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Abertay campus recreated in Minecraft

A detailed replica of Abertay University has been created using the best-selling videogame Minecraft to allow potential applicants and members of the public to explore its campus during the coronavirus pandemic.

Nine Masters students from the University鈥檚 internationally renowned School of Design and Informatics came up with the innovative solution, recreating both inside and outside of the university.

It took the team around six weeks to construct the replica, painstakingly recreating the layout of the university using more than 700,000 Minecraft blocks.

The students behind the project are from the University鈥檚 MPPOP Game Development Preparation course, run in collaboration with China-based education and entertainment company Perfect World.

Students study the first part of their degree in Beijing, before completing their Masters degree in Dundee.

Amazingly the team finished their project before attending Abertay鈥檚 campus for the first time, working from photos and videos.

Team member Baron Zhang said it was challenging: 鈥淲e had a lot of material to work from, but to be honest it was quite hard!聽

鈥淲e gradually discovered tips and tricks in Minecraft to help us build our version of Abertay, and in the end we were happy with what we produced. We hadn鈥檛 been to the campus yet though, and we were a little worried that our Abertay would not look like the real thing.

鈥淣ow though, I feel like we did a good job and we all feel proud.鈥�

鈥淚t was a lot of work, but it鈥檚 really cool and very exciting to know people will be using our model to explore Abertay.鈥� - Yiqun Guo, Abertay Minecraft developer

Yiqun Guo, also from the team, added: 鈥淥ne other difficulty that we faced was working remotely. We weren鈥檛 in the same place at the same time when we made the model and had to communicate using WeChat, which is a Chinese social media app.

鈥淲e used Google maps to make the outside of the building and that worked well. Using photos and videos to make the inside look good was a bit harder they only capture certain angles.

鈥淚t was a lot of work, but it鈥檚 really cool and very exciting to know people will be using our model to explore Abertay.鈥�

Abertay has a strong relationship with the award-winning 4J Studios, the Dundee-based game development company well known for porting Minecraft to games consoles.

4J Studios Chairman Chris van der Kuyl, an Abertay Honorary Graduate, said: 鈥淭he creativity shown by the Minecraft fan community never fails to impress me and it鈥檚 great that these students have looked at it as a tool during the restrictions of the current pandemic, and that people will get to experience Abertay through the lens of Minecraft.

鈥淕iven Abertay鈥檚 reputation in producing talented gaming graduates, I think it鈥檚 very fitting.鈥�

Dr Ruby Wang, Senior-Vice President of Perfect World Group and Chairwoman of Perfect World Education, added: 鈥淭he COVID pandemic has created both challenges and opportunities for videogames companies and students, and the fact the team have been able to adapt to remote working so successfully to create this replica is very impressive.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a good example of the kind of teamwork the partnership between Perfect World and Abertay looks to embed in students, as we cultivate industry-ready, high-end gaming professionals.鈥�

To find out more about Abertay鈥檚 Computer Games courses, visit: /schools/school-of-design-and-informatics/computer-games-courses/