Learning with blocks

2018

Context

My younger sister, school-age but already an avid gamer, was interested in learning how games were made.

We used one of the core features from her favourite game (Minecraft) as a learning prompt.

What we did

Using Unity, I walked her through how to build:

  • a simple volumetric data structure to store block data
  • a simple character controller
  • basic block editing
  • basic UI elements and debug drawing

We also made the art assets together in Photoshop.

Video

Oliver Philbin-Briscoe