COLL 154: BLOCK BY BLOCK
Spring 2025 · Section 001 · CRN 26834
In 2011, what would become one of the biggest video games of all time released for the personal computer. Minecraft would soon take over the internet and youtube as it grew its player base around the world. Minecraft is a 3d sandbox game where the player can build, explore, and hunt powerful creatures. In a deeper sense, Minecraft players can dabble in creating machines, automation, and even computing. How does Minecraft function, and how can players use the system to create anything from automatic resource farms to computers? In this course, students will gain an understanding of minecraft at its most basic form, from how it calculates damage to the algorithm it uses to spawn mobs. By watching and playing the game, students will learn how to use Minecraft's systems in creative ways to solve problems. Through quizzes, students will test and reinforce what they have learned in class. There are no exams, however the course will consist of multiple projects where students will take what they learned and draft schematics to solve a problem of their choice.
- Credits
- 1
- Instructors
- Ethan Bull