MinecraftEdu

Not to be confused with Education Edition.

MinecraftEdu

Author(s)	Mojang Studios(Licensers) TeacherGaming(Developers) E-Line Media(Publishers)
Platform(s)
Written in	Java
Latest version	1.8.9 (build 3)
Release date	2011
Rating(s)	Not Rated
Size	?
License	Terms of Use (archive)
Source available	No
Links	Site Forum Wiki (archive)

MinecraftEdu is a sandbox indie educational video game written in Java, developed by TeacherGaming, published by E-Line Media, and licensed by Mojang Studios. It is meant as an educational version of Minecraft.

In the beginning, MinecraftEdu was developed by TeacherGaming, consisting of three developers and three teachers, located in the United States and Finland. Later, TeacherGaming expanded into a team of eight.

MinecraftEdu focuses on allowing the player to explore, interact with, and modify a dynamically-generated map made of one-cubic-meter-sized blocks. In doing so the student with the help of the teacher is supposed to learn a variety of subjects. The teacher can change settings to define where students can place/destroy blocks and the world used on the server.

On January 19, 2016, Mojang announced that they would be acquiring MinecraftEdu from TeacherGaming. At the same time, a new educational version of the game was announced: Education Edition has since launched to schools around the world.

Purchase and availability

MinecraftEdu can be purchased for $18 per student (24 or less) or $14 (25 or more) for the User license and $41 for the server license. The server license can be bought as a one-time purchase. Once purchased, the game can be played by downloading the launcher. MinecraftEdu Hosting Beta is also available for $20/month and does not require you to pay the server software license again.

Hardware requirements

According to http://minecraftedu.com/faq#question_2-13 and https://help.mojang.com/customer/portal/articles/325948-minecraft-system-requirements:

Minimum Requirements:

• A Windows, Mac or Linux computer (desktop or laptop)
• 2 GB of RAM or greater
• Intel Pentium D, AMD Athlon or greater processor
• 200MB free hard disk space or more
• Java 6 Release 45 or later (including Java 7 and 8)

Recommended Requirements:

• CPU: Intel Core i3 or AMD Athlon II (K10) 2.8 GHz
• RAM: 4GB
• GPU: GeForce 2xx Series or AMD Radeon HD 5xxx Series (Excluding Integrated Chipsets) with OpenGL 3.3
• HDD: 1GB
• Latest release of Java 8 from java.com

Software Requirements:

• Minecraft Release 1.6 or newer. Older versions must be updated to current versions
• Please note that some users experience issues playing Minecraft while using a mismatched version of Java for their operating system (32-bit or 64-bit), while using certain versions of Java 7, or while multiple versions of Java are installed.

Discontinuation

As of April 5, 2016, MinecraftEdu is no longer for sale. However, customers that have already purchased MinecraftEdu licenses may continue to use MinecraftEdu. Since then, MinecraftEdu no longer receives new updates from TeacherGaming, and Mojang no longer supports MinecraftEdu. Worlds built in MinecraftEdu cannot be ported over to Education Edition.

Gameplay

The objective of the game remains the same as regular Minecraft, where players can build virtual realities in a sandbox-like environment. However, MinecraftEdu also has the goal of an educational use to teach a variety of subjects.

Differences from regular Minecraft

MinecraftEdu differs from the regular version in a variety of ways, such as a tutorial mode, teacher options and exclusive Blocks/items.

Blocks / Items

MinecraftEdu Blocks

These IDs are in the namespaced ID format, with their mcedu namespace omitted.

Blocks

Block	Note	Namespaced ID
Information block	When right clicked, it opens a menu with text that a teacher can write.	blockDialogMessage
Spawn Block	Defines the spawn of the world when placed by teacher. The last spawn block placed determines the spawn.	blockSpawnMP
Border block	Used to define the area students can play in. Students cannot go over, under, or through it.	blockBorder
Build allow block	Allows students to build above the block even if the world is set to disallow building.	blockBuildAllow
Build disallow block	Disallows students to build above the block even if the world is set to allow building.	blockBuildDisallow
Big Sign	A three block wide sign. When you place a sign it gives you a choice if you would like a small or big sign.
Information sign	Decorative. Used to draw students attention to important things.	blockInfoSign
Foundation block	Measures distance to other foundation blocks.	blockFoundation
Teleport block	Used to teleport large distances to the location you set in the world.	blockTeleport
Home Block	Used to teleport players to their home.	blockHome

Blocks for decoration

Block	Namespaced ID
Number 0	edunumber_0
Number 1	edunumber_1
Number 2	edunumber_2
Number 3	edunumber_3
Number 4	edunumber_4
Number 5	edunumber_5
Number 6	edunumber_6
Number 7	edunumber_7
Number 8	edunumber_8
Number 9	edunumber_9
Add Symbol	edunumber_add
Subtract Symbol	edunumber_subtract
Divide Symbol	edunumber_divide
Multiply Symbol	edunumber_multiply
Equals Symbol	edunumber_equals
Over Symbol	edunumber_over
Less than Symbol	edunumber_lessthan
Decimal Dot Symbol	edunumber_decimaldot
Decimal Comma Symbol	edunumber_decimalcomma
Pi Symbol	edunumber_pi

Items

Item	Note	Namespaced ID
Block Inspector	Displays the name of the block you are looking at on screen.	itemBlockInspector

Options/ Menus

Teacher options

(Can open by pressing M. On older versions, it can be opened by pressing P.)

Menus

Image	Option	Description
	Spectate Mode	When enabled, makes you invisible to others.
	Creative Mode (Self)	When enabled, double-tap space to fly, unlimited blocks in inventory, destroy blocks instantly.
	Movement speed	Adjust how fast you walk or fly.
	Gamemode	MinecraftEdu, Survival and Creative
	Difficulty	Peaceful, Easy, Normal, Hard
	Allow Fire & TNT	When enabled, fire can burn objects and spread, TNT can detonate and explode.
	Allow Weather Effects	When enabled, rain and snow storms may accur randomly.
	Generate Structures	When enabled, structures and buildings are created when world is being generated.
	Allow Other Dimensions	When enabled, players can travel to other dimensions like nether and the end.
	Allow Animals	When enabled, peaceful animals spawn.
	Allow Villagers	When enabled, villagers spawn.
	Allow Monsters	When enabled, monsters are generated and may attack players.
	Enable PvP	When enabled, players can engage in combat with and injure one another.
	Allow Student Respawning	When enabled, students can teleport themselves back to the spawn location using a button on the student menu.
	Allow Student Surfacing	When enabled, students can teleport themselves to back to the surface directly above their heads using a button on student menu.
	Students Can Build	When enabled, students can place or destroy blocks anywhere except on top of Build Disallow Blocks.
	Freeze Students	When enabled, students cannot move, destroy blocks or place blocks.
	Mute Students	When enabled, students cannot use the in-game chat.
	Keep Inventory	When enabled, users don't lose their inventory content on death.
	Students Can Always Fly	When enabled, students can fly in any gamemode.
	Build Mode	When enabled, you can fly with precise movement control and you can move through solid blocks
	Long Distance Building	When enabled, you can place/dig blocks up to 60 blocks away.
	Fill/Clear tool	When enabled, place two blocks in opposite corners to completely fill the defined area with that block and hold nothing in your hands and right-click the corners to clear an area.
	Place Amount	Set how many blocks are placed in a column when you place blocks.
	Dig Amount	Set how many blocks are destroyed in a column when you dig blocks.
	Undo Last Fill	Reverts the most recent fills.
	Undo Last Place	Reverts the most recent blocks placed.
	Undo Last Dig	Reverts the most recent blocks destroyed.

Tutorial mode

• MinecraftEdu comes with a tutorial world that teachers may select from the server menu, that goes through the basics of controls, placing/destroying blocks, teacher options, and more.

Mods

Forge

• MinecraftEdu comes prepackaged with Minecraft Forge for easy mod installation.

ComputerCraftEdu

• ComputerCraftEdu come prepackaged with MinecraftEdu and is an educational version of ComputerCraft made by TeacherGaming and Dan200(Author of ComputerCraft), meant to teach students how to code inside of Minecraft.

Skins

• Instead of having customizable skins, the student picks their skin from one of the many default skins that come with MinecraftEdu (in addition to Steve and Alex) when first joining a server or creating a world.

Gallery

• 

  MinecraftEdu Logo.

• 

  Teacher Gaming Logo.

External links

• MinecraftEdu website
• Old MinecraftEdu website (now redirect to education.minecraft.net)
• Teacher Gaming website
• E-Line Media website
• ComputerCraftEdu website