What is Minecraft?
Minecraft is a 鈥榮andbox鈥 video game downloaded online for a one-off payment. It is called a sandbox game because it allows users to play around, explore, and create what they聽want.
There are three ways you can play聽Minecraft:
- By yourself on your own computer - exploring and building by聽yourself.
- On a small local server with a group of friends - allowing friends to work together in order to build new structures, defend against the elements, or fight聽battles.
- On a large public multiplayer server with other players on the internet - allowing players to participate in even more advanced gameplay in even more complex 3D聽Worlds.
The creative and building aspects of Minecraft allow players to build constructions out of textured cubes in a 3D procedurally generated world. The virtual landscapes in which building or game play takes place are often referred to as 鈥榤aps鈥 because of their simulation of geographic聽areas.
Mojang, the creators of Minecraft, describe it聽as:
A game about breaking and placing blocks. At first, people built structures to protect against nocturnal monsters, but as the game grew players worked together to create wonderful, imaginative聽things.
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What are Tate Worlds for聽Minecraft?
Tate Worlds are Minecraft 鈥榤aps鈥 inspired by artworks from 罢补迟别鈥檚 collection. Tate Worlds maps are available for free to existing players of Minecraft on PC or聽Mac.
Minecraft 鈥榤aps鈥 are virtual environments or games created in Minecraft, often by players themselves, and made available for others to download and聽play.
How do I play Tate Worlds?
Tate Worlds聽maps are available free to players of聽Minecraft on PC or Mac. Each of the maps can be downloaded as individual zip files by clicking the links on the individual game聽pages:
Guidelines for installing Tate Worlds maps in聽Minecraft
Once you have downloaded the聽Tate Worlds聽zip file (containing an individual map), to play, follow these聽instructions.
For a step-by-step guide, with images, explaining how to download and install Tate Worlds maps in聽Minecraft:
- Windows users can download this PDF guide 摆笔顿贵听900碍产闭
- Mac users can download this PDF guide 摆笔顿贵听1惭产闭
Installing Tate Worlds maps in Minecraft on PC or聽Mac
- Download a map file by clicking one of the links聽above.
- Extract the map files with a ZIP extractor (saving the file to your desktop or Documents folder so that you can easily find it). ZIP files can usually be opened by your operating system without any problems. Otherwise, 7-Zip is one of the most popular free utilities that can open ZIP. Click the 鈥楨xtract鈥 button and you will be asked for a location to extract to. Extract the folder to your desktop or Documents folder so that you can easily find聽it.
- For Windows - Click the Start menu and select 鈥楻un鈥, or press 鈯 Win+R. Type %appdata%.minecraft and press 鈫德燛nter.
- For OS X - Click the Go menu in Finder and select 鈥楪o to Folder鈥. Type ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/saves and press 鈴幝燫eturn.
- Copy the extracted map folder into the 鈥榮aves鈥 folder that聽opens.
- Start the game. Your newly downloaded map will be available in your聽鈥榃orlds鈥 list in Minecraft. Select it to begin playing and exploring your new聽map.
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Tate Worlds maps were created in Minecraft version 1.8.3. To play Tate Worlds via your Minecraft account you will need the latest version of Minecraft.
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How do I play Tate Worlds maps as multiplayer聽games?
Currently, only Tate Worlds: The Toy Shop is multiplayer enabled. The map also works as a singleplayer game on your computer (offline). For specific guidelines on how to play this map in both single and multiplayer mode, including recommended Minecraft settings, download Single/Multiplayer instructions聽[PDF, 422聽Kb].
To play Minecraft maps in multiplayer mode you must upload the map file to a multiplayer server. This can either be your own LAN (local area network 鈥 offline) or an online Minecraft map server (websites that host multiplayer games in聽Minecraft).
The player hosting the multiplayer game simply downloads the map file and uploads it to the Minecraft map server they intend to use before inviting friends to join the game. Each server will have its own specific instructions for how to do this. We strongly recommend that you only invite people you know and trust to play in multiplayer, and that those players under the age of 18 ask for permission from a parent or guardian before accessing a multiplayer server or聽network.
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Is Minecraft safe to play for all age聽groups?
Mojang, creators of Minecraft, recommend the game for players aged 13+, mainly owing to the one-off payment required to download the game. However, many younger children will enjoy playing Minecraft and Mojang offers .
There are broadly two ways of playing Minecraft:
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- Playing Minecraft by yourself on your own computer (offline) is 100% safe and appropriate for all ages. This is often referred to as singleplayer mode.
- There is no real graphic violence or mature themes 鈥 just exploring and defending against the mysterious creatures that come out at night (skeletons, spiders, and strange green monsters called聽鈥榗reepers鈥).
- Downloading Tate Worlds maps and playing them by yourself on your own computer (uploaded to your Minecraft app, offline) is 100% safe. Tate Worlds maps are created for players 13+ which is reflected in the difficulty level, however, younger players with experience of Minecraft will also enjoy playing the games. For this reason, we have ensured the content is accessible and appropriate for all ages. We recommend that anyone under the age of 13 asks permission from a parent or guardian before downloading and playing Tate Worlds maps.
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- Playing Minecraft on a local server (setting up your own offline LAN [local area network] offline) is safe if you know and trust the other players you invite to join a game. See multiplayer guidelines聽below.
- Playing Minecraft聽on a聽public multiplayer server聽can be unsafe to the extent that any public internet browsing can be unsafe. Users on these servers are able to write public messages to each other (similar to a Facebook wall), and while there are safeguards in place to prevent people from swearing and being rude to each other, there could always be a user online who does obey the rules or etiquette. As long as your child understands this and knows how to deal with the risks of internet browsing in general (such as watching YouTube videos responsibly), they should be fine on one of these public multiplayer servers. We recommend that anyone under the age of 18 asks permission from a parent or guardian before accessing a multiplayer server to play Tate Worlds听尘补辫蝉.
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For more advice regarding child safety on the internet, the following websites contain useful information for聽parents.
- (run by NSPCC)
Information relating specifically to Minecraft:
- 聽by Youth聽Digital
- (makers of聽Minecraft)