NEWS ROUND-UP
Highways England is the organi sation in, well,
England, that manages the country’s roads. It
oversee s repairs, improvements and newroad
building projects. What’s mo re, it’s teamed up with
Castle Newnham Primary School in Bedford to te st
out one of its pr ojects!
The organi sation had replicated its plans for a new
road improvement scheme between Bedfords hire
and Cambridgeshir e in England by using Minecraft.
It then took them into the school, where pupils
were able to put the plans for the ten-mile dual
carriageway to the test!
The road plans required over two billion blocks
to be laid down, andit took three weeks to put
together in Minecraft. What’s mo re, you can go and
have an explore yourse lf. The server can be found at
a428.blockbuilders.co.ukIf you’re absolutely new to the
world of Minecraft andwant to
know where to start, Mojang has
released a newofficial book that
might just help.
Minecraft For Beginnersis aimed
at young players, is 64 pages and
is a survival guide to the game for
those who haven’t played it before.
It will teach you the very basics,
and it’s on sale now.NEW
OFFICIAL
BEGINNERS
BOOK
LAUNCHED
ROAD IMPROVEMENT
SCHEME WITH
A
MINECRAFT TWIST!