road wilderness<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/its-minecraft-but-is-it-art\/\">It&#8217;s Minecraft, but is it art?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/subversion-in-minecraft\/\">Subversion in Minecraft<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/imagine-a-community-hub\/\">Imagine a Community Hub<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/minecraft-my-home-meetup\/\">Minecraft my home meetup<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/horrible-history-of-exe-vale-tesco\/\">Horrible history of Exe Vale Tesco<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/planning-applications-and-imagining-alternatives\/\">Planning applications and imagining alternatives<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/visit-st-loyes\/\">Visit St Loyes!<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can go anywhere, even fly. You can destroy or build, dig down or plant, lay railway track or spawn donkeys. The world is your (very blocky) oyster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get going with the St Loyes world in Minecraft<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The St Loyes map is available to download for computers (Java Edition for Windows\/OS) and mobile devices (Pocket Edition\/Windows 10). The Pocket Edition version is as automatically generated (see below). The Java Edition includes some corrections I made to the map, and my addition of Working with Gold Towers. You can explore and play in this world in singleplayer mode, and you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Play-Minecraft-PE-Multiplayer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">set up Pocket Edition multiplayer<\/a> and interact with people in the same room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From May to December 2018, the Java Edition world was also available on a multiplayer online server. A number of players built some interesting stuff, and we saved the final version for you to download and explore in singleplayer mode. Have a wander and see what you can find and modify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Please share screenshots of anything you build<br>@WorkingwithGold and #Minecraftmyhome<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve created two crib sheets with more information &#8211; for newbies and old hands! The first is more detail on how to get access to Minecraft and to the St Loyes world. The second is what I would have found helpful when I first encountered Minecraft &#8211; one of RAMM&#8217;s maps of historic Exeter &#8211; and had no idea even how to move around the world! So it&#8217;s got the basics on how to move around, build, and chat, as well as some locations in St Loyes where you can teleport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"crib\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/wp-content\/uploads\/Minecraft-my-home-Crib-sheet-Accessing-the-world-v3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"crib-title\">Accessing the world<\/span><br>Download the pdf<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"crib\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/wp-content\/uploads\/Minecraft-my-home-Crib-sheet-Moving-and-building.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"crib-title\">Moving and building<\/span><br>Download the pdf<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"zip\">\n<h3>Singleplayer<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/wp-content\/uploads\/ECF_St_Loyes.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"zip-title\">Get Java Windows\/OS map<\/span><br>for desktops and laptops<br>Download ECF_St_Loyes.zip<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/wp-content\/uploads\/St Loyes.mcworld\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"zip-title\">Get Pocket Edition\/Windows 10 map<\/span><br>for tablets and consoles<br>Download St Loyes.mcworld<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"zip\">\n<h3>Minecraft my home<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/wp-content\/uploads\/Minecraft_my_home.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"zip-title\">Get Java Windows\/OS map<\/span><br>as modified online<br>Download Minecraft_my_home.zip<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How the St Loyes world was created<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This activity is created in partnership with Exeter City Futures. They generated St Loyes in Minecraft using the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/cgutteridge\/geocraft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Geocraft<\/a> software, which takes as its inputs open data from <a href=\"https:\/\/defradigital.blog.gov.uk\/2017\/04\/14\/explore-lidar-at-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Defra<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/planet.openstreetmap.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">OpenStreetMap<\/a>. The colours on OpenStreetMap give the land use &#8211; buildings, grass, water, etc; and the Defra LiDAR data give the surface level and the height of buildings and other features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s a great start, but because it&#8217;s all automated there are inevitably quirks. For example, railways and bridges don&#8217;t quite work; part of Kings Heath is flattened; and there are some interesting water spouts. In the Java Edition, I think I found all the water spouts and turned them into trees, and I rebuilt the railway (while on a train to London &#8211; it was a very odd sensation laying track forward while travelling backwards!). Feel free to make any more corrections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Terms of use<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cMinecraft my home\u201d world is provided as part of the \u201cWorking with Gold\u201d project for you to play, experiment and create.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I plan to make the singleplayer worlds available to download for as long as the Working with Gold website exists, but reserve the right to withdraw or restrict access at any time. I am not responsible for any website or server outages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond providing two crib sheets on accessing the world and basic Minecraft play, I am not providing any player support. Please ask the nearest 10 year old!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please play nicely!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You are welcome to take screenshots of the world, and please do share on social media, but note that you can\u2019t make commercial use of them. We are all bound by the Minecraft licence agreement at https:\/\/account.mojang.com\/documents\/minecraft_eula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Acknowledgements<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210117093106\/https:\/\/www.exetercityfutures.com\/minecraft\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"104\" src=\"https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image-Exeter-City-Futures-Logo-Rectangle-Transparent-Black-Text-300x104.png\" alt=\"Exeter City Futures\" class=\"wp-image-725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image-Exeter-City-Futures-Logo-Rectangle-Transparent-Black-Text-300x104.png 300w, https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image-Exeter-City-Futures-Logo-Rectangle-Transparent-Black-Text-768x266.png 768w, https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image-Exeter-City-Futures-Logo-Rectangle-Transparent-Black-Text-1024x354.png 1024w, https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image-Exeter-City-Futures-Logo-Rectangle-Transparent-Black-Text.png 1478w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Massive thanks to Exeter City Futures, and Mark Jones in particular.&nbsp;Exeter City Futures have their own Exeter 2025 Minecraft Challenge. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210117093106\/https:\/\/www.exetercityfutures.com\/minecraft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">See their website<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/wp-content\/uploads\/Working-with-Gold-Towers-by-night.jpg\" alt=\"Working with Gold Towers by night\" class=\"wp-image-800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/wp-content\/uploads\/Working-with-Gold-Towers-by-night.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/wp-content\/uploads\/Working-with-Gold-Towers-by-night-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/wp-content\/uploads\/Working-with-Gold-Towers-by-night-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/wp-content\/uploads\/Working-with-Gold-Towers-by-night-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Make giant sculptures in your neighbourhood Pave the streets with gold Turn your home into a castle Subvert urban design: cover it with flowers \u2026 or simply\u2026 Dip your toe into Minecraft for the first time &#8220;Minecraft my home&#8221; is a re-creation of St Loyes as a world in the Minecraft game. 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