Minecraft is an open-world adventure where you collect, craft and construct structures and items. Play involves exploring the world to find resources and good locations to build. Some of the best aspects of the game are less well known; along with the traversal, building and survival play, children can use complex ‘Redstone’ circuitry to automate their creations and make interactive spaces and machines.
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There are two primary game modes: Creative and Survival. In Creative mode, you can freely fly about the world and place unlimited blocks without having to gather them, allowing for endless creativity and experimentation. In Survival, you need to explore on foot (initially) gathering resources, making tools, and crafting the blocks you want to use while fighting off monsters and managing your health and hunger.
The game is constantly evolving, with updates adding new blocks, enemies, capabilities, characters and interactions. It's one of the most popular and successful games of all time, selling over 200 million copies, owing this success to its adaptability and approachability, letting you start small and then increase the scope and scale your creations and ambitions as you gain confidence.
