Almost anything you can dream about, you can make in Minecraft! For more than a decade, kids of all ages have been busting up rocks, building skyscrapers, and rounding up blocky chickens in the popular open-ended video game. Next month, a live-action adventure movie based on the game is hitting the big screen.
A Minecraft Movie, starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa, follows a group of adventurers on a quest to save the Overworld, the mythical dimension where Minecraft takes place. Most exciting for Minecraft fans, the look of the movie stays true to the original game. Apart from the human actors, everything—trees, clouds, sheep, and even zombies—is square!
The iconic look of Minecraft is based on digital cubes, called “blocks.” These simple building units can be combined in infinite ways. For instance, a tree trunk might consist of three blocks stacked vertically. A player could “mine,” or collect, three trees to get nine blocks of wood to build into something else. Using your mined blocks, you can create to your heart’s content. Up for a challenge? You could build a spaceship, a castle, or even a working computer—all things Minecraft players have made!
