The document discusses the popular video game Minecraft, which has sold over 54 million copies worldwide since its alpha version launched in 2009. It describes the basic gameplay modes of creative and survival modes, where players can build structures out of resources or have to mine resources while vulnerable to hostile creatures. The document then discusses how Minecraft is being used in public libraries, with patrons able to discover and learn the game, reproduce real-world structures like a library within the game, build communities, and bring books to life as in-game structures.
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Minecraft in Public Libraries / Minecraft en bibliothèques publiques
1. IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES
EN BIBLIOTHÈQUE PUBLIQUE
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2. LE PHÉNOMÈNE
THE PHENOMENON
2009 : Alpha version
2011 : Complete version and mobile version
2012 : Xbox version
2013 : PlayStation version
2014 : PC version still in development
54 millions copies sold worldwide on all platforms,
100 millions accounts created.
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3. LES BASES
BASICS
Creative mode
Unlimited ressources, fly, invulnerability
Creating cities, gigantic constructions
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5. LES BASES
BASICS
Creative mode
Unlimited ressources, fly, invulnerability
Creating cities, gigantic constructions
Survival mode
Mining resources, vulnerable to hostile creatures
Role-playing, surviving
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7. WHAT CAN YOU DO ?
QU’EST CE QUE VOUS POUVEZ FAIRE ?
What CAN’T you do ?
Qu’est ce que vous NE pouvez PAS faire ?
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9. IN LIBRARIES
DANS LES BIBIOTHÈQUES
Discovering the game
Minecon 2013
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10. IN LIBRARIES
DANS LES BIBIOTHÈQUES
Discovering the game
Reproducing from the real world
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11. IN LIBRARIES
DANS LES BIBIOTHÈQUES
Discovering the game
Reproducing from the real world
Building the library
Library Louis Aragon, Martigues. The library was built by some patrons.
12. IN LIBRARIES
DANS LES BIBIOTHÈQUES
Discovering the game
Reproducing from the real world
Building the library
Creating a community
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13. IN LIBRARIES
DANS LES BIBIOTHÈQUES
Discovering the game
Reproducing from the real world
Building the library
Creating a community
Bringing books to life
The tree, from « Tobie
Lolness », by
Timothée de
Fombelle.
Reproduced by
students from Collège
Victor Schoelcher at
the Annie Schwartz
library in Lyon.
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