MINECRAFTBY TOM BROWN

TECHNICAL EDITION

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ABOUT MINECRAFT

• Minecraft is a multiplayer sandbox building game which enables people to play as a virtual person and survive a virtual world full of dangers and usual resources that can be crafted.

CREATOR

• Minecraft was released on the 17th May 2009, since then other versions have been released, but the most popular versions are the Alpha and Beta versions which were released on June 28th 2010 for Alpha and December 20th 2010 for Beta.

• The official game was created by a Swedish man called Markus ‘Notch’ Persson who eventually created Mojang, who are the present creators for minecraft.

SOURCES

• There are many ways to play Minecraft but all of them require downloading, it is possible to play an offline edition which anyone can play but to play online it requires a username which must be paid for from the official Minecraft website.

PLATFORM

• The platforms available for this game requires:

• Java platform• Java Applet• Android• IOS• Xbox 360

IN-GAME MODES

• During the game it is possible to choose between three modes that all include the initial game play, they are:

• Survival (Health bar appears, surviving is the goal)

• Creative (mainly for creating purposes)

• Classic (the old version of the official game)

OTHER

• The game is created entirely out of 3D cubes with impressive details marked onto them.

• Simple controls are using the; W, A, S, D for directional usage and numbers 1-9 for hot key item manoeuvre and the ESC and E key.

XEPHOS AND HONEYDEW

• These are to of the legendary plays who play minecraft, they upload videos that are very popular onto YouTube, many people describe these two as ‘Absolutely Hilarious!’

• They have a channel called ‘The Yogscast’

VIDEOSThis is a video by Xephos and Honeydew which will help you survive the first night. As you can see this is an old version of the game.

TEXTURE PACKS AND MODS

• You are able to download things called texture packs which change the graphical content from the original game setting.

• Mods are add-ons which give the game a variety of different options, items and other sources.

(TOP) This is the original gaming graphics.(BOTTOM) This is the game with a texture pack installed.

PICTURES

These pictures are slight teasers which show you how a minecraft world would turn out as it randomly spawns differently every time you log in. To the left there is a mob, they call creeper, which is one of the many mobs able to be seen in the world of Minecraft.

MINECRAFT

NON-TECHNICAL EDITION

ABOUT MINECRAFT

• Minecraft is a multiplayer game which lets a player create a whole virtual life , being able to create a house and explore the virtual land of minecraft.

CREATOR

• Minecraft was released on the 17th May 2009, since then other versions have been released, but the most popular versions are the Alpha and Beta versions which were released on June 28th 2010 for Alpha and December 20th 2010 for Beta.

• The game was created by a Swedish man called Markus ‘Notch’ Persson who then went on and created Mojang, who are now the creators for minecraft.

SOURCES

• There are many ways to play Minecraft but all of them require downloading, it is possible to play an offline version which anyone can play but to play online requires a username which must be paid for from the main Minecraft website.

PLATFORM

• The platforms available for this game requires:

• Java platform• Java Applet• Android• IOS• Xbox 360• These can all be found on any simple

PC but may require downloading.

IN-GAME MODES

• During the game it is possible to choose between three modes that are all different but still keep the same characteristics, they are:

• Survival (Health bar appears, surviving is the goal)

• Creative (mainly for creating purposes)

• Classic (the old version of the official game)

OTHER

• The game is created entirely out of 3D cubes with impressive details marked onto them.

• Simple controls are using the; W, A, S, D for movement and numbers 1-9 for item use and the ESC and E key for pause menu and inventory.

Xephos and Honeydew

• These are to of the legendary plays who play minecraft, they upload videos that are very popular onto YouTube, many people describe these two as ‘Absolutely Hilarious!’

• They have a channel called ‘The Yogscast’ which is viewed by many

TEXTURE PACKS AND MODS

• Texture packs change how the game looks whilst during game play.

• Mods can be downloaded to make the game more exciting. (TOP) This is the original gaming

graphics.(BOTTOM) This is the game with a texture pack installed.

THANKS!• Thank you for watching and I

hope this lets you take a deeper look into the world of MINECRAFT!

• PLEASE ENJOY THIS PARODY SONG!