Minecraft Becomes a United Nations Development Tool

[antipunt]

This could be the start of something great.

Yeah, and how many entries will consist solely of giant penis statues that erupt lava?

Cant see it working very well tbh.

Cynical post is cynical. I'm fairly certain the average person that knows they are working on an actual big project wouldn't waste their time on something that ridiculous.

I'm looking forward to it, because let's face it, we as gamers really need to be heard on our ideas to improve things in the real world. We're dedicated, quick-thinking, openly learning individuals that usually work within our community to discuss and get better at what we do.

Unless you are a LoL player. Then you literally ARE a giant penis that erupts lava.

I take offense at that, I only go apeshit on Mondays.

This entire exchange.

So God tier.

 

[Fanghawk]

Upgrading parks and public locations over the course of three years should be as easy as finding the ingredients for a Minecraft cake.

Is that some sort of metagaming joke related to Portal?

<a href=http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Cake>Nope.

 

[joshuaayt]

"City council planner dude, this blueprint makes no sense. Why is there lave everywhere? Do we REALLY need that skull fortress? Where are we even going to GET all of this diamond for the pixel-art monuments?"- What I HOPE happens.

 

[duchaked]

doubt they'd want me to design anything since everything I build just looks like a Doom tower

 

[BeerTent]

Horrible idea.

There's no real physics engine in MC. Half of the things people build would collapse in real life.

Not to mention it's blocky as fuck.

Just give them a copy of blender and see what they come up with.

Captcha thingy: Make it so.

You never cease to impress me Solve media... Never.

Prettymuch this.

I'd also be disappointed that if they did try this, they didn't use Redpower's Sub-Blocks. Having urban centers designed with a bunch of 1x1x1 Meter Blocks sounds like a god-aweful idea. Even with the Sub-Blocks.

 

[Scrythe]

I just thought of something: I'd love to see some kind of mod for Minecraft that combines it with elements from Fate of the World.

Of course, it would just further the liberal agenda [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/112828-Fox-News-Attacks-Environmentally-Conscious-Games], but it would still be neat.

 

[IamLEAM1983]

Minecraft engineer: "Okay, so... I think we're all set, we'll just need to start laying down some Redstone wires and torches, and-"
Real World engineer: "Uh, Redstone doesn't exist. We'll have to use electrical wiring."
M.E.: "Man, that's harsh! Totally unsafe, even!"

I just thought of something: I'd love to see some kind of mod for Minecraft that combines it with elements from Fate of the World.

Of course, it would just further the liberal agenda [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/112828-Fox-News-Attacks-Environmentally-Conscious-Games], but it would still be neat.

Ah, Faux Noose. How do we love thee. You're an unrivaled source of entertainment. Verily!

 

[weatherfn]

Being a new Urban Planner that did a senior paper on using games to help plan cities, it's nice to know that others are thinking along the same lines (Especially someone as awesome as Notch!) I know gamification is considered by some to be a dirty word (I go back and forth about it myself...) but I think that using interactive digital worlds is going to happen more and more to help solve real-world problems. Whether they are "gamified" or not, I do feel that the "Virtual" and "Real" worlds are going to come closer and closer together, and video games help teach us how to interact with the Virtual.

Cash-strapped cities like the one I work for tend to use Google Sketchup to model cities on the cheap, but even that program has a steep learning curve for people not used to working in 3D. Minecraft is a great way to bridge the gap between maneuvering in a 3D digital world (what we do in games) and creating in a 3D digital world (3D modeling), as it gets people to truly think three dimensionally on a 2D screen. Until holograms become commonplace, bridging that gap is extremely important for working with visualization tools, and visualization is key to creating better cities.

TLR, I'm tired, yet this idea excites me!

 

[Evil Smurf]

You know those Meme's about Boba Fett, Chuck Norris and Batman?
I think Notch deserves one at this point, maybe a Version of Good Guy Greg or something.

I know, the dude is a fantastic guy

 

[Matt King]

You know those Meme's about Boba Fett, Chuck Norris and Batman?
I think Notch deserves one at this point, maybe a Version of Good Guy Greg or something.

I know, the dude is a fantastic guy

i really can't take him seriously since the time he acted like he was fucking five and threw a shit fit at the yogscast

 

[blackrave]

So does griefing on this server=extremism?
Because it would be logical conclusion.

 

[Spygon]

So now we are going to have delays in construction down to creeper attacks in the design period.

 

[grigjd3]

You know those Meme's about Boba Fett, Chuck Norris and Batman?
I think Notch deserves one at this point, maybe a Version of Good Guy Greg or something.

Children no longer go hungry in Africa because Notch thought about them with a tear in his eye once.

The US put a man on the moon to try to impress the as of yet unborn Notch.

The Euro will be saved if Notch sees it as a good thing.

 

[Parnage]

I can't help but feel the UN could be investing it's time in actual problems rather then Urban redesigns..Then again seeing the UN try to tackle hard problems maybe this is a good choice for them. All the feel good helping none of the potential to have it go south quick. I guess it's a neat idea at least.