Minecraft: The Artificial World

 

Within a few years, Minecraft has become one of the world's most popular games, mainly by word of mouth and despite the lack of a big marketing budget. Minecraft is a sandbox video game developed by the Swedish video game developer Mojang Studios. Since its release in 2009, the game has been in the minds of everyone. The game was created by Markus "Notch" Persson in the Java programming language. It was first made public in May 2009 before fully releasing in November 2011, with Jens Bergensten then taking over development. Minecraft didn’t have any carefully planned strategy to make people attracted to it or for sales.

 

 

Minecraft is often described as a ‘sandbox game’. It means that it’s a virtual place where players can make their own worlds and play in their own way using different blocks, resources which are found on many places of the world.

 

The game is played on multiple platforms. You can play on a computer, mobiles, tablet, XBox, Nintendo Wii or Playstation. It is growing in popularity day by day, especially among the young generation. 

 

Minecraft is a game basically with no rules. It doesn’t come with a set of instructions, or a required objective – players can build and explore in their own way. It can be compared to or I compare it to an artificial world.

This means that Minecraft fans have a lot of flexibility in terms of how they play. Users can recreate an existing fantasy world or build a new one from scratch, they can fight villains and seek adventure, and they can play alone or with friends. It can also be played at any level. In a lot of popular games, you need a certain amount of skill to move on to the next challenge. This can be frustrating for young kids who don’t always have the abilities or unrestricted time required to make real progress in a game. In Minecraft, children can create their own adventures at any level of play.

 

Minecraft’s focus on creatively building and exploring could help children build their problem solving, planning and organization skills. And kids who play with their friends might find it improves their ability to work as a team. Some parents of children with autism have credited the game with improving their children’s social skills and communication abilities – there is even a Minecraft server specifically for young people with autism.

 

 Minecraft’s plan on creatively making and exploring could help children build their planning skills, or problem solving skills. Students or childrens playing with friends may develop their ability working as a team, improving cooperation.  There is also a special Minecraft server dedicated for young people with autism. Parents of children with autism have credited the game for improving their children’s social skills and communication abilities.

 

The educational offshoot of Minecraft officially launched in 2016, though the game was used in schools for years prior to that, thanks to grassroots efforts from various teachers dating back nearly a decade. Minecraft is different from other educational games because other games sometimes are boring. On the other hand, Minecraft is More Entertaining.

 

The educational version of Minecraft is functionally identical to the base game; it looks and controls the same, and you can still play in groups and build things. But the educational version is slightly more directed to what to do.

In one lesson, students are asked to explore a beehive, where they learn about bee castes by helping out worker bees and feeding larvae. In another, they’re given time to explore a shipwreck at the bottom of the ocean, and then asked to write a story about how the ship ended up there. There are also build challenges where teams have to work together to recreate things like a Mars rover, coral reef, or a human eye. In most cases, there are before and after elements: kids will read or watch videos on a particular subject as a primer, spend some time in the Minecraft lesson, and then follow that up with a discussion or written assignment.

We can see that Minecraft is not a normal game rather it’s very interesting than other ones. So, you can have a try and experience what you make in this artificial world.

 

Written By-Augustine SparshaSarker (Class:8/Section/Asteroids/Roll:14)