One Minecraft player has created and coded their own in-game bots to do the mining for them, automating the grueling process of breaking blocks. Minecraft's redstone mechanics have allowed players to ...

Minecraft is a good place to test such things because it's a very (very) approximate representation of the real world, with simple and straightforward rules and physics, but it's also complex and open ...

A Stellenbosch University (SU) study by Michael Vorster, a Cape Town-based teacher, showed how Minecraft can enhance students’ coding and robotics learning experiences at school. The study centred on ...

Microsoft and Code.org have come together to debut Minecraft Designer, a free tutorial for students aged 6 and up that uses the Minecraft environment to teach coding. Minecraft Designer is a free, ...

The Minecraft community is composed of players as well as third-party developers, coders, modders, animators, sound designers, and more, each of whom brings a fresh new perspective to the game’s inner ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Microsoft has announced a new Minecraft coding tutorial for students and teachers. The material ...

The following is an excerpt from MakeCode for Minecraft, a block-based approach to computer science using the popular game Minecraft. The full curriculum is available ...